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Just a reminder that TOMORROW Wednesday 20th August, The Bullfrog Blues Club at The Cellars at Eastney present the amazing GWYN ASHTON together with his drummer, DAVE SMALL Just look at the results of the French magazine "Guitar Parts" Guitarist of The Year" Awards 2001... 1: JEFF BECK 2: GARY MOORE 3: GWYN ASHTON !!!!!! Blues Matters Gwyn Ashton blends alternative blues and swamp boogie, played on resonator, lap-slide, 12 & 6-string guitars, harmonica and foot stomp board. He's influenced not only by the likes of Hendrix and the other rock guitar greats, but also ’30s Mississippi Delta blues, and includes bottleneck and lap-slide in his performances. At 'The Cellars' gig Gwyn will be performing with drummer Dave Small, kicking his roots-rock power duo into overdrive making creative use of fuzzed-out bottleneck slide, octave dividers, delays and loops and bringing the blues into the 21st century. Like a band possessed, Ashton’s fiery 2-man combo pull no punches and deliver the goods every time. These guys are Lo-Fi, analogue, wild and dangerous! Gwyn's performed at The Great British R & B Festival, Maryport Blues Festival, Prague Blues Festival,co-headlined the Marseilles Blues Festival with Robben Ford., opened for Status Quo on their 1999 British arena tour etc etc. He's been highly acclaimed by such luminaries as Robert Plant, Johnny Winter and Eric Johnson, and played on=2 0stage with Mick Fleetwood, Hubert Sumlin, Marc Ford, Jon Paris, Canned Heat and opened for BB King, Buddy Guy, Rory Gallagher, John Hammond, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Van Morrison, Pat Travers, Jeff Healey, Tony Joe White, Junior Wells, Steve Morse and Albert Lee - and many others! . This is going to be a superb gig - and tickets are just £8 - so don't miss it! You can purchase your at “The Cellars At Eastney”, (56 Cromwell Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 9PN), from the bar from 2 pm - 11.30 pm today and from 2 p.m on Wednesday - doors open at 8 p.m. You can also pay by credit card online, either on The Cellars website, www.thecellars.co.uk. or ring 02392 826249 Wednesday 20th August THE BULLFROG BLUES CLUB at The Cellars at Eastney - GWYN ASHTON BAND