Hi all, Warren James here, I would like to wish you all a very happy new year – whether you are following The Jake Leg Jug Band, The Lonnie Donegan Story, or the Warren James’ Lonesome Travellers. We have enjoyed very much being among the hardest working bands of 2024 and I end the year on 258 concert performances – from jazz, jug bands, skiffle and other roots music – it has been a real blast meeting you all!

We look forward to seeing you at a gig in the next 12 months as we travel from England, Scotland, Wales (no Ireland yet but give us chance).

Some exciting news – all bands will have a new album this year, including the Jazzaholics (all being well)

Pre-order now at: https://www.coastallightrecords.com/product-page/live-at-green-note

Second Live album, recorded at Green Note in London
1. Betty & Dupree
2. Someday You’ll Be Sorry
3. St Louis Blues
4. Champagne Charlie
5. I’m Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan
6. Making Whoopee
7. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
8. Little Black Train
9. Sales Tax
10. Light From The Lighthouse
11. Midnight Special
12. Bring It With You When You Come
13. Sweet Honey Hole
14. Ella Speed
15. Gloryland 

PERSONNEL:
DUNCAN WILCOX – VOCALS, DOUBLE BASS
WARREN JAMES – VOCALS, GUITAR, BANJO
LIAM WARD – VOCALS, HARMINICA, JUG, WASHBOARD, SAW
GABRIEL GARRICK – TRUMPET, TROMBONE

Available for download now using PayPal or credit card at: https://warrenjames.bandcamp.com
CD Version will be available in the New Year at www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com and at live concerts
1. Wabash Cannonball
2. Fancy Talkin’ Tinker
3. Bring a Little Water Sylvie
4. Frankie & Johnny
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Wreck of Old 97
7. Take my Hand Precious Lord
8. Ramblin’ Blues
9. Jack O’Diamonds
10. Grand Coulee Dam

PERSONNEL:
WARREN JAMES – VOCALS, GUITAR, BANJO
BABY JOOLS – DRUMS
JIM SWINNERTON – DOUBLE BASS

REMAINING DECEMBER 2024 GIGS

Sun 29 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James RnR duo @ 6pm

Tues 31 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 4pm

Tues 31 – Leek, Den Engal – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 9pm

2025 PERFORMANCE LIST

JANUARY 2025

Sat 4 to Fri 10 – Warren James unavailable

Wed 15 – Bristol, Warmley Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8pm

Thurs 16 – Bristol, Old Duke – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 9pm

Fri 17 – Caterham, Surrey R&B Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8:15pm

Sun 19 – Coventry, Jazzamataz – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – 12 noon

Sun 19 – Colchester Jazz Club – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – Evening

Tues 21 – Hampton in Arden, Rogers Supper Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 7:30pm

Thurs 23 – York, Dringhouse Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 1pm

Sat 25 – Coventry, Ansty Club – Warren James Band @ 8pm

Sun 26 – Stafford, Jazz Club – Warren James Skiffle Group @ 12:30pm

Sun 26 – Birmingham, SNOBS Bar, Broad Street – Hit Parade Heroes @ 6pm

SEE YOU ALL ALONG THE WAY

Warren James

The Jake Leg Jug Band / Warren James / And All Associated Performances

FIRSTLY – thank you to everyone who showed support for live music in 2024 – to everyone who bought a ticket and paid to come into any venue that we performed at – OUR SINCERE THANKS! It’s hard to think that it’s almost a year since

You’re receiving this update because you signed up to our newsletter on a gig and probably didn’t win a free CD – but as promised – our gig listing for this month final month of the year.

