Dom Martin Band + Jim Kirkpatrick - Matinee and Evening Show

This August Bank Holiday Monday we have a very special two events in one day Blues Spectacular.

The afternoon Matinee will see Dom Martin and Jim Kirkpatrick perform two blisteringly good acoustic sets finishing off with a duel get together for the finale.

The doors open at 12.30pm and Jim will kick it all off at 1.30 with his trusty beat up 40 + year old Takamine. After Jim has exhausted his guitar then there will be a short interlude followed by One of the great Kings of Irish Blues Rock. The one and only Dom Martin will hit the stage and weave his mind blowing acoustic spell on you all.

The final cherry on this Bank Holiday Monday Matinee will be a Finale of Biblical proportion.

Tickets are a mere £20.00 and all proceeds of this will go the the Jim Kirkpatrick and Dom Martin mortgage and keeping their heads above water fund.

The Evening show will kick off at 7.00 with classic Blues and Rock wafting over the Pa system followed by Jim Kirkpatrick with a rejuvenated Acoustic hitting the stage and belting out a good 40 mins of his career. There will then be a short interval whilst Dom Martin joined by his amazing band swagger onto the stage ready to rip the monday evening into shreds with their tight as a ducks set of past, present and future gems. the evening will come to a close around 10.15pm and Dom and Jim will slip to the upstairs bar to their treasure trove of amazing merchandise and sign, sell and chat away untill 11.00pm.

All in all an amazing day.

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Dom Martin is a Belfast born multi award winning artist who burst onto the music scene in 2019

with a unique guitar style and voice, captivating audiences everywhere.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Cerys Matthews - "Absolutely wonderful stuff" Classic Rock Magazine - "The Belfast guitarist is a sprawling talent" Walter Trout - "Dom Martin is amazing! A unique, genuine, vital artist"

makingascene.org - "The likes of Dom's talent only comes around once in a lifetime"

Blues in Britain Magazine - "Now and again you stumble across a rare talent of such sheer genius that you actually wonder whether what you have witnessed can possibly be for real. Dom Martin is one such talent"

Music-News.Com - "Dom Martin is an absolutely fabulous performer"

Rock & Blues Muse - "It's obvious that Dom Martin is the next rising star in the global roots scene. Jump aboard now before he passes you by"

AWARDS

Instrumentalist of The Year - 2023 UK Blues Awards

Instrumentalist of The Year - 2022 UK Blues Awards

(Inducted into the UK Blues Hall of Fame for his third successive Acoustic Award) Acoustic Act of The Year - 2022 UK Blues Awards

Acoustic Act of The Year - 2021 UK Blues Awards Acoustic Act of The Year - 2020 UK Blues Awards Best Solo/Acoustic Act - European Blues Awards 2019

Dom is fairly unique in that he is an extremely talented multi award winning performer both as a solo acoustic act (Dom Martin) and as a power rock trio (Dom Martin & Band). His ability to perform both shows at large festivals is attractive to festival organisers looking for quality shows for different stages.

This unassuming musician is another ï¬ne product of the Belfast music factory responsible for Sir Van Morrison, Gary Moore, Paul Brady, Brian Kennedy, Foy Vance and many more.

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Jim Kirkpatrick is dubbed "England's equivalent to Joe Bonnamassa" by Blues Matters, Jim Kirkpatrick has built up over a quarter-century's experience in Blues and Rock and earned a tonne of respect from his fans, peers and critics alike. Not only is he a gifted songwriter (who's written numerous nationally UK playlisted songs) but he's also a deft-fingered, multi-skilled, guitarist who's famed for possessing both Bonnamassa-type energy and slide guitar and fingerstyleâ€" worthy of the great Duane Allman â€" as well.

Jim is probably best-known as the lead guitarist of the legendary British melodic rock band FM, with whom he's served since 2008. However, he's also worked and toured with many other big hitters, worldwide, several of whom have collaborated with him on his solo material, such as Bernie Marsden and John 'Rhino' Edwards.

Striking out as a solo artist, Jim made a seismic and immediate impact, and earned well-deserved acclaim, as a songwriter, guitarist, vocalist (and live performer) with his critically acclaimed, 2020, 12-track solo album 'Ballad of a Prodigal Son'. Life Music Media called it "The most important British Blues-Rock album of recent years," and proclaimed, "Jim should be regarded as being right at the pinnacle of the world's best Blues guitarist/vocalists."

Now, Jim's following up that triumphant solo outing with his forthcoming album of new material: 'Dead Man Walking.'

"I think some of my strongest tracks ever are on this album. I've incorporated some country, Americana and gospel influences in with the usual blend of rock and blues. This is new territory for me.

"The tracks 'Dead Man Walking' and 'Union Train' are southern-tinged whilst 'Promised Land' is almost like a work song.

"There's some out-and-out rockers like 'Life On The Run' and Heaven Above', and some blues and soul with 'Road of Bones' and 'The Journey Home'.

"There's one cover on the album, which is Rory Gallagher's 'I Fall Apart'. It's very different from his original version. There's an epic orchestral score on it.

Jims current album 'Dead Man Walking" has been called 'Quite simply a masterpiece' by Metal Planet Music who gave it 10/10. Blues Matters Magazine said 'This is the album of the year, no question about it' and continued to say 'If there is a better blues/rock guitarist within this sceptres isle of ours, I'll eat my hat'! Blues In Britain exclaimed that the album is 'Quite brilliant'!

Recently, Jim has been lauded as 'the hardest working musician in the business', 'Britains most unsung blues/rock guitar hero' and 'the biggest secret in the blues/rock world'. That is all about to change!