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Backbone Blues Band

The band are

  • Tony Seaman – Guitar and Vocals
  • Martin Spellman – Guitar and vocals

  • Leanne Hollington -Vocals

  • Martin Jezzard – Drums
  • Luke Highet – Bass
  • Steve Pearce – Keyboards

Backbone have built their reputation on live shows on both sides of the Atlantic. In England at festivals and blues clubs up and down the country, and in the States performing in the Deep South, the home of the blues – on the main stage (twice) at the Iconic King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena AR; several shows at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale MS (voted #1 blues club in US); in Memphis, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.

 

Back in England their live shows CV includes the privilege of performing headline slots to packed houses at the 100 Club. All their shows feature original songs drawn from their four studio recordings as well as carefully chosen covers. For the band the most important thing is to entertain and engage with the audience – and, judging by crowd reaction and repeat bookings at clubs and festivals, they tick both of those boxes. Catch them if you can; playing live an entertaining show awaits you, and you can find their music on all the usual streaming platforms.

 

Just see what people are saying about them

“This band is bringing Blues back to the delta” – Bill Luckett – Co-Owner of Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale

“Best band I’ve seen out the of the UK for some time”  –  John Moore – King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena

“Good luck on the new album, can’t wait to hear it, I know it’s going to be awesome” Hamilton Loomis

“if you ain’t hooked on Backbone, you don’t know what’s going on” Larry Garner

They fold all that experience into their performances back in the UK. Influenced by the old blues men and inspired by the new, their music has blues at its heart, and is threaded with soul, rock and country and delivers a style that’s both eclectic in its construction, but unmistakably “Backbone” in its delivery.