Eric Street Band Members Dennis Siggery -- Vocals ----- Neil Sadler--Lead Guitar--Edward Stirling--Bass Guitar---------Nigal Pugh--Sax--Blues Harp-- Matt Edwards--Drums Dennis Siggery- Vocals Dennis became interested in music at very early age. At just sixteen he joined a band called "The Five Diamonds" as lead vocalist and they played a number of local gigs and youth clubs. He stayed with the band for a few years before taking up a career as a DJ in an R&B club playing Blues and Soul music. He did what most of us do, got married, got a "proper" job and let music take a back seat but by 1996 he had the urge to sing again and with the help of few friends he formed "The Acoustic Blues Band". They played bars and clubs and recorded one album, "Our Kind of Blues" Half covers, half originals. Dennis got hooked on recording and decided to try a solo album. In between playing in pubs he teamed up with a band called Van Dame which was a rock band. He ended up making seven! The albums turned out to be basically Rock music all except the last one "Back to Blue" which began to hint at a future direction. Dennis got tired of rock and went back to the good old blues.His band did a demo. He than asked the producer if might come back and record a song he had written. From that song, 5 albums came . Dennis composed all the songs with the help of the producer. In 1999 "The Acoustic Blues Band" became "The Southside Blues Band". This band were together in various line-ups for nearly a decade playing pubs, clubs and festivals but only recorded two albums. The guy that gave the Southside Band its' first big break, died suddenly and Dennis wanted to pay his respects by writing a song about his life. He went into "No Machine Studios" to record one song and with the help of producer Neil Sadler came out with three albums! The two of them decided to get some musicians together and form a band. So was formed The Eric Street Band. The band played a couple of local gigs, one of which was recorded live and an album was made. Following the success of this, they were asked to support "The Animals" at The Wallingford Blues Festival in 2009. The last two years have seen the band in prolific form, recording three studio albums. "The Route to The Blues", "The Journey" and just released - "The Drifter." This year sees the band back on the road again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Sadler - Lead Guitar Neil started playing the guitar at the age of fourteen. He had his first band - Captain Galapagos and Sea Lizard at the age of seventeen. He also played in other bands - Nightporter, Silva, Skeeta , Hazzard. He had an early success with a band called The Moonwalkers. Signed to CBS records in the early eighties with a band called Sleeping Lions. He was the founding member of The UK Blues Project in 1987, recorded "Saved by the Blues" and "No Rush". He started his own recording studio in 1994 No Machine Studios and has been recording ever since then. He has jammed with Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. He worked with The Larry Miller Band, recorded his last six albums and played Bass guitar on a few gigs. He works with Christina Al - Wakil in a specialist Blues/Jazz duo featuring classical guitar and trumpet. He also worked with UK band Bluetouch, gigging around the country, recorded two albums "Bump" and "Grind". Recorded Dennis Siggery's last 6 Albums, and formed The Eric Street Band with him. With the two of them together, the album 'THE ROUTE TO THE BLUES' was done... The album was reviewed by blues in Britain Jim Greaves, " if you like high energy modern blues rock- this is worth checking out" and he is so right!!!!! If you enjoy the music tell others.. Please check out the bands web site and go to the bands U.K. page, here you can keep up on new music too. Stop drop and hang out with us here and listen to some new tunes.... Plus join our network Blues and more. This is a site that music lovers and bands can hang out and jam. New bands , old bands lets get our music out there. www.IMGlobal.com . The new cd is here " The Drifter" It's the best work yet. Hope you enjoy as much as we had fun doing it. .... *************************************************************** *************************************************************** REVIEW from Blues in Britain.. The JOURNEY is the Eric Street Band's third album. It sees a return to the studio album. Eric Street live . Breaking from the formula of previous albums, Eric Street Band have peppered this one with a few surprises, most notably a ukulele. Not even this can scuff the surface of filthy, nightclub blues that covers The Journey.On Mr Blue , the wah-wah pedal is put to good use. Neil Sadler pours dirty jazz sounding blues out of his guitar like whiskey from a bottle. The rest of the band expertly contributes to the archetypal blues man. The title track tells the story of the blues entry into mainstream, though bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin and theAnimals. In doing so it also name checks a number of blues influences. Softer tracks like Carboard City and Hey Suzie show the band's social conscience, Sadler effortlessly finger-picking heart strings and classical guitar alike. But it's on stories of penniless, womanless tax dodging like The Tallyman the the band are in their element, melding harsh bottleneck slide with fuzz-box distored harmonica. Not for the faint of heart or clear of head. The Journey is a masterpiece of punchy, tobacco-stained blues. Written by Jonathan Madge 1/2010 Influences: Too many great Artist's to name, so here is just a few them... . Otis Redding, Freddy King. 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