The Shufflepack - Tuesday 20 May 2025 at Henrys Blueshouse (SNOBS), Birmingham

The Shufflepack
Every night is different, but the groove is always the same. With The Shufflepack, the deck is always stacked with the blues
Stuart Maxwell – vocals, harmonica
Joe Nethercoat – guitar
Tom Domagala – saxes, flute
Derek White – bass
Chris Lloyd – drums

Five guys who set out to play swinging R&B and shuffling blues. That’s proper R&B kids, not RnB, that funny new stuff they do now.

What you get is a taste of 1950s Chicago, with a bit of 1940s here and there. Which means Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and the well-known apiarist Roosevelt ‘The Honeydripper’ Sykes. Not forgetting the three Kings: Freddie, Albert and B.B.

In between, there’s a fair dose of 21st Century Chilterns, with original blues by Son Maxwell, and his reinterpretations of old blues classics like Evil and Shame Shame Shame. Fortunately, they still sound an awful lot like 1950s Chicago; none of that noisy blues rock, thank you very much.

Henrys Blueshouse (SNOBS)
The regular Tuesday live blues event. Since 1969. Organised and managed by Jim Simpson (Big Bear Music)

Recently re-located back to 200 Broad Street - Now SNOBS

Free Entry

Now moved to the O Bar