Bman's Blues Report

In a career spanning over thirty years Fraser Speirs name has become synonymous with diatonic harmonica playing of the highest quality (Paul Jones described him as “a great harp player with a gorgeous tone”). Based in Glasgow, Scotland, he has built an enviable reputation for professionalism in the recording studio, in radio and television, and live on stage, appearing over the years with performers as diverse as Alexis Korner, Muddy Waters, Homesick James, Champion Jack Dupree, Marion Montgomery, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, John Herald, and contemporary artists such as Carol Laula, Rab Noakes, John Wright, Hans Theesink, Eddi Reader, James Grant and Carol Kidd. Occasional outings leading his own blues band, the Blues Cruisers, are interspersed by duo appearances with Rab Noakes, Rod Clements (ex-Lindisfarne), Adrian Byron Burns or Allan Jones, and band outings with Tam White's Shoestring, Rab Noakes Varaflames, Karen Matheson, James Grant and Carol Kidd. A sell-out perf...

Long-time pro-player on the International Folk and Roots Circuit touring Britain, Europe and world-wide... Major festivals include Cambridge Folk Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Glasgow Celtic Connections, Hong Kong, Skagen Denmark, San Daniele del Friuli Italy, Inglemunster Belgium and Auckland New Zealand Folk Festivals... Major folk and blues venues include The Sage Gateshead, Southbank Purcell Room, Wavendon Stables, Treibhaus Innsbruck, Jazzhaus Freiburg, Mahogany Hall Bern... Nine recorded vinyl and video albums..three current CDs available and one DVD... Music influences include Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Woody Guthrie, Tom Rush, John Prine and Steve Goodman... Plays picking-style ragtime and folk blues on a custom-made large-body 'JJ' model acoustic guitar made by Ralph Bown of York (England)...highly recommended....a Johnny Joyce Aria 12 and Martin OM28V.... Currently working solo and...