I have a nice busy month ahead of me with concert in all four corners of the job centre.

I’ll be as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Edinburgh and travelling east and west for Filey and Manchester.

Also, I will support to the folk rock band Merry Hell at Filey Folk Festival

Last month, we performed our final Walk on Back to Happiness concert at Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton, Southampton.

That show will now become The Hit Parade Heores details here

But a great time was had at the concert and a short snippet can be found here

The rest of this months concert dates will be as follows

Wed 1 – Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 2 – York, Dringhouses Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 12 noon

Fri 3 – Saltburn, Arts Centre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 4 – Filey Folk Fest, The Everon Centre – Warren James & Duncan Wilcox Supporting Merry Hell

Sun 5 – Filey, Methodist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 1pm

Sun 5 – Filey, Folk Festival, Yorkshire – Jake Leg Jug Band @ 7pm

Mon 6 – Milverton, Street Fayre – Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 8 – Bristol, Old Duke – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 10 – Newbold Verdon, Baptist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sat 11 – Bude, Methodist Church – Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun 12 – Marchington Woodlands, St John The Baptist Church – The Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 16 – Didsbury, Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 17 – Edinburgh, Jazz & Jive Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Thur 23 – Carlisle Jazz Club – Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 24 – Sutton Coldfield, New Oscott Village – Lonnie Donegan Story

Sun 26 – Stafford, Jazz Society – Jazzaholics

Tues 28 – Bletchley, Blues Club – The Liam Ward Band

Fri 31 – Somerset, Watchet – Jake Leg Jug Band

All details can be found at www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com

EXCITING NEWS EVERYONE – our 9th studio album SOME GLAD MORNING is out to purchase on GREEN BULLET RECORDS

Simply click here to order your copy

The album launch will take place this coming Sunday, 5th May, at Filey Methodist Church at 2pm.

With a busy month ahead of us, we look forward to seeing you as we travel and perform around a good proportion of the UK.

LIVE DATES MAY 2024

WED 01 MAY 2024

SUTTON COLDFIELD TRAD JAZZ CLUB (WEST MIDLANDS)

8.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Boldmere Sports & Social Club

www.facebook.com/SuttonColdfieldTradJazzClub

THU 02 MAY 2024

DRINGHOUSES JAZZ CLUB (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

1.00pm, 3 x 40 min sets @ Dringhouses Sports Club

FRI 03 MAY 2024

SALTBURN ARTS (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets @ Saltburn Community Theatre.

www.saltburnarts.co.uk/music

SUN 05 MAY 2024

FILEY METHODIST CHURCH (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

2.00pm. 2 x 45 min sets. Album launch.

www.fileymethodistchurch.org.uk

GOSPEL CONCERT

SUN 05 MAY 2024

FILEY FOLK FESTIVAL (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

7.30pm. 2 x 45 min sets @ The Evron Centre

www.fileyevroncentre.co.uk

MON 06 MAY 2024

MILVERTON STREET FAIR (SOMERSET)

12.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.milverton.org.uk

WED 08 MAY 2024

THE OLD DUKE (BRISTOL)

9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.theoldduke.co.uk

FRI 10 MAY 2024

NEWBOLD VERDON BAPTIST CHURCH (LEICESTER)

7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.facebook.com/NewboldVerdonBaptistChurch

GOSPEL CONCERT

For information and tickets please email: nvbaptistevent@btinternet.com

SAT 11 MAY 2024

BUDE METHODIST CHURCH (CORNWALL) 

7.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets.

www.budeandholsworthymethodists.org.uk

GOSPEL CONCERT

SUN 12 MAY 2024

ST JOHN’S CHURCH (MARCHINGTON WOODLANDS, STAFFS) 

7.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets.

www.marchingtonwoodlandschurch.co.uk 

GOSPEL CONCERT

THU 16 MAY 2024

DIDSBURY JAZZ CLUB (MANCHESTER)