All the best
Warren James

THE JAKE LEG JUG BAND – DECEMBER 2024 GIG DATES

THU 05 DEC 2024     LYCEUM FOLK CLUB (NEWPORT, SOUTH WALES)
8.30pm 2 x 45 min sets, @ Crindau Constitutional Club. www.lyceumfolknewport.org.uk

​FRI 06 DEC 2024     ST JAMES CHURCH (AUDLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT)
7.30pm 2 x 60 min sets, www.jmj.org.uk  GOSPEL CONCERT

​SAT 14 DEC 2024     SHROPSHIRE BLUES & ROOTS CLUB (LUDLOW)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets, @ Ludlow Brewery. www.facebook.com/ShropshireBluesClub

​SUN 15 DEC 2024     STAFFORD JAZZ SOCIETY (STAFFORD)
12.30pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The White Eagle Club. wwwstaffordjazz.org

​SUN 22 DEC 2024     HALESOWEN JAZZ CLUB (WEST MIDLANDS)
8.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ Halesowen Cricket Club. 

​TUE 31 DEC 2024     DEN ENGEL (LEEK, STAFFORDSHIRE) 9.30pm 2 x 45 min sets, www.denengelleek.co.uk

WARREN JAMES’ – DECEMBER 2024 GIG DATES

Thur 5 – Newport, Lyceum Folk Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 6 – Audley, CeO Church – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 7 – Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville Christmas light turn on – The Silke Street Band
@4pm Town Centre
@5pm The Bell Pub

Sat 7 – Soho, Arts Bar, Frith Street – Silk Street Band @7pm

Sun 8 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Hit Parade Heroes – Guest: Mike Owen @4pm

Thurs 12 – London, Soho – Silk Street Music

Sat 14 – Doveholes, Jazz Club – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics @8pm

Sun 15 – Stafford, Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band @12:30pm

Fri 20 – Tipton, Horseley Tavern – Hit Parade Heroes @8:30pm

Sat 21 – Louth, Jazz Club – The Story of Skiffle @8pm

Sun 22 – Halesowen, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band @8pm

Sun 29 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James R’n’R duo @6pm

Tues 31 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Hit Parade Heroes @4pm

Tues 31 – Leek, Den Engal – The Jake Leg Jug Band – NYE

Book any of these great shows for your venue by contact: WarrenJamesMedia@Gmail.com

Shows promising you all Jazz – Ragtime – Gospel – Blues – Rock ‘n’ Roll – Skiffle – Jug Band and Country with awesome swinging tunes….

Firstly, my apologise for being a little late with this months updates for The Jake Leg Jug Band and the various Warren James band -the month has been one of our most hectic yet with shows, festivals and so many long jouneys up and down the UK.

At Bude Jazz Festival, which is now our 10th annual pilgrimage, I had two performances with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics, two more performances with the Jake Leg Jug Band, my own show “The Story of Skiffle” and another performance with Jeremy Huggetts Jazz and Boogie Band.

The sheer amount of exciting venues, old and new that we have visited this month has been exciting and it doesn’t stopped yet.

Warren James’ and The Jake Leg Jug Band updates are listed below as one combined list as I won’t be absent from any of this months concerts.

SEPTEMBER 2024

Sun 1 – Stafford, Jazz Club – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics @ 12:30pm

Sun 1 – Birmingham, SNOBS, Broad Street – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 6:30pm – Guest: Barry Meek

Wed 4 – Tarporley, Nunsmere Hall – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 4 – South Wales, Llantrisant Folk Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 6 – Bristol, Old Duke – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 7 – Timsbury, Somerset Jazz Festival – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 13 – Somerset, Watchet – Peebles Tavern – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 14 – London, Candlemaker – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 15 – Coventry, Jazzamatazz, Ansty Club – The Hit Parade Heroes 50s Show @ 12:30pm

Wed 18 – Bristol, Warmley Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 19 – Didsbury, Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 20 – Ayr, Jazz Club – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 21 – Kirkcudbright, Parish Church – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 22 – Beattock, The Old Stables – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 2pm

Tues 24 – Windsor, Datchet Village Hall – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 26 – Henley in Arden, Wes Stanton Jam Session @ 7pm

Fri 27 – Shatterford, Village Hall – The Lonnie Donegan Story

Sat 28 – Poole, Venture Away Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – 11am

Sat 28 – Devizes, Wharf Theatre – Jazz Britannia with The Jazzaholics

Sun 29 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James R ‘n’ R duo @ 6pm – Guest: Stevie Barr

See you further on along the road folks!!!

