Snowy White to play at Hereford's Blue Rooms (From Hereford Times)

Snowy White to play at Hereford's Blue Rooms

7:00am Friday 5th February 2010 in

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SNOWY White, one of a handful of classic bluesorientated British electric guitar players, will be playing Hereford’s Blue Rooms on Monday.

At the age of 11 he first heard the US urban blues sound emanating from the likes of BB King, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Albert King, and was immediately aware that this was the music he wanted to incorporate in his playing.

He developed his own style of English blues, a combination of clear, clean phrases and harderedged riffs that are a recognisable feature of his very personal songs.

During the mid-70s, Snowy, pictured, played on various sessions, developed his skills in the studio environment, and started writing his own material, and in 1976 he was invited to tour America and Europe with Pink Floyd as their first augmenting musician.

He joined Thin Lizzy, cowriting a number of tracks on their albums, Chinatown and Renegade.

Snowy has continued to tour with Roger Waters and with his own band The White Flames Band In 2008 he formed The Snowy White Blues Project, which he brings to the Blue Rooms on Monday.

Tickets are available from The Blue Rooms, Nilam Music and Muzo Records in Hereford, and on the door.