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St Patrick's Day is a pivotal date to Barking Spider - this year it marks five years since the first ever Barking Spider gig. On 17th March 2000, I promoted my own band AN SEISIUN for a St.. Patrick's day celebration on South Parade Pier. To celebrate, on March 17th 2005, Barking Spider will be presenting SINNERBOY at The Bullfrog Blues Club, a fitting St. Patrick's night tribute gig to the greatest ever Irish blues man. This is followed by Barking Spider's most ambitious gig yet, SHANE MACGOWAN AND THE POPES on Saturday September 19th. Barking Spider's first blues gig was in December 2000, when Aynsley Lister performed one of his first ever solo gigs at "The Frog On The Front", and shortly after regular blues events were held there. We adopted the name The Bullfrog Blues Club from the title of the Rory Gallagher song , as it it seemed appropriate at a venue called "The Frog On The Front". We kept The Bullfrog Blues Club name when in July 2001 we moved to our new home in The Albert Bar of South Parade Pier, where we still try to, present top blues performers every Thursday, and occssinally other gigs in other genres. Just for fun I've tried to list all artistes that we've presented on South Parade Pier (or during the early days a Frog On The Front) so far - if I've missed any out, please let me know!!!!! WORKERS PLAYTIME, , TONY FARINHA & LAURIE McVAY, BURNT ICE, POWER OF THREE, LAST ORDERS, STEP ON THE GAS, THE POKERS, THE BIG EASY THE CRISIS BLUES BAND, BEN ANDREWS, DAVE SAUNDERS & HARRY SKINNER, AYNSLEY LISTER, DR. BLUE, THE BIG EASY, WORKER'S PLAYTIME, WHITE KNUCKLE BLUES BAND, KENT DUCHAINE, BURNT ICE, RHINO MEN, APICELLA, SONNY BLACK & GEORGE PEARSON, KING ROLLO, THE RHYTHM KINGS, CANNED HEAT, BIG TIM'S BIG BOX OF BLUES TRICKS, THE BILL THOMAS BAND, REET PETITE & GONE, BOB HALL, EARL GAINES & AL GARNER, MO INDIGO, THE POKERS, , BILLY C. FARLOW, CLARK ST. BLUES BAND, AMOR, CHRIS SMITHER, GWYN ASHTON (solo & with the band), CHRIS JAGGER, THE EXPLORERS, ADRIAN BYRON BURNS, TIM ROYCE, RONNIE TURNER & JOHN F.WANDS, GUY DAVIS, DICK WARDELL, HERSHEY & THE 12 BARS, PAUL LAMB AND THE KINGSNAKES, PERRY FOSTER, SCOTT McKEOWN BAND, LARRY MILLER BAND, MO THOMAS, , SUGARLAND SLIM, TOMMY ALLEN'S TRAFFICKER, BIG BILL MORGANFIELD, JOHN CRAMPTON, THE PETE HARRIS BAND, KING EARL BOOGIE BAND, SPENCER BOHREN, DICK WARDELL, PETE LEIGH & THE UNION, RECONSIDER, IF 6 WAS 9, SKYNNY LENNARD, GUY TORTORA, THIS WAYUP, MICHAEL MESSER & ED GENNIS, MEMO GONZALES & THE BLUESCASTERS, THE JUKE JOINTS, HELEN WATSON, LITTLE TOBY WALKER, MARCUS MALONE, THE JIVE ACES, GEOFF MULDAUR, SWAMP THINGS, DERRIN NAEUNDORF (solo and with DAVE DOWNING), CADILLAC KINGS, IAN SEIGAL , DEBORAH BONHAM BAND, THE MUSTANGS, DICK TAYLOR'S BLUES MUTHAS, ANDY BROAD, ERROL LINTON BLUES VIBE, DANNY BRYANT'S REDEYE BLUES BAND, THE WATCHMAN, EDDIE MARTIN, MICK DOWNS BAND, STEVE DANIELS, SPIKEDRIVERS, MIKE SANCHEZ, ROBIN BIBI BAND, JOE D'URSO AND STONE CARAVAN, MICKY KEMP BAND, STEVE ARVEY's BLUES MOVE, KENT DUCHAINE, THE ELEVATORS, BACKWATER ROLL, DAVE SPECTRE, SCOTT McKEON BAND, SINNERBOY, HANS THEESINCK, BADTOWN BLUES, KING ROLLO'S UPFOOT BLUES BAND, MICK PINI BAND, EVENING SUN, LIGHTNIN WILLIE & THE