Updates at: www.TheJakeLegJugBand.com and www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com

Happy summer from The Jake Leg Jug Band, from myself and the various shows that I host – Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story as well as everyone in the Skiffle Group.

As you signed up to our news letter in order to keep a close eye on us, so, I am happy to provide the dates list for this month of August… The Jake Leg Jug Band dates are listed first and then my own dates are listed below that.

We had a magnificent July, and it must be said that this years Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival went brilliantly for all bands!!!! HUGE thanks to Big Bear Music that made the festival happen with £0 investment from Birmingham City Council – what an achievement for Jim Simpson and the team! Our thanks to them all

This month is the annual pilgrimage to Bude Jazz Festival as well as The Lonnie Donegan Story appearing at The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne, Lancashire (The Biggest UK RnB Festival)

JAKE LEG JUG BAND – AUGUST 2024 DATES

THU 15 AUG 2024     CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB (CUMBRIA)
8.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Carlisle Rugby Club. www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

​SAT 17 AUG 2024      LOUTH JAZZ CLUB (LINCOLNSHIRE)
7.30pm 2 x 60 min sets. www.louthjazzclub.org.uk

​SUN 18 AUG 2024     THE CHESTNUT TREE (WORCESTER)
6.00pm 2 x 45 min sets, outdoors. www.facebook.com/TheChestnutInn

FRI 23 AUG 2024     THE VAULT (DARLINGTON)
7.00pm 2 x 45 min sets. www.facebook.com/thevaultdarlington

​THU 29 AUG 2024     BUDE JAZZ FESTIVAL (CORNWALL)
3.15pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ Bude Methodist Church. www.budejazzfestival.info

​FRI 30 AUG 2024      BUDE JAZZ FESTIVAL (CORNWALL)
3.45pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ The Falcon Hotel. www.budejazzfestival.info

SAT 31 AUG 2024      DALWOOD JAZZ CLUB (AXMINSTER, DEVON)
3.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Dalwood Village Hall. Tickets: t.mackenney111@btinternet.com

WARREN JAMES SHOW DATES FOR AUGUST 2024

Thur 15 – Carlisle Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 17 – Louth, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 18 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Jake Leg Jug Band

Mon 19 – St Ives, Private Engagement – 2pm to 5pm

Fri 23 – Darlington, The Vaults – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 25 – Colne, Lancs, Great British RnB Festival – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Liam Ward

Tue 27 – Bude, Falcon Hotel, 3:45pm – Jazzaholics

Wed 28 – Bude, Parkhouse Center, 12:15pm – Jazzaholics

Thurs 29 – Bude, Golf Club, 11:45am – The Story of Skiffle – Special Guest: Alex Clarke

Thur 29 – Bude, Methodist Church, 3:15pm – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 30 – Bude, Falcon Hotel, 8pm – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 31 – Devon, Dalwood Village Hall – Jake Leg Jug Band

Hi everyone, just keeping you up to date of our whereabouts as you requested when you originally signed up to our newsletter at a live gig! The Jake Leg Jug Band forthcoming tour dates for July are listed first then you will find my own personal dates for The Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story and The Story of Skiffle among other projects listed below.

