Ian Siegal has jammed with Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, sung with the prestigious ONJ orchestra in Paris, played in 25 countries and his next CD is a BBC recording made at the Royal Albert Hall, so why is this multi-award winning blues man playing the tiny confines of Parr Street’s Studio 2 venue next week in Liverpool?
Partly it’s because he prefers smaller, more intimate venues; and partly because his chosen music, – blues with a contemporary twist – is mostly ignored by the media in the UK. A few short weeks after playing in Liverpool he will be appearing on one of the biggest TV shows in Holland.
Though he is best known as a blues man and variously described as a legend and a national treasure, a typical Siegal solo show is much more than blues, taking in the American folklore of songwriters such Guy Clarke and Townes Van Zandt, and his own genre-defying songs. What binds together this varied repertoire is Siegal’s fabulous voice and command of the guitar.
Check out his new live album ‘Man & Guitar’ in full here:
Catch Ian Siegal at Parr Street’s Studio 2 in Liverpool on 9th April