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Stompin' Dave & Earl Jackson Trio @ The New Inn, Shipton Gorge

“In other parts of the world they have cyclones, tornados and hurricanes, in the UK we have Stompin’ Dave. Dave is a phenomenal artist. A great guitar player and vocalist, an accomplished songwriter, and a traditional fiddler, a boogie blues piano player and a competition standard five string banjo picker. As if that’s not enough, he is also an outstanding dancer using a combination of flatfoot and clogging styles often when playing one of his stringed instruments.” Blues In The South.

 

With twenty five years of performing experience, Dave has worked exclusively as a self employed musician. A former member of former UK Blues Band of the Year, The Producers. Stompin' Dave was nominated for a British Blues Award in 2014.  

 

Dave started to perform with the stage name of Stompin’ Dave fifteen years ago. Since then he has consistently given over one hundred performances per year across the UK and beyond, including many major festivals such as Glastonbury Festival, Camp Bestival, and Bestival, etc. In that time Dave has made well over two hundred festival appearances, and released over thirty albums. 
 

Dave performs a broad spectrum of American roots music including blues, bluegrass,  rock n roll, old-time, folk, country, etc. Dave's vast repertoire ranges from traditional songs and tunes, to vintage covers, as well as his own originals. “Let’s face it, in adding the quality of his original material the man is a downright genius.” Blues In Britain. 

 

Earl Jackson began playing guitar at the age of five. Born of Jamaican parents in Lambeth, in 1964 he was heavily influenced by gospel music. Much of charisma and on stage confidence comes from performing for ten thousand people or more at various gospel events.   
 

Earl has been an in demand performer since starting his first band in the 1980s. A well known figure on the British rock n roll and blues circuits he has made appearances on BBC radio and TV including the Jonathan Ross Show. Earl was awarded best Blues Singer 2017 by the Jools Holland Boisdale Music Awards. 
 

Earl who sings, plays guitar, bass, and drums is also a tireless promoter of blues and rock n roll music. He has been part of Boogaloo Promotions team alongside Blues Matters Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Monica Madgwick for many years. Boogaloo Promotions run a great many music weekends at hotels across the country, as well as a weekly gig at The Farnham Maltings, Surrey. 

Dave and Earl will be joined by the wonderful Lucy Piper on drums. Lucy has over the past few years spent many nights performing in Mississippi, USA 'juke joints' alongside many top musicians, including the multi Blues Music Award nominee Watermelon Slim, and Robert Kimbrough Senior, son of one of the all time greats of Hill Country Blues, Junior Kimbrough.

In 2019 and 2020 Lucy worked with double Grammy Award winning label Ruf Records on their annual 'Blues Caravan'. As well as appearing on Ryan Perry's album High Risk, Low Reward which was nominated for a Blues Music Award 2020 (Universally recognised as the highest award in Blues.

Earlier Event: June 30
SFGQ @ The Old Firehouse, Exeter
Later Event: July 2
SFGQ @ Goren Festival