Colne Blues Festival- Friday

Colne Blues Festival so many bands and fringe venues, where to start? We headed for Leeds band Poor Boy who's blistering blues and soulful vocals opened the blues fringe and had the audience rocking at the Colne and Nelson Rugby Club Venue.
Next we hotfooted it to the International Stage at the packed to the brim Muni where an excited noisy audience were thrilled by Dr Feelgood's strutting presence, driving rhythm and evocative guitar.
We headed for the acoustic stage where first Lil' Ian Goodsman followed by Charlie White both gave raucously expressive performances to the delight of another fully packed interactive audience.
Back to the Main Stage to catch Nine Below Zero rocking the Muni to a frenzy with full on rhythmic blues, emotional guitar and fun presence.
Then down to the British Stage at the Leisure Centre where an excited loud and exuberant audience was dancing to the hot rhythms and soulful harmonica of the Junkhouse Dog Blues Band, rocking blues excitement continued to thrill with legendary blues singer Carey Bell and his band Atlanta Roots.
We finished the night back at the International Stage where Eddie and The Hot Rods iconic, influential and full on rhythm and blues fun finished the evening in style.
Andrew Sugden
YGG