Hey everyone,
firstly thank you so much to those of you who have bought my album over the last few weeks, i really appreciate your support. “What Good Am I To You?” Has been in the Amazon Blues Top 20 and HMV Blues Top 10 for 2 weeks now. It’s amazin to see my record next to the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Seasick Steve and at one point the great BB King; i’m honestly a bit overwhelmed.
It’s been real busy since the release (I been fallin asleep before the sun rises again, it feels strange) me and the band played a session on BBC Radio4 show Loose Ends and got to hangout with Clive Anderson, Sir Ian Mckellen, David Threlfall and Fyfe Dangerfield which was real good fun and i’ve been doin sessions for lots of radio stations including a session with Bob Harris on his Radio2 show which i gotta say was a real highlight of my life. You’ve not talked music till you’ve talked it with Bob…
I have just put up all the Tour Dates announced so far for this year, i’m coverin alot of ground (much of it opening for my good friend Sandi Thom on her tour) and alot of it with the band. There are alot more dates bein added all the time, including my first ever appearance at Glastonbury, but you’ll have to come back in a few weeks to hear bout that…
So please check out the live dates and if we’re comin to your town come along for some blues and whiskey themed good times.
The dates are also listed on myspace www.myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic
Now on to the “One Kind Favour…”
The nominations for the 2010 British Blues awards are being voted for now, if you’ve been to my shows and had a good time, bought my album and enjoyed it or even shared a whiskey with me please go to www.britishbluesawards.com and vote for me in the relevant categories. It doesn’t take long to do and i would really appreciate it.
So, i hope i’ll get to see you all at the forthcoming shows so until then, enjoy the album and if you haven’t bought it yet then borrow it off a mate… and then buy it please.
I hope you like the new place, i would like to thank Micha Macher at Rootside for the amazing job he’s done on it, i think you’ll all agree he nailed it. So new website, new album, new live show its gonna be a good year.
The album comes out on the 25th January and i am doing a special solo gig at Ray’s Jazz (top floor of Foyles Book Store, Charing Cross Road) on the 28th January at 6pm which is the first gig you’ll be able to buy a copy at. Ill be signing them for those who want me to and playing songs from the new album.
There are tour dates being added daily so keep checkin the website to see where i’m gonna be and also for news about the full band all singin all dancin album launch which will be happening in early February in London. Me and the boys will also be playing on The Loose Ends Show (Radio 4) on 23rd January so please tune in and enjoy…
So, hopefully see you at the gigs i got coming up and keep checkin back for more news and videos and just to see how sexy the new site looks.
Hey everyone, i hope 2010 has started well for you all, its taken me a while to get into this futuristic new time we’re livin in as everythin seems to have drawn to a halt because of the snow but its made for some fun snow days with my flat mates.
So, its a new year, i got a new band and a new album out, the release dates is confirmed as 25th January and the album is called “What Good Am I To You?”, it is available for pre order on amazon and many other internet record stores. Also i am playing a small solo show on the 28th January at The Cafe at Foyles bookstore on Charing Cross Road in London, i will be playin all the new songs from the album and also selling and signing the new album for anyone who wants one, it starts at 6 and is FREE to get in, should be good fun. Please come along cos i have visions of that scene from Spinal Tap at the album signing with Artie Fufkin!
If you’d like to know what the new record sounds like you can check out the reviews in this months issue of Mojo magazine and Blues in Britain as well as an interview and a few gig reviews in there as well (thanks to the good people at Blues in Britain for bein so supportive of my music)…
I’m really looking forward to seein you all this year at the shows, the band is soundin great, Scotty Wiber on Bass and Alex Reeves on drums you may know them as the rhythm section from the Big Sounds. So there will be lots of solo and band shows bein confirmed in the next few weeks so stay tuned to see if we’re coming to a theatre near you…
Here is a list of the gigs so far confirmed…
16/01/10 Guisbourough Rhythm & Blues Club w/King King- Guisbourough
17/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
19/01/10 Amberley Folk Club @ The Black Horse Inn w/The Wagon Tails – West Sussex
24/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
28/01/10 Ray’s Jazz @ The Cafe at Foyles – London
31/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
03/02/10 Grapevine @ Bedfords Wine Bar – Norwich
11/02/10 Inn at Lathones *FULL BAND* – St Andrews
18/02/10 Miller’s *FULL BAND* – Derby
19/02/10 The Lemon Tree *FULL BAND* – Aberdeen
18/02/10 The Bedford at SXSW – Austin, Texas
Take it easy guys and dont forget to check out my youtube channel www.youtube.com/BonfanTV for footage from the recording studio and a few little extras i’ll be putting up in the next few weeks, including the video for Give Me Your Cash…
