The Davenport Trust present "I Feel Like Sh*t"
Feat. The Oli Brown Band + Smaller Than You + Mondatta Funk + Hewett Soul Band
Saturday 28 June : 8pm
£6.00 adv : £7.00 door
A night of music and film to launch the Trust’s first book and first film "Soft Shoe Shuffle".The Davenport Trust is a Norfolk charity set up to help young people recognise and deal with symptoms of depression.
Book through NAC Box Office on 01603 660352 or Online through UEA:
A night to launch the Trust's first "help" book for those aged fifteen and upwards who suffer from depression which is called "I Feel Like Sh*t".
Oli Brown Band
Up until 2002, Oli Brown had never picked up a guitar, yet by 2006 (at just 16) he had toured in America, TWICE, supported Blues royalty such as Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal, shared the stage with Walter Trout, Paul Jones and even the Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers.
Such hallowed connections only serve to reaffirm the belief, that
for many, Oli is the most promising Blues man to emerge from
In December 2006, Oli put together The Oli Brown Band with Fred
Hollis on Bass and Simon Dring on Drums.
Paul Jones saw and heard the potential and invited The Oli Brown
Band, to do a live session for his BBC Radio 2 show. The session was aired May
14 2007 and received rave reviews.
Oli went back to the States in July and August of 2007 (guesting
with the American Blues band, Blinddog Smokin’) there he hit the Mid West with
his young British Blues and further built up his States side fan base.
In November 2007, the Oli Brown Band was selected by “Blues in
Oli signed to the major Blues label, Ruf Records, in January 2008
and has been in
At the end of January 2008, Oli and his band were invited to
record at Ardent Studios, Memphis, by
John Fry himself, not only to cut a couple of tracks, but also to record a live
session for their “Ardent Session”. (An honour indeed and not taken for granted
by Oli.) This session had over 1.4 MILLION hits in three weeks !
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