Bluesdragon warmth 2

Playing at the Blues Dragon club has been an aspiration for SHM for a while, if you've been keepin tabs you'll know we felt the Mr Green style was us, but really going for it caused change in line up. Its been hard work but Ben and Nick are on it and the feel with these songs is great. To hear the appreciation from the discerning Blues Dragon audience was fantastic! and still plenty to improve on though, meanwhile here's the self penned / interpreted tunes, we slotted in between the Greeny/T bone Walker/Allman Bros and BBking inc Heartbreak HotelTears of a Woman Take my Timeand a fave song which with Nicks bass line well, av a listen, Soul Connection makes you wanna write some more for next time! Cheers SHM

2008 a year of new sounds, friends

We kicked off 2008 in style at the Park Hotel. This is a beautiful building and with new stage a great gig. We are touched that so many familiar faces came to see us play.Cheers to new friends who are helping to organise gigs to look forward to this year. A party over in Bleanavon sounds like it will be great fun. We gave Need Your Love So Bad a run out, so far so good, but forgot to record the second set, so a sample will have to wait. Meanwhile Di has been tweeking the live sound and Colin's added some edge to his Bass, have a listen with a brief mix of Soul Connection, live at the Park Hotel. Cheers SHM

LIVE 2007 for 2008 New amp groove

2007 saw us play 30 gigs which is a record for SHM and we would like to say big thanks to all those who came to hear the sounds. Here is a selection of a few live bits we got to share with you.
Were back into gear at the Park Hotel, Ebbw Vale this Friday 18th Jan, Marks got a JCM900 and here is the kind of groove for 2008 were set to give these babies plenty to throb about. cheers SHM.

Engineering some blues

We are indebted to the gentleman you see Mr Nick Broughton,. Nick kindly joined us last Friday at the Engineers. Indeed many may recognise him as the bass player with Jack the Biscuit. It was a great night, of course it was, its the Engineers. Great to see so many familiar faces having a great time. I don't know about you but I like to hear musicians being creative , in full flow. Given that Nick had never played this track before what a top job. It is one of our own songs and enjoy Nick in full free ride bass heaven ,cheers mate.
Take my Time.

Cheers SHM

Tears of a Woman

We have given a Joe Bonamassa riff with its own share of Zep influence some SHM re-work to create, Tears of a Woman.

Perhaps this is the Blues of a helpless man or maybe the beauty of a woman, as seen in her eyes, with hope turned to sadness creating a tear exclusively whenever it is needed.
Tears of a woman was performed live at the Market Tafarn, Abergavenny on Sunday. It is a great vibe to play here for an early Sunday evening gig and so we slotted a fitting Peter Green Song into the set we havn't played for a while.
Heart of Stone enjoy SHM

The Dog returns

Perhaps our greatest achievement to date was to hear that the opening riff of Sheepdog blues is now a ring tone. Yep a top guy at the Engineers has Sheepdog Blues as his ring tone. He was put out when we left it out of the set a couple of months ago. All was put right though on Sat with a special rendition which took the crowd by surprise as it turned into a bit of T-rex, She was dirty and sweet, clad in Black, must have been a collie. It was another classic Engineers gig, thanks to Dave for keeping this venue going, we look forward to another in Nov, Colin has to work away but guest bass Nick who currently plays in Jack the biscuit has offered to help. Meanwhile in case you cant wait here is Sheepdog Blues Cheers SHM

Etched your name onto my soul

At least weve had the odd week of sunshine after the summer we missed and you know what happens to us blokes when the sun comes out, Di is even lucky enough to actually have a holiday! Maybe this is why weve slipped this love song into the first half of our set. Thank you for all the appreciation you have shown. It is a bit more latin than blues rock but hey it feels good to play a mood to hold someone you love like this anytime, enjoy !. Cheers SHM