Marcus Bonfanti

Wow, i got no handle on time at the moment, i look away for 5mins and here i am 2months later wonderin where the time went…

Well its been a great couple of months, first off thankyou to everyone who came down to the BluesFest gig at Bush Hall last month. It was a great night and we had a great time playin for you all and i’m still blown away by how many people came out… Thankyou so much

Also i wanna say hello to all my new friends that i met at Blues on the Farm & Glastonbury festivals, we had some good times there didnt we… didn’t we? i dont really remember but i got the mystery scars to suggest i did…

Last Year I joined Saint Jude as a permanent member, if you havent heard us before but you like what i do then you’ll love this band, check us out at – www.saintjudemusic.com we are playin a load of festivals this summer so come down and have some fun with us.

I’ve also had the pleasure of playing guitar with the fantastic PP Arnold over the last few months and will be continuing to play with her throughout the year, you can see all her gigs listed at – www.pparnold.com she sounds as good as she did back in the 60′s and the band is killin so get along to a gig if you can.

The British Blues awards are still being voted for and it all closes on 31st July (THIS MONTH) so if you enjoy what i do then please vote for me in the Best Male Vocals & Best Guitar category i would greatly appreciate it…
Also my good friend and long time musical collaborator Paddy Milner is up for Best Piano so i would love it if you could support him too…
We will be hitting the road together again real soon.
The link to vote at is here, its reall quick and painless to do honest – www.britishbluesawards.co.uk

So i’m still constantly on tour and have a load of dates coming up this month as well as my first UK headline tour at the end of the year… More on that later…

Oh yeh and the new album is on its way too and will be out before the tour…
I been pretty busy to be honest, may have to sleep at some point in September tho…

Hope to see you at a gig sometime soon…

Marcus
x

Its that time of year again, The British Blues Awards have picked their nominations and thanks to you beautiful people nominating me i am up for Best Male Vocals & Best Guitar. So all i ask is that if you have been to a show of mine, own either of my albums and enjoy what i do. Please vote for me in those categories, it would be great to win one this year. Also please vote for my good friend Paddy Milner in Best Piano category.

You can vote here, it only takes a second – http://britishbluesawards.com/#/vote/4550831539

Thankyou

x

Well its been a great couple of weeks since i last wrote on here, i’ll try my best to remember everything but we done so much…

After opening for the lovely Thea Gilmore in Nantwich Civic Hall and havin the pleasure of my good friend “Snakey” Jake Field join me on harp for the gig, me and Snakey hit the nightlife of Nantwich and ended up in a beer garden jam which was some good fun, then on to a nightclub that can only be described as a strip club with no strippers in it! Then it was back to my friend A B Weaver’s house for more jamming and straight Gin till 5am. Miles Traveled – 167

The next morning came round far too quickly and i was on a train heading for Glasgow to play with Miss PP Arnold as part of her band. She is still an incredible performer and her voice sounds as good as it ever did, the band are real kickin too and we had a great gig at The Ferry, which is actually a Ferry as well as a venue. After the show it was off to Oran Mor for some late drinks and then all back to PP’s room for music and tea till 5am again. Miles Traveled – 415

Up for breakfast at 9 (when its free you wake up no matter how little sleep you’ve had) & a few strong coffees and i was on my way to the train station again, this time on to Newcastle to meet up with my band for a show at The Cluny. They were driving up from London with my friend and Tour manager Tom Cleary. The gig at The Cluny went great, the audience gave us loads and we played some stone blues for them and had a good time doing it. After a bit of post code misunderstanding we ended up in the Travelodge bar with a wedding party and had a pretty good time, had to explain to a few people that i wasn’t Dave Grohl as he probaby wouldn’t be stayin in the Travelodge. Good night tho. Miles Traveled – 567

No such thing as a free breakfast at the Travelodge, or a good nights sleep either so we piled into Frankie & Bennie’s for 2 for 1 breakfast (when you been tourin as long as us you know where to save money) and then it was off to Maryport for an afternoon show. The drive was beautiful across the country and the gig was killin. The place was rammed and we even had the Mayor of Maryport there to see us. Jamie Francis opened for us and he was great, definitely someone to look out for in the future, it was good to see him again. After the gig we needed to make a speedy exit to get back to London at a decent time. As i waved everyone off from the car, Tom turned to me to inform me that the battery was flat. After our audience (including the mayor) tryed to push start us and a very kind man tried to jump start us the AA was called and an hour later we were on our way. Too scared to stop the car incase it wouldn’t start again. Maryport, i’ll never forget you! Miles Traveled – 971