Pete Harris Blues Band

The Southampton-based Pete Harris Blues Band has been together in its current line-up since Autumn 1996 and is enjoying an enviable, and growing, reputation on the South Coast and beyond. Featuring Pete on vocals and guitar, the band also boasts , keyboard, harmonica, bass and drums, and for selected gigs, a two-piece brass section.Together they produce an irresistible blend of swing, funk and down-home blues. Pete has performed on stage with many American blues artistes, notably Phil Guy, (brother of Buddy Guy), Lowell Fulson, Tabby Thomas, Gene "Mighty Flea" Connors, Mojo Buford (ex Muddy Waters Band), Byther Smith, Carrie and Lurrie Bell and Jerry McCain. He has appeared on BBC Television and many times on local and national radio.

What they say:

• "To find a better blues guitarist than Pete Harris you would probably have to go to Chicago" (Southampton Jazz Society)
• " .....a band very difficult to outclass on the South Coast and definitely one to be recommended! (Blues in the South)
• "Now here's a band that should be (if there was any justice) playing all of the blues festivals and all of the high-profile venues" (Blues in the South)
• "Pete is a lead guitar player of deceptive skill and emotional depth. His playing appeals to the head and to the feet." (Blueprint)
• "Pete Harris is a baaad man!" (Mojo Buford)
• "Book these guys, they're good!" (Otis Grand)