LANDMARK FOR BIRMINGHAM MUSIC VENUE

 

LANDMARK EDITION FOR HENRY’S BLUESLETTER 

This week marks the 200th edition of the weekly Henry’s Bluesletter, the free subscription emailed newsletter of Henry’s Blueshouse. What started life as a means to keep the attention of the Henry’s Blueshouse audience firmly fixed on The Blues during the Covid lockdown, has taken on a life of its own, going by email every weekly to nearly 16 thousand online subscribers across the UK, Europe and the USA.

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The Bluesletter features artist information on attractions set to perform at Henry’s Blueshouse (every Tuesday), Birmingham Rocks (Sundays) and Bandit Fridays, all at O Bar on Broad Street at the heart of Westside. Admission to all performances is free. Henry’s Blueshouse first saw the light of day in 1968, when The Crown on Station Street was its home. Artists appearing at Henry’s included then-emerging acts including Status Quo, Chicken Shack, Judas Priest, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher’s Taste. Legendary American’s featured included Arthur Big Boy Cruddup, who wrote 3 of Elvis Presley’s early hits, Lightnin’ Slim, Champion Jack Dupree and Son House. Black Sabbath played their first gigs at Henry’s and were regulars in their early days. Henry’s Blueshouse promotor, Jim Simpson, became manager of Black Sabbath, closing Henry’s to go on the road with Sabbath, taking them to 2 hit albums (“Black Sabbath” and “Paranoid”) and 1 hit single (“Paranoid”). After a short break of some 50 years, Simpson reopened Henry’s Blueshouse.

For further information, contact Jim Simpson on 0121 454 7020 or email jim@bigbearmusic.com