A rare chance to catch two legacy acts with an impressive lineage from 70s blues rock in the spectacular setting of Cottiers Theatre. Headliners Medicine Head is a British blues-rock group formed in Stafford, England in 1968 by John Fiddler and Peter Hope-Evans. Fiddler handled vocals, guitar, and drums, while Hope-Evans added texture with harmonica, Jews harp, and mouth bow. Their sound was raw and stripped-down, blending blues, rock, and folk in a hypnotic, soulful style that embraced minimalism and authenticity. Championed early on by legendary BBC DJ John Peel, the band scored their biggest chart success in 1973 with One and One Is One, which reached No. 3 in the UK charts. In the early 1980s, Fiddler was asked to front the Yardbirds with remaining members Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Jim McCarty, but agreed only on the proviso that the name be changed and Box of Frogs was born. In 1984 the band released their highly-acclaimed debut album, Box of Frogs, which featured Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher. In recent years, John Fiddler has reignited the Medicine Head legacy with two deeply personal and musically rich albums. Still fronted by the timeless John Fiddler, the 5-piece band is now augmented by ex-Bad Co / Humble Pie guitarist, Dave Bucket Colwell, Belinda Campbell on backing vocals, Andre Shapps (Big Audio Dynamite) on bass, and drummer Paul Taff Edwards. - John Verity began his music career in the early 1960's, playing guitar in various local groups around his home town of Bradford, and supported big names of the 70s including Jimi Hendrix, Mountain, Canned Heat, Savoy Brown, and Janis Joplin. His first solo album 'John Verity Band', was released in 1973. Whilst on tour promoting the album, JV was spotted by Rod Argent and there followed a period of intense recording and touring. He worked with Motorhead, Tank, Ringo Starr, Russ Ballard, Colin Blunstone, Brian Connolly, John Parr, BowWowWow amongst many others. JV always said that live work was his first love and that holds as true today as ever. 2012 was to prove a landmark year for JV - first of all a chance meeting with guitar guru Trev Wilkinson during which John impressed Trev with his ideas on guitar design, this led to the development and release of the JV Signature model guitar - the 'Fret King Black Label Corona JV Signature model', and latterly a signature amp model.
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