British blues harmonica player Errol Linton plays The Butler on Chatham Street in Reading.
Errol Linton plays The Butler on Friday 15 January, with his band backing him. He's a Brixton-born British blues musician of Jamaican descent — a singer, songwriter and painter who's been playing his own blend of blues with hints of reggae on the London Underground for thirty years. John Walters hailed him as the 'future of British Blues' back in 1993, and he's been working in the scene ever since.
That career has taken him alongside some heavy names. He's collaborated with Bo Diddley, Tony Allen, Abram Wilson, Doctor John, and Screaming Jay Hawkins. More recently, his harmonica appears on 'Lookout Man' from Joe Bonamassa's 2021 Grammy-nominated album Royal Tea. He's also put out several albums of his own: Brassdog Records released his first on vinyl, Packing My Bags, recorded at Dean St Studios, and No Entry, recorded at Toerag Studios.
He's a three-time winner of the British Best Harmonica Player of the Year at the Blues Awards, and the praise hasn't stopped there — Cerys Matthews has called him 'the greatest British blues performing artist' and he's been described as 'the world's best harmonica player'. After three decades at the craft, he and his band still play around the capital at least four times a week, so this is a chance to hear that same live act here in Reading.
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The gig is at The Butler, 85-91 Chatham Street, RG1 7DS, starting at 20:00 on Friday 15 January. Tickets are £19.80.
