19-year-old blues star to headline Worthing Assembly Hall
Until 2002 Oli Brown had never picked up a guitar, but this year he's been travelling the world with blues stars Jon Cleary and John Mayall. And on Friday 16th October, he's playing Worthing.
By 2006, after just four years of playing the guitar, Oli Brown had toured America twice as the opening act for blues royalty such as Buddy Guy and Taj Mahal. He had also shared UK stages with Paul Jones, Buddy Whittington and even the godfather of British blues, John Mayall.
Not only a guitar prodigy but also a singer, songwriter and consummate performer, Oli Brown formed his band in 2007 after meeting drummer Simon Dring and bass player Fred Hollis at jam sessions. By March that year they were playing their first solo gigs. Since their formation, the band have received rave reviews after performing live for Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2, performed as guest artists with the American blues band, Blinddog Smokin' and were the only UK blues act to be selected to perform at the 24th International Blues Convention in Memphis, Tennessee.
Last year the Oli Brown Band were signed by major blues label, Ruf Records and made their first official album Open Road, consisting of eight original tracks and three covers. The album will form part of the Oli Brown Band's concert at Worthing Assembly Hall, alongside plenty of the original and cover material that has made them so successful at live gigs across the globe.
The gig, with cabaret seating and real ale, takes place at the Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing on Friday 16th October.
By 2006, after just four years of playing the guitar, Oli Brown had toured America twice as the opening act for blues royalty such as Buddy Guy and Taj Mahal. He had also shared UK stages with Paul Jones, Buddy Whittington and even the godfather of British blues, John Mayall.
Not only a guitar prodigy but also a singer, songwriter and consummate performer, Oli Brown formed his band in 2007 after meeting drummer Simon Dring and bass player Fred Hollis at jam sessions. By March that year they were playing their first solo gigs. Since their formation, the band have received rave reviews after performing live for Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2, performed as guest artists with the American blues band, Blinddog Smokin' and were the only UK blues act to be selected to perform at the 24th International Blues Convention in Memphis, Tennessee.
Last year the Oli Brown Band were signed by major blues label, Ruf Records and made their first official album Open Road, consisting of eight original tracks and three covers. The album will form part of the Oli Brown Band's concert at Worthing Assembly Hall, alongside plenty of the original and cover material that has made them so successful at live gigs across the globe.
The gig, with cabaret seating and real ale, takes place at the Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing on Friday 16th October.