8.00pm 2 x 60 min sets. @ Didsbury Cricket Club.

www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/didsbury.htm

FRI 17 MAY 2024

EDINBURGH JAZZ ‘N’ JIVE CLUB (SCOTLAND)

8.00pm, 3 x 45 min sets @ Heriot’s Rugby Club.

www.edinburghjazz.com

THU 23 MAY 2024

CARLISLE JAZZ CLUB (CUMBRIA)

8.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets @ Carlisle Rugby Club.

www.carlislejazzclub.co.uk

FRI 31 MAY 2024

PEBBLES TAVERN (WATCHET, SOMERSET)

8.30pm,  2 x 45 min sets.

www.facebook.com/pebblestavern

You can find all dates online at www.thejakelegjugband.com also on our WhatsApp Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaaKc2B3QxRtdtB1T50f

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Greetings everyone – of course, you already know that you are receiving this email because you joined The Jake Leg Jug Band mailing list at a live gig.

We are delighted to announce the launch of  our new WhatsApp channel for the Jake Leg Jug Band.

A new, easy, and very secure way of receiving our updates.

Using the device that you have WHATSAPP on (usually your phone), simply click the link below and select FOLLOW in the channel, and that should be it.

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Please join us at the link above…

I’m delighted to announce my gigs for this month with The Jake Leg Jug Band, The Hit Parade Heroes, The Lonnie Donegan Story and Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – plug a guest appearance with The Liam Ward Blues Band… All details can be found at www.WarrenJamesGuitar.com

I know what you’re thinking… Why didn’t I just send The Jake Leg Jug Band’s April update on Monday 1st April?… Well, I just knew that you wouldn’t believe me!

Having completed the first quarter of 2024 so quickly, we now move into the next and with it comes brighter nights and hopefully finer weather that will see some lovely outdoor performances as well as some exciting new ventures for the band.

Our gospel album “Some Glad Morning” (album number 9) will be released within the next month and it will also be available at all of our shows, especially the dedicated gospel shows that we are doing throughout the year in a number of UK churches.

See our dates listed below for the month ahead

APRIL 2024

SAT 06 APR 2024      DARLINGTON NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLUB (COUNTY DURHAM)
12.30pm, 2 x 60 min sets. @ St Augustine’s Parish Hall. www.darlingtonjazz.co.uk

​THU 11 APR 2024      ST ANDREW’S CHURCH (WIVELISCOMBE, SOMERSET)  
7.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.wiveychurches.org.uk/locations/st-andrews GOSPEL CONCERT

​FRI 12 APR 2024       ELLIEB JAZZ WEEKEND (STREET, SOMERSET)
Time TBC, 2 x 60 min sets. @ The Wessex Hotel. www.elliebjazz.co.uk

​SAT 13 APR 2024      CALSTOCK ARTS (CORNWALL)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.calstockarts.org

​SUN 14 APR 2024      THE CONCORDE CLUB (SOUTHAMPTON)
1.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.theconcordeclub.com

​SAT 20 APR 2024      THE BRITANNIA (LONDON)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.britannia.smokd.co.uk

​SUN 28 APR 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

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Hello roots music fans everywhere, be you a fan of jazz, blues, folk, country or good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll. May I start by congratulating you all on keeping live music ALIVE and booming everywhere you go and thank you for being YOU… The people who leave the house, who come out and who enjoy sharing the great atmosphere of live sound.

March is now here, almost a quarter of the way through the year, which is not a bad thing at this time of year because it’s sunshine and warmth are just on the horizon.

This month I am on the road with The Jake Leg Jug Band, with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics and with The Lonnie Donegan Story, as well as concerts with the 50s nostalgia show The Hit Parade Heroes and The Story of Skiffle.

MY EXCITING NEWS THIS MONTH is that The Lonnie Donegan Story is now officially confirmed to appear at THE GREAT BRITISH R&B FESTIVAL – and why not? He was the king of roots music in the UK.

