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The Barking Spider will be away on tour with Country Joe for the next coupl= e=20 of weeks, so Lord Gnome (King of The Raffle) will be your master of=20 ceremonmies at The Bullfrog Blues Club on South Parade Pier, Southsea.=20= =20 Mr. Spider is most upset that he'll mis Larry Miller Bans & Marcus Malone &= =20 His Band, two great gigs! On Thurs =C2=A0=C2=A03rd June the return of the magnificent =C2=A0=C2=A0LAR= RY MILLER BAND! Blues rock guitarist Larry Miller was destined to be a guitarist. Rory=20 Gallagher=C2=A0 was a personal friend, even=C2=A0 sharing=C2=A0 the cover o= f his "Stagestruck"=20 album with Larry.=20 Larry and his band have built up a huge following all over the U.K. and hav= e=20 performed alongside artists as diverse as Peter Green, Ian Gillan, Climax= =20 Blues Band, Thunder and Walter Trout. Thousands have now seen Larry perform= at the=20 Reading Festival, Kent Bike Show, and the massive Bulldog Bash.=C2=A0=20 Behind the maestro is the tightest group around, consisting of top=20 studio/session drummer Andy Aust ,=C2=A0 Mel Waters on bass guitar providin= g the anchor, and=20 session singer Julian Turner-Bell on backing vocals Larry has been called "the happiest blues guitarist on the circuit", but=20 listen carefully to what the man plays, and you'll hear sheer top of the ra= nge=20 guitar work, that only comes from someone who is dedicated to their craft -= =20 polished, professional and highly entertaining.There are a million guitaris= ts and=20 singers out there, but only one Larry Miller. =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 LARRY MILLER BAND appears at The Bullfrog Blues Club, South Parade Pier,=20 Southsea, on=C2=A0 Thursday 3rd June - Tickets on sale at The Wedgewood Roo= ms, (023) 92=20 863911 or on the door. Doors open 8 p.m. On Thursday 10th June Marcus Malone and his band are appearing at The=20 Bullfrog Blues Club Marcus, from Detroit, Michigan, USA has performed at the Royal Albert Hal= l,=20 Burnley and Colne Festivals in the UK; Harlebeke Blues Festival in Belgium;= =20 the Bospop Festival in Holland; Valdagno (Vicenza) Blues Festival in Italy;= and=20 all the top U.K. Blues Clubs.=20 His visit to the Buulfrog Blues Club on South Parade Pier on Thursday will = be=20 his second visit to the club. Marcus is presently working the European blue= s=20 circuit, festivals and concert halls including tours of Belgium and Holland= ,=20 and in 2004 Marcus will be headlining or appearing at most of the major=20 festivals in the U.K and Europe.=20 Marcus performed two self-penned acoustic numbers =E2=80=98 on the The Paul= Jones=20 Show BBC Radio recently A live session with his band was recorded at BBC = Pebble=20 Mills studio in Birmingham for airplay on the Paul Jones Show showcasing t= he=20 release of his 3rd album ''Blue Radio'. Thuis man has charisma and style b= y=20 the bucketful, so hop on down to the Bullfrog and catch Marcus this Thursda= y.=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20 Marcus Malone and his band are appearing on Thursday 10th June at The=20 Bullfrog Blues Club. Tickets on sale at The Wedgewood Rooms, (023) 92 86391= 1 or on=20 the door. Doors open 8 p.m. =20=20=20=20