JAKE LEG JUG BAND – TOUR DATES – JULY 2024

WED 03 JUL 2024    AMERSHAM JAZZ CLUB (HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS)
8.00pm, 3 x 40 min sets. @ Royal British Legion. www.amershamjazzclub.co.uk

​THU 04 JUL 2024     PUMP HOUSE JAZZ CLUB (WATFORD)
8.00pm, 3 x 45 min sets. @ The Pump House Theatre. www.pumphouse.info 

​FRI 05 JUL 2024       FISHERY WHARF CAFE (BOXMOOR, HERTFORDSHIRE)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.fisherywharfcafe.co.uk 

​SUN 07 JUL 2024      OLD BARN HALL JAZZ CLUB (GREAT BOOKHAM, SURREY)
1.00pm, 3 x 50 min sets  www.thejazzguide.co.uk/venues/listing/old-barn-hall

​SUN 14 JUL 2024      SOLIHULL JAZZ (WEST MIDLANDS)
12.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ Broomfields Hall. www.jazzamatazz.org.uk

​SUN 14 JUL 2024      THE VAULTS (UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE)
5.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.facebook.com/thevaultsuttoxeter

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
11.00am, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The Exchange. www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
5.30pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ Lee Longlands. www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​THU 25 JUL 2024      BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL (WEST MIDLANDS)
9.15pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The Night Owl (Digbeth). www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

​FRI 26 JUL 2024      TEWKESBURY LIVE FESTIVAL (GLOUCESTERSHIRE)
6.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. @ The Anchor. www.tewkesburylive.co.uk

WARREN JAMES – TOUR DATES – JULY 2024

Wed 3 – Marlybone, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music @ 4pm to 7pm

Wed 3 – High Wycombe, Amersham Jazz – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8pm

Thur 4 – Watford, Pump House Arts Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 5 – Bedford, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music @ 10am to 1pm

Fri 5 – Boxmoore, Fishery Wharf Cafe – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 6 – Darlington, Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story @ 12pm – Special Guest: Joe Moretti

Sun 7 – Surrey, Old Barn Jazz Club, Bookham – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Sat 13 – Bristol, The Old Duke – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 9pm

Sun 14 – Solihull, Jazzamatazz, Broonfield Hall – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Sun 14 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 5pm

Mon 15 – Hastings, Private Engagement – Silk Street Music 11am to 2pm

Tue 16 – Hampton in Arden, Fentham Hall – Lonnie Donegan Story

Sat 20 – Doveholes, Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Phil Shotton

Sun 21 – Coventry, Jazzamatazz – Warren James Skiffle Group @ 12 noon – Guest TBC

Mon 22 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Great Bridge Library – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 7:30pm

Tues 23 – Mablethorpe, Tower Tavern – Appearing with Andy Eastwood’s THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Wed 24 – Birningham Jazz & Blues Festival – Earlsdon Village @ 7:30pm – The Hit Parade Heroes – Special Guest: Simon Smith

Thur 25 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival, The Exchange, Centenary Sq – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 11am

Thur 25 – Nottingham,  Rhythm Club – Jazzaholics @ 8pm

Fri 26 – Tewkesbury, The Anchor – The Jake Leg Jug Band @ 8pm

Sat 27 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Coventry CBS Arena @ 12:30pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group

Sat 27 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – The Brasshouse, Broad Steet @ 5pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group

Sun 28 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – Haden Hill House @ 2pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group – Guest: Simon Smith

Sun 28 – Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival – The Station, Sutton Coldfield @ 7pm – The Warren James Skiffle Group – Guest: Simon Smith

Wed 31 – Pershore Jazz Club – Lonnie Donegan Story – Special Guest: Alex Clarke

June gig update for The Jake Leg Jug Band and Warren James’ Hit Parade heroes / The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools and The Jazzaholics.

So far The Jake Leg Jug Band have 97 dates from January to the end of 2024 – those dates are rising!

