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Claude Bourbon - Thursday 26th Jan at The Bullfrog Blues Club

 
Thursday 26th Jan  - Bullfrog Blues Club, South Parade Pier -  Claude Bourbon 
 
French blues virtuoso Claude Bourbon - the self styled "Frog With The  Blues" 
-  appears at The Bullfrog Blues Club on South Parade Pier,  this Thursday.   
Claude has just released a live album recorded in Brussels in May 2005. It's  
entitled  "Merci, Thank You", and no doubt blues fans will be  getting a 
taste of the new album on Thursday. 
A typical Claude Bourbon performance starts with the blues and  takes you on 
a trip with songs which are sometimes inspired by Spanish  boleros, drifting 
by the protest songs of Bob Dylan and  sailing into  the world of classical 
music -  but always returning to the blues. 
Gershwin’s 'Summertime' takes on new dimensions, in Claude's twelve minute  
version, whilst  'How To Stretch' is a sixteen minute  masterpiece. Although  
basically a traditional piece,  Claude has rewritten it to take any many otherr 
dimensions. Other devastating  rewrites include such contrasts as Robert 
Johnson's  'Travelin' Blues" and Ravel's "Bolero"!  
Claude Bourbon appears  on Thursday 26th Jan at The  Bullfrog Blues Club, 
South Parade Pier - doors open 8 p.m.  Tickets  (£7) available on the door