BB and The Bullets

From the first bar, I said, “I like that.” I turned to my buddy, and he said, “Wow. This is good.” This was the first time we had had BB and The Bullets playing for us. This great playing continued throughout the two sets with really inventive remakes of some blues classics plus some original numbers too.

A few examples:

• One Bourbon, One Scotch but not like George Thorogood or John Lee Hooker
• The classic Freddy King song, Down Down Down, with a much heavier beat.
• Further On Up The Road wasn’t a rehash of the Eric Clapton version but sounded more like Johnny Winter.
• Cold Shot wasn’t another Stevie Ray sound-alike, but more Jeff Beck.

And so it went on. This is a well-rehearsed band on top form, playing some cool arrangements.

In fact, after their first appearance for us, we rebooked them the same night; they were that good.

BB and The Bullets is Brian Baker on guitar and vocals joined by two Whanganui musicians, bass player Stu Duncan bass and vocals, and Brad MacMillan drums and vocals.

The band has quickly made an impact on the NZ blues scene, and now they are making big waves overseas.

They have just been offered worldwide distribution of their debut album which will include their own material. The release date for that will be 12 September for NZ, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, U.S.A, Canada and Australia all in the formats of CD and vinyl.

The band is back for a third appearance, if you haven’t caught them yet, make sure to join us this week.