Welcome To My Website!

Martin and his banjo
Photo © Nigel Noyes 2014
Hi, there. Here you can find out about what I am presently doing musically, where and when I will be performing and with whom! Listen to some audio, watch a video of a live performance or two, or link to other websites of the bands I am involved in.


 I live in Hereford, UK and am currently working with "Whiskey River" [5/6 piece rocking electric Cajun, Zydeco & Swamp Blues band],"Whiskey River (Acoustic)" [4 piece Whiskey River with acoustic guitar, fiddle and double bass replacing the electric instruments] "The Whiskey River Boys" [an acoustic duo with Aidan Sheehan - a "pruned down Whiskey River" for smaller venues and budgets], "The Grass Snakes" [5 piece bluegrass influenced band] and the band that has been together since the start of time [1983!], "Blakes III" [an eclectic acoustic trio comprising fiddle, clarinet, guitar & 3 part harmony vocal]. I do the occasional solo gig too.  I hope to be performing in one of these combinations at a venue near you in the not too distant future!

Rock on and have fun a-browsing!
The Whiskey River Acoustic Quartet performing The Delmore Brothers song "Freight Train Boogie" at Three Cocks, October 2017
On stage in Raamsdonksveer with Whiskey River
Onstage in Raamsdonksveer, Holland. 2011
Another track from the recent acoustic album "Walk On". Steve Goodman's classic song about a train

Check out more music on the "Sound & Vision" page

A straight ahead acoustic blues by The Whiskey River Boys (Aidan Sheehan and Martin Blake)
"C C Rider"
[from the album "Walk On"]
The Grass Snakes, performing "Ready for the Times to Get Better" at Didmarton Bluegrass Festival 2013 (above) and "Them Blues" at The Chattery, Swansea, Nov 2013 (below)
 
Whiskey River have recently released an acoustic album, "Walk On...", recorded during the first quarter of 2016 Here is a sample track:
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On stage at Gloucester Cajun Festival with Whiskey River
On stage at Gloucester Cajun & Zydeco Festival 2016. Photo © Nigel Bewley
Here's Whiskey River's version of the Leiber and Stoller classic  "Love Potion # 9" from their 2011 album "Hot Sauce"
On stage at Pontardawe Festival with Whiskey River
On stage at Pontardawe Festival, 2006

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     Telephone 07846 669890
The Whiskey River Acoustic Quartet, (above) - strutting their stuff "live" at The Blind College, Hereford, December 2013 with the old Hank Williams classic "Jambalaya"

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