Gaz's Rockin' Blues: The First 30 Years

Présentation de l'éditeur Gaz's Rockin' blues is an institution and London's longest running one-nighter club. It was founded by Gaz Mayall on the 3rd of July 1980 and was held at Gossip's on Dean Street, Soho, until November 1995 when it moved to its current venue St Moritz in Wardour Street. Revue de presse For all the boastful accolades that club promoters plaster on their flyers, few have the kudos earned from throwing a successful party every single week for the past three decades.Then again, not everyone runs an institution like Gaz s Rockin Blues. Veteran DJ and musician Gaz Mayall, son of legendary bluesman John, has been treating London to a freestyle blend of ska, reggae, rockabilly, rhythm n blues and rock n roll since 1980, when his club night provided a late night home for the capital s young rebel dance music, whether you were a skin, rocker or rudeboy. It s still going strong: you ll find throngs of people swinging to guest live bands and DJs every Thursday night at Soho basement dive St Moritz. It s also the kind of hangout that keeps new generations coming, so the crowd always stays fresh.Those who aren t old enough to go yet can mingle with everyone else at Gaz s sound-system at Notting Hill Carnival, where he s been causing a roadblock since 1982, or at his stage at Glastonbury, which he has run for the past three years. This week Gaz has two birthday parties to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of his night, and to THIRTY YEARS OF GA Z S ROCKIN BLUES, and to further mark the occasion he has written a book, Gaz s Rockin Blues: The First Thirty Years , highlighting the club s colourful characters and legendary acts. --Kate Hutchinson, Time Out July 1-7 2010 Biographie de l'auteur The eldest son of blues legend John Mayall, Gaz began collecting records aged 17, bulk buying cheap reggae and ska collections down street markets such as Portbello road and brick lane at a time when it seemed no one wanted them. In late 1986 he formed his band The Trojans, and for the last nineteen years has been running his own record label Gaz's Rockin' Records, producing ska acts and artistes around the world.