1 – He had one of the first jazz bands on the British trad scene in 1950 – The Tony Donegan Jazz Band.
2 – He was a founder member of the legendary Ken Colyer Jazzmen.
3 – He was a founder member of The Chris Barber Jazz Band.
4 – He was among the first to perform with blues legends, Lonnie Johnson, 5 – Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee and Josh White.
6 – He commercialised blues music, he commercialised folk music and is the sole reason that many jazz banjo players, blues guitarists and and rock stars ever made it in the music business at all.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO LONNIE

I have The Story of Skiffle concert, the follow up to the Lonnie Story, appearing at Bude Jazz Festival this year and I am delighted to announce that another major Jazz Festival along with a major Folk Festival are ready to accept the show for 2025

So what can I say?

The next 2 years are going to be epic, especially when you consider next years tour of Denmark with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics!

It is most certainly a great time to be doing what I do and I thank you all for your support because without you I’m just a sad lonely guitarist with a banjo at my side.

THIS MONTHS TOUR DATES FOR ME ARE AS FOLLOWS

MARCH 2024

Sat 2 – Kingston Upon Thames, Ram Jam Records – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 3 – Willingham, Jazz Club, Cambs – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Sat 9 – Camden, The Green Not – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 10 – Birmingham, The O Bar – with The Hit Parade Heroes – 6pm
Fri 15 – Caterham Surrey & South London Blues Club – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Sat 16 – Congleton Unplugged – with The Jake Leg Jug Band – 2pm
Sun 17 – Stafford, Jazz Society – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Wed 20 – Amersham, Jazz Club, High Wycombe – The Warren James Skiffle Group
Fri 22 – Northamton, Ravensthorpe Village Hall – with Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics
Sat 23 – London, Candlemaker – with The Jake Leg Jug Band
Sun 24 – Halesowen Jazz Club, Cricket Club – with The Lonnie Donegan Story
Fri 29 – Nantwich, Nantwich Jazz and Blues – with The Hit Parade Heroes
Sat 30 – Tipton, Horseley Tavern – with The Hit Parade Heroes
Sun 31 – Worcester, Chestnut Tree – The Warren James R’n’R duo

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As The Jake Leg Jug Band moves towards completing our first quarter of 2024 we are delighted to say how well attended, how enthusiastic and how appreciative audiences have been all around the UK!

Next weekend we are recording our second live album in 12 years at The Green Note in Camden Town, London. Then in April we will be performing our first Gospel show which will coincide with our new album release of 2024 – see details below the date list.

MARCH 2024 Dates

SAT 02 MAR 2024      RAM JAM RECORDS (KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES) 
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.ramjamrecords.co.uk

​SUN 03 MAR 2024     WILLINGHAM JAZZ CLUB  (CAMBRIDGE)
12.30pm, 3 x 40 min sets @ Willingham Social Club. www.willinghamsocialclub.com

​** LIVE ALBUM RECORDING **
SAT 09 MAR 2024     GREEN NOTE (CAMDEN, LONDON)
8.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.greennote.co.uk

​FRI 15 MAR 2024     SURREY & SOUTH LONDON RHYTHM & BLUES CLUB (CATERHAM)
8.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. @ Soper Hall. www.alterativus.com/surreyrhythmandblues

​SAT 16 MAR 2024      CONGLETON UNPLUGGED (CHESHIRE)
7.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. @ Beartown Brewery. www.congletonjazzandblues.co.uk

​SUN 17 MAR 2024      STAFFORD JAZZ SOCIETY (STAFFORD)
12.30pm, 2 x 50 min sets. @ The White Eagle Club. www.staffordjazz.org

​SAT 23 MAR 2024      THE CANDLEMAKER (LONDON)
9.00pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.candlemaker.smokd.co.uk

Some Glad Morning will be released in early May and the dates for our accompanying Gospel tour are coming in thick and fast.

