Xtra Tacos

Formed in the summer of 2025, Xtra Tacos is a collaboration between three of the finest blues and roots musicians in the South West, with Ritchie Lane on guitar and vocals, Ian Jennings on bass, and Lucy Piper on drums. The band plays blues, swing, and rock and roll, from Texas to Chicago, and all points in between.

Ritchie was picked as one of Guitar Player Magazine’s (USA) ’Big Eight Players’, as well as being reviewed by Blues in Britain as having “Majestic command on the guitar, with a great stage presence. If James Dean had sung the blues it would have sounded like this!” He has previously fronted his own band, played solo and as part of The Primitive Noise Band, alongside Ian.

Ian Jennings started his musical journey playing for the Big Town Playboys. Since those days, he has played with Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Robert Plant and Tom Jones. He is currently on tour with Andy Fairweather Lowe, and has often backed Mud Morganfield, the son of Muddy Waters, when he comes to Europe.

Lucy, daughter of the late bluesman Julian Piper, has spent much time playing in the juke joints of the Deep South, and has backed up the likes of Mississippi Macdonald, Ben Waters, as well as having considerable success with her previous band Southern Fried Groove Queens, playing festivals overseas, and being picked for Joe Bonamassa’s Blues & Rock Playlists. She is known for her distinct Hill Country style, which she has honed by playing with SFGQ, Stompin’ Dave, and her latest project ‘Kaspar & Lucy’.