27th July
2pm start
The
Fat Penguins
In case
you've been hiding away for years and not seen the penguins before
here's what they are all about...
The Fat
Penguins are a hard driving blues and R&B outfit, and are well
known to the club audience, the band consists of five seasoned
musicians with a wealth of experience, that never fail to deliver a
set of classic tunes and favourites.
Fronting
the band on vocals is Mark (Mags) Wilcox, ex Soulsonic, along with
Tom ‘the silver fox’ McCree on harmonica, now a blues veteran having
cut his teeth with The Bluesers, Soulsonic and Deja Blue, Chris
Pearson, ex Deja Blue and Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’, injects his own
jazz tinged blues on guitar and they are ably supported by the great
rhythm section of Bernie ‘the bass’ Brewster, ex Cadillac Kings,
Victor Brox Band, Cruisin’ for a Bluesin and The Heaters, on bass
and the in demand, hard driving Martin ‘the big bang’ Brown, ex The
Heaters, on drums.
They play
an intriguing mixture of up-tempo blues with many influences ranging
from The Small Faces, Dr Feelgood, The Who through to Stax and back
to the Blues Delta, so dust your dancing shoes off for this gig, as
the band will always get your feet moving with their tunes