GOSPEL TOUR DATES confirmed so far are:

THU 11 APR 2024      ST ANDREW’S CHURCH (WIVELISCOMBE, SOMERSET)  
7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.wiveychurches.org.uk/locations/st-andrews

SUN 05 MAY 2024     FILEY METHODIST CHURCH (NORTH YORKSHIRE)
2.00pm. 2 x 45 min sets. Album launch. www.fileymethodistchurch.org.uk

FRI 10 MAY 2024       NEWBOLD VERDON BAPTIST CHURCH (LEICESTER)
7.30pm, 2 x 45 min sets. www.facebook.com/NewboldVerdonBaptistChurch

SAT 11 MAY 2024       BUDE METHODIST CHURCH (CORNWALL)  
7.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.budeandholsworthymethodists.org.uk

SUN 23 JUN 2024       ST MARY”S CHURCH, PRIMROSE HILL (LONDON)  TBC
7.00pm, 2 x 60 min sets. www.stmarysprimrosehill.com

SAT 21 SEP 2024      KIRKCUDBRIGHT PARISH CHURCH (DUMRIES & GALLOWAY) 
7.30pm 2 x 45 min sets, www.kbtchurch.org.uk

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News update regarding final tickets available for The Lonnie Donegan Story at The Wharf Theatre, Devizes, Wiltshire this Saturday 24th Febraury and The Jake Leg Jug Band ** LIVE ALBUM RECORDING ** next month at The Green Note, Camden, London on Saturday 9th March

The Lonnie Donegan Story –
The Man Who Who Made The Beatles Play

The Wharf Theatre, Devizes, Wiltshire

Saturday 24th February (this Saturday) @ 7:30pm

Starring
Banjo and Guitar, plus the stories and songs, Warren James
New Orleans Drum Star, Baby Jools
West End Bassist with Million Dollar Quartet Musical, Jim Swinnerton
Guitarist with the Steve Gibbons Band for over 20 years, Howard Gregory

Only 26 seats left, so book now to secure your place

Ticket link: Click here to book the last few remaining tickets

The Jake Leg Jug band
LIVE ALBUM RECORDING

Come along and be a part of this LIVE ALBUM RECORDING at London’s prestigious GREEN NOTE, CAMDEN TOWN.

Saturday 9 March @ 7pm

Click here to book your tickets and be a part of this unique live album recording

Thank you as always for your support – when we are massive stars we will thank you! Unless you unsubscribe – then we’ll cast spells on you and I may even come to your house and play my banjo through your letter box at 3am!

Please find below, my personal appearance schedule for Warren James appearing with the following shows:

The Jake Leg Jug Band – Baby Jools & The Jazzaholics – The Lonnie Donegan Story – The Hit Parade Heroes
The Story of Skiffle – Walk on Back to Happiness and COMING SOON ** The Johnny Cash Songbook **

FEBRUARY 2024

Wed 31 – Northallerton Jazz and Swing Club
Jake Leg Jug Band – postponed due to unforeseen circumstances

Thur 1 – York, Dringhouse Jazz Club
Jake Leg Jug Band – postponed due to unforeseen circumstances

Tues 6 – Milton Keynes, Olney Jazz Club
Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 7 – Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club
Jazzaholics

Thur 8 – Chaddersley Corbett, Fox Inn
Jazzaholics

Sun 11 – Stafford, Jazz Society
Warren James Skiffle Group – 12pm

Sun 11 – Uttoxeter, The Vaults
Hit Parade Heroes – 4pm

Sat 17 – Wycombe Bishop, Jazz Club
Jazzaholics

Thur 22 – Didsbury, Jazz Club
Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri 23 – Runnymede, Jazz Club
Jazzaholics

Sat 24 – Devizes, Wharf Theatre
Lonnie Donegan Story

Tues 27 – Wiltshire, Calne Jazz Club
Jake Leg Jug Band

Wed 28 – Gosport, Jazz Club
Jake Leg Jug Band