FRI 31 MAY 2024      PEBBLES TAVERN (WATCHET, SOMERSET)
8.30pm,  2 x 45 min sets. www.facebook.com/pebblestavern

​SUN 02 JUN 2024      VINTAGE NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL (WILTSHIRE) 
2.00pm, @ The bus top bar, 2 x 45 min sets. www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk

​THU 06 JUN 2024      KELMARSH HALL & GARDENS (NORTHAMPTON) 
6.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.kelmarsh.com

​SAT 08 JUN 2024      BERKHAMSTED JAZZ (HERTFORDSHIRE) 
8.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets  @ Berkhamsted Civic Centre. www.bjazz.org

​SAT 15 JUN 2024      YORK HOUSE CENTRE (STONEY STRATFORD, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE) 
8.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets  www.york-house.org.uk

​SAT 22 JUN 2024      THE JAZZ CENTRE UK (SOUTHEND-ON-SEA) 
2.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets  @ Beecroft Art Gallery. www.thejazzcentreuk.co.uk

​SAT 29 JUN 2024      DALWOOD MUSIC DAY (AXMINSTER, DEVON)
3.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Dalwood Village Hall. Tickets: t.mackenney111@btinternet.com

​Warren James’ dates include this Sunday, 2 June – Hit Parade Heroes at 6:30pm at SNOBS Bar at 200 Broad Street, Birmingham – events previously held at the O Bar on Broad Street, but have now moved…. other dates include The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics, all listed below

Sat 1 – Gloucester, St Oswald’s Village – The Hit Parade Heroes – Special Guest: Liam Ward
Sun 2 – Birmingham, Snobs Bar, 200 Broad Street – The Hit Parade Heroes @ 6:30pm
Wed 5 – Uttoxeter – Wedding – 2pm
Wed 5 – Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club – Jazzaholics 8pm
Thur 6 – Chaddesley Corbett, The Swan – Jazzaholics
Fri 7 – Tipton, Horseley Tavern – The Hit Parade Heroes
Sat 8 – Birkhamstead, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 9 – LANZAROTE
Mon 10 – LANZAROTE
Tues 11 – LANZAROTE
Wed 12 – LANZAROTE
Thur 13 – LANZAROTE
Sat 15 – Stoney Stratford, York House Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 16 – Uttoxeter, The Horse & Dove – The Hit Parade Heroes with Mike Owen and Barry Meek @ 1pm
Sun 16 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults of Uttoxeter – The Hit Parade Heroes with Mike Owen and Barry Meek @ 4pm
Sat 22 – Southend, Jazz Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 2pm
Sat 22 – Shipston on Stour, Townsend Hall – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics @ 8pm
Sat 29 – Louth, Jazz Club – Jazzaholics
Sun 30 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – Warren James R ‘n’ R duo @ 6pm Special Guest: Duncan Wilc

It would appear that the Jake Leg Jug Band gospel shows have been fantastically received with very enthusiastic crowds and more and more venues being added, many of them at churches around the country

Our new CD release, Some Glad Morning, is selling remarkably already – you can get yours here if you haven’t already https://www.thejakelegjugband.com/discography

This week I will be performing with The Jake Leg Jug Band in Carlisle this week

Thursday 23 May at CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB – 8.30pm – to be held at Carlisle Rugby Club. http://www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk​

Then on Friday 24th May I am performing this special event – The Lonnie Donegan Story at New Oscott Village, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B23 5LD – I will be joined by New Orleans drumming legend, Baby Jools… West End musical bassist, Jim Swinnerton… and my pal from the Jake Leg Jug Band, Liam Ward will join us on Harmonica.

Doors open at 7pm – tickets are £9 and the venue has a full bar and dance floor… If you are near or in Sutton Coldfield then please come along and join us, you’ll have a great night hearing about the man who launched British pop music and brought American folk and blues music to our shores in the mid 50s.

BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW on 0121 377 5000

Sunday 26th – I shall be performing at Stafford Jazz Club with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics

Tuesday 28th – I’m on electric guitar duties with The Liam Ward Band at Bletchley Blues Club

Summer kicked in and it has popped off again, so everyone in the Jake Leg Jug Band and my own bands wish you a bright, warm and happy time at all of those live gigs taking place around the UK… Keep supporting live music folks – you’ll miss it of it went (again).

Best wishes,

Warren James – www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com
The Lonnie Donegan Story
The Jake Leg Jug Band
Hit Parade Heroes
Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics
The Johnny Cash Songbook

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