About Roadhouse

Band Contact 07855-257728, garyboner@btinternet.com

Updated on THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2024:

LINE UP CHANGE:

I am sorry to announce that Kelly Marie has left the band. We all feel honoured to have had her sing and perform with us again right from the conception and recording of our best selling 2000 Miles album through the festivals and gigs that have followed. Kelly leaves largely due to personal reasons and will always be part of the Roadhouse family

I am however, pleased to announce that Kelly is replaced by Tracey Walker (Pictured above with Mandie). Tracey has already appeared with us at 2 major festivals and with a background in both musical theatre and extensive gigging experience we are delighted that she is now with us full time. Tracey has an amazing voice and we hope you come to a scheduled gig and check out the new look band

Coming up: – Sunday 2nd February 2025 – The Red Lion, Stevenage

THE BAND PERFORMED A GREAT SET AT THE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY THE 3RD AUGUST 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdMdrWkMFM0

AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO APPEAR AT THE EXCELLENT VALLEY FESTIVAL AT GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE ON FRIDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER. WHAT A GREAT SET UP AND AN EXCELLENT FESTIVAL, A MAJOR THANKS TO TREVOR AND HIS TEAM

WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2025 AND ALREADY FEBRUARY SEEMS BUSY

GARY

THE NEW ALBUM 2000 MILES IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE BAND AND NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED AND BY CADIZ MUSIC

12 BIG REVIEWS SO FAR AND ALL RATINGS ARE GOOD TO EXCELLENT

THE ALBUM GOT AS HIGH IN THE IBBA CHART AT NUMBER 7 (Week commencing Monday 28th December)

HERE IS A PROMO https://youtu.be/dUonrv4nZOQ

SUCCESS AT THE CAMBRIDGE and DAXTONBURY ROCK FESTIVALS- THE NEW LINE UP OF ROADHOUSE PLAYED AT THE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY 18TH JUNE AND DAXTONBURY ON THE 9TH JULY 2022 AND 29TH jULY 2023, TO GREAT REACTION AND FEEDBACK. THE SET COMPRISED OF MOSTLY NEW NUMBERS FROM THE FORTHCOMING CD – 2000 MILES, MAIL garyboner@btinternet.com, IF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN A COPY?

Hello Tracey:  I am pleased to announced that brilliant vocalist Tracey Gwynne Joined the Band and performed with us at the Daxtonbury festival. We now have 3 fantastic female vocalists

We were re on the radio again on Wednesday the 20TH July, on the Tony Corner show on Blues FM as he followed on with advance playing of tracks from our latest CD, 2,000 miles. We were also on his show on 12th June 2022 in his his famous pre Cambridge Rock Festival Session, please tune in to all shows 

SAD ANNOUNCEMENT  and SPECIAL GIG:

It is with a heavy heart that must tell all that Roadhouse legend, our drummer Roger Hunt died yesterday after a long battle with very serious illness. A founder member of the Band back in 1991 Roger drummed the Band through to their last major appearance at the Skegness Festival. He had one 5 year period away from the Band  but re-joined and his rock solid drumming and production skills saw us through 10 of our 12 albums.

He did so much for the Band from generating marketing material and graphics through to driving the tour bus through Europe, he carried the Band a long way on its journey.

The Band will be ever the poorer for his loss and our thoughts and condolences go out to Lou his Wife, Tyler and the rest of his family

Sun 24 Apr 20.00hrs: GARY BONER REMEMBERS ROGER HUNT – Pete Feenstra

Watch the majority of the great memorial show for Roger Hunt on

Pre Memorial Radio Interview = Feature https://getreadytorockradio.com/presenters/pete-feenstra/ GARY BONER 30 years founder member, songwriter & guitarist with the British rock /blues / Americana outfit ROADHOUSE talks about the band’s late great drummer, producer, artist, video editor and sometime driver ROGER HUNT NB: Fri 13 May ROGER HUNT MEMORIAL SHOW at Boom Boom club, all proceeds to the St Raphael Hospice, with Roadhouse and loads of special guests www.feenstra.co.uk Interview and tracks by Roadhouse #rogerhunt #garyboner #roadhouseuk Roadhouse BluesRock #feenstrablues https://www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info/home/?fbclid=IwAR0ncTMC1FNjKvoYYyoYWqFyNvcXcYnI_i-DQTSqmACOtx1xLKbcsluaFj0

The Roger Hunt Memorial gig, took place