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GARY FLETCHER (The Blues Band) and PICK WITHERS (Dire Straits) are at the Bullfrog Blues Club appear at South Parade Pier on Thursday 4th February with the THE GARY FLETCHER BAND! Gary Fletcher is best known as a member of The Blues Band, of which he's a founder member and principal songwriter. He also a performs and writes for The Dave Kelly Band. (Dave of course, being another founder member of The Blues Band). Gary also fronts his own band, The Gary Fletcher band, which features the one and only Pick Withers, the former Dire Straits drummer who has also played on Bob Dylan's albums amongst others. The Blues Band's encore anthem, Gary's composition "Green Stuff", has been a constant in their live set since the "Ready" album was released in 1980, and has been covered by bands throughout Europe. The album, "Stepping Out" features Gary's song "Stepping Out On Main", another big winner with audiences. Gary met up with Dave Kelly in late 1978, when he played (with Wilgar Campbell, the ex Rory Gallagher drummer) in The Wildcats. Impressed by Gary's prowess both as a musician and songwriter, Dave asked Gary to join a new band he was putting together, which also featured Paul Jones & Tom McGuinness (ex Manfred Mann), plus ex John Mayall drummer Hughie Flint. The Blues Band were born - and the rest is history. In over 30 years with The Blues Band, Gary Fletcher has continued to write and record his own material, and has contributed songs to records by other artists. "The Official Gary Fletcher Bootleg Album" CD features many of the tracks are songs Gary wrote for The Blues Band, including the 'classic' "Green Stuff", "Bus To Nowhere" and "World Gone Crazy". The Gary Fletcher Band draw on the blues both in terms of Gary's own material but also covers with songs from the likes of Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, Sleepy John Estes, Ray Charles and even J.J. Cale. This promises to be a night to remember! THE GARY FLETCHER BAND appear at The Albert Bar, South Parade Pier, Southsea, on Thursday 4th February 2010. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets just £9, available via Paypal on our secure network, www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com, (pick up your reserved tickets on the door on the night) ...or take your chances on the door.... Tickets also available Monday to Saturday during shop hours from "Saraband" in Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea. (near Shell garage).