Blues 'n' Trouble
Blues’n’Trouble were formed in the early 1980s by Tim Elliott and John Bruce. Constant personnel changes eventually led to a permanent line-up, which encouraged the band to turn professional, and saw the release of their debut album, „First Trouble“, in 1985. Over the next ten years, Blues’n’Trouble toured and/or guested with many Blues great including B.B. King, Robert Cray, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. They also recorded with the Sixth Stone, Ian Stewart, and Lazy Lester (for which a W.C. Handy Award was won!). Their third album, „Hat Trick“, recorded by vintage Blues producer Mike Vernon, relaunched the legendary Blue Horizon label. Indie chart success came with their second album, „No Minor Keys“ (dedicated to Ian Stewart) and „Hat Trick“, along with a British Blues connection Award for their 1991 album „Down To The Shuffle“., helped to keep the band in great demand for many years, oftn finding them playing around 250 shows per year all over Europe, as well as appearing at festivals around the world, including the Memphis Blues Festival. The band have released eight original albums as well as reissues and compilations. The year 2000 sees the release of „Blues Graffiti“, featuring all new tracks from the line-up of Timmy boy Elliott (vocals and harp), Mike Park on guitars, Scotty Scott on bass and Lucky Lox Lovell on drums. The album reflects the band’s live-sound, a no nonsense mix of hard hitting rockin’ Blues and Boogie. The double CD also includes selected tracks from their 1987 album „Hat Trick“ and the same year’s live album recorded by Radio Bremen in Germany, all remastered plus some previously unreleased bonus tracks from the band’s sold out festival shows in Scotland. The year 2000 also saw the return of founder member John Bruce to the band, and along with Tim, Scotty, Mike and Lox, the revitalized quintet look forward to continue success...
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