POORBOYS, AMOS GARRETT, MICK DOWNS BAND, STEVE PAYNE, MICHAEL PICKETT, LIMEHOUSE LIZZY, CATFISH KEITH, IAN PARKER BAND, DEL BROMHAM, CADILLAC KINGS, KELLY JOE PHELPS, THE JOE HOLLYWOOD BAND, THE BRUCE KATZ BAND, ERIC BIBB, DR. FEELGOOD, THE PRODUCERS, CHRIS FARLOWE, THE YARDBIRDS, CLAUDE BOURBON, TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS, STEELEYE SPAN, LINDISFARNE THE COUNTRY JOE BAND COUNTRY JOE McDONALD with REET PETITE & GONE, (Lee Burley's) DOGHOUSE, (Chunky & Badger's) DOGHOUSE, THE MUFFIN MEN WITH JIMMY CARL BLACK, KELLY'S TATTOO, FATHER JACK, MARK SUTCLIFFE, THE TUBES, KEITH JAMES, AMRIT SOND, BUDGIE, JULIAN DAWSON, DERVISH, FRANCES BLACK, FAIRPORT CONVENTION, STEVE TILSTON, THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, T.J. HOLANDES, AMY WADGE, THE AMY WADGE BAND, EZIO, MARTYN JOSEPH, FAIRPORT CONVENTION, THE JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND, THE AMAZING MR. SMITH, THE GUTTER BROTHERS, , THE KURSAAL FLYERS, ANDY WHITE, JACKIE LEVEN, KEHEJA, MARY JANE, RON TRUEMAN BORDER, THE RON TRUEMAN BORDER BAND, BEN PALEY & TAB HUNTER, LEGACY, FEAST OF FIDDLES, GENE PARSONS, TERRY ALLEN, ASSASINS OF SILENCE, LIVE/WIRE, SKYNNY LENNARD, DEB SANDLAND, DEB SANDLAND & PHIL BEER, SHOW OF HANDS, NORMA WATERSON & MARTIN CARTHY, THE ELIZA CARTHY BAND, SHEP WOOLLEY, SHEP WOOLLEY & BAND, JOHN BELAND, COLVIN QUARMBY, EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS, KARNATAKA, KTB, JULIE FELIX, OYSTERBAND, RALPH McTELL, THE PHIL BEER BAND, ROB JOHNSTON, KANGA HALF MOON, PAUL DOWNES, BOB FOX, LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND, DOGHOUSE, ARLEN, HARD TIMES STRING BAND, DAN OGUS, THE DAN OGUS QUARTET, AMALTHEA, THE FOLD, THE STRAWBS, LEGACY, CHAS & DAVE, STATE OF UNDRESS, GEORGE WILSON, MAGICK KHAT, ACOUSTIC CAT, DUBBLE BUBBLE, ANDREW PERRY, PETE QUIN, DAN OGUS, JON BRINDLEY, RATTLING BLUE, KARL DALLAS, THE GREENHILL BOYS, J.C. AND ANGELINA GRIMSHAW, EMILY SLADE, BEN WILLIAMS, PRONGHORN,GARDENER, THE ASSOCIATION OF PORTSMOUTH TRADITIONAL DANCE TEAMS & THEIR GUESTS, THE JOYCE GANG, WILDEST WISH, HOT TAMALES, FOR FOLK'S SAKE, MIST ON THE BOG. If I've missed any out, please let me know!!!!! And also, why not let me know of your favourite gig that Barking Spider has ever promoted? Special thanks to Barking Spider's unpaid yet hardworking staff, especially Pete (Lord Gnome, king of the raffle), Andy Broad (king of the blues and the website) Danny, Andy Lauchlan (Spunky The Spaniel), Pam Wilkins (big cat) and Carol, and everyone else who's turned up to help, past and present. Special thanks to our brilliant soundmen Andy Thomas, Chris & Jack, and all the support given by the staff at the Pier, especially the long suffering manager, Nick Lyne, Sara Jane for selling our tickets and Doreen, the queen of the kitchen. And not forgetting those who also serve - behind the bar - especially Justin (who's become a real muso now!) and Emily. We'll try out hardest to keep the high standard you now expect of Barking Spider, but if you're not there it won't be worth doing, so keep rockin' the Pier. I'm truly gratified by all the support and friendship shown by artistes, other promoters and our regulars over the last five years. Thanks a million, all of you. Sincerely, J.R.