All three Realaudios tracks from the Blues n' Trouble CD "Devils Tricks" engineered, recorded and mastered by Grant Macnamara at Chamber Recording Studio, Edinburgh. Copyright on tracks 1 and 2 - Tim Elliot and B n' T Music, copyright on track 3 - Rice Miller and Copyright Control. Blues n' Trouble are:

Tim Eliot: Harp, Slide Guitar/Vocals
Mick Park: Lead & Slide Guitar
Alan Scott: Bass
"Lucky" Lox Lovell : Drums

"Devil's Tricks" Lo-Fi | Hi-Fi
"The Dark Street" Lo-Fi | Hi-Fi
"Bring it on Home" Lo-Fi | Hi-Fi

Most music promoters listen to many recordings during the course of a month and consequently a tendency to become blase often sets in - "A good band, but heard it before".

However, once in a while something stops you in your tracks and you stop what you are doing - and you pay attention. That little extra that separates a good band from a very good band soon becomes obvious. That is exactly what I felt on first listening to the master CD of Devil's Tricks.

But that really should come as no surprise. To quote Red Lick Records - "Blues n' Trouble have never produced a bad recording".

This is their 10th album since their first release "First Trouble" in 1985 and again, with it's driving rocking blues, it contains all of the ingredients of classic B n'T.

Since that first release, the band have enjoyed many prestigious tours and festivals and have appeared with many of the legends including BB King, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Robert Cray.

Indeed, Robert Cray guested on their next release in 1986, "No Minor Keys" along with the sixth Rolling Stone, Ian Stewart. Sadly, Ian died soon afterwards but the band were able to pay tribute at the 100 Club wake along with the Stones.

The band remains one of the small select group of British musicians to have won a prestigious American WC Handy Award when their release with Lazy Lester in 1987 was accorded that distinction.

So, take my advice - sit down, turn up the volume and listen to the opening bars of the title track and experience that little extra ... say no more.

Pete Evans, BeatRoot Music/Wrexham Blues club