John Dawson plays Spector basses exclusively
Ian Halford exclusively plays Liberty Drums and
LOS CABOS drumsticks
John Dawson uses
Gallien Krueger Amplifiers
*next gig... BISHOP AUCKLAND , Grand Hotel , Saturday 19th May 9pm
MARYPORT BLUES FESTIVAL 2012!
Great news. We've just confirmed an appearance at Maryport this summer between 27-29 July. Exact time and venue will be confirmed soon...
We're in CLASSIC ROCK again!
Check out this month's (April) CLASSIC ROCK Magazine cover CD, featuring our song "Little Josephine", along with tracks by Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Popa Chubby plus lots of great upcoming new bands (like us). Roll on Hebden Blues Fest 3rd June...
WE'VE CREATED A MONSTER!
MONSTERS OF ROCK (Ronington)
Shildon Civic Hall 25/02/12
Well, what a success this was. The funds are banked, the cheque is sent, and with some late donations, the total amount raised for The Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Foundation is £3807.40 in honour of Ronnie Patchett.
On behalf of Sue, Marc, Amy, and myself, I'd like to say a big thank you to the following:
Our tireless production team Les Routledge, Ray Macdonald, Magic Marty, Liam Ward, Paul & Matty Knight and Shorty, who all put in a full 12 hour shift.
Everyone who generously donated raffle prizes, some of the stuff on offer was just amazing, no wonder the tickets ran out! Not forgetting our wonderful sales girls, Valerie Brown, Val Tippins, Morag Knight, & 
Margaret Reed
The Rock-hungry hordes who bought their tickets and came from afar on pink coaches. To have that Hall packed out at 3pm brought a lump to my throat, and turned this event into a real rip-roaring party. There was such a genuine vibe of good will in the air.
This, more than the money raised, was the most important thing.
And speaking of money, would just like to mention Paul Watson and the Civic Hall team, who provided this bona-fide professional venue, complete with sound system for a fee of £0.00 and took 0% commission on all the tickets they sold.
And finally the bands themselves. To put aside a Saturday night is pretty special, but not ONE of them would accept even fuel expenses for the trip. Without exception they exemplified the spirit of this event and put on one hell of a show!
Guards Of Eden, The Silence, Big River, The Last Fakers, Presence, The Karma Heart, The Force, Sabbatica, Black Rose, and of course my own guys John Dawson & Ian Halford.
Thank You All.
Russ
We are honoured to be part of a TEN band all-day Rock concert at Shildon Civic Hall next February in aid of cancer research. This has some personal meaning for us as we lost a good friend and follower - Ronnie Patchett - to cancer last year. The concert will fall on the first anniversary of his passing and all proceeds will go to The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.
* All advance tickets now sold out. On the day there will be a limited amount available at the door on a "first come first served" basis, so please get there no later than 3.30 to be sure of getting in.
Announcement:
We've been invited to play the main stage at
Hebden Blues Festival 2012, Hebden Bridge,
W. Yorkshire on Sunday 3rd June. Can't wait!
Check out the latest video - recorded in Nottingham during our little tour last month. We love it!
Many thanks to Robert Balmer and Adrien Perrie.
We've just got this great review from American mag BLUES BLAST... click here
Recent live review in the CHESTER CHRONICLE... here
ELECTRICKERY IN MINNESOTA!
Three tracks from Electrickery were featured on Minneapolis' BLUE MONDAY Radio show broadcast on KOWZ at 10pm Sunday April 17. The whole show is available for streaming replays on the website: www.bluemondaymonthly.com on the Juke Box page until May 7.
The HTML with links to artists' websites goes out to 6,000 blues fans and potential customers weekly. The website gets 30,000 visitors a month.
More quotes from America...
"Some of the best interpretations of the blues rock genre I've ever heard!’
Brent Lundy presenter on WXRY Unsigned 99.3 in Columbia, South Carolina.
"Classic rock fans looking for a new band to follow ought to check out Russ Tippins, whose music is full of contemporary energy but hearkens back to the glory days of Rush, Humble Pie, and Stevie Ray Vaughn." Kevin Oliver, freelance music critic from Columbia, South Carolina
http://wxryunsigned.wordpress.com/
http://www.wxry.org/
http://lundymusic.com/
Marvellous live review here from the band's show at the Camerons Club in Hartlepool by Tommy who books the acts.
Reviews are really piling up now... this time from an American site "Pacific Street Blues" based in Omaha, and run by Rick Galusha, who is a hugely respected figure on the U.S underground Blues scene.
Great review of Electrickery by Bluesinthenorthwest.com a popular site in the Manchester & Liverpool area.
*NEW Blues show on the radio, check out Bluestrain on Frome FM on the last saturday of every month between 8 - 9pm. The first show went out on Saturday 29th January. Two songs in, and they played "This Building's On Fire" from the Electrickery CD. Listen here
BLUES MATTERS Magazine review of Electrickery
CLASSIC ROCK's amazing review of Electrickery - December's Blues Album of the Month!!!
*Official videos: YouTube "Little Josephine"
*Review by The Crack Magazine
*Review by Komodo Rock
*Bishop FM's Blues Show interview with Russ, featuring tracks from Electrickery
& eloquent banter! To listen click here
Gary Grainger's Blues Show Every Sunday 6 - 8pm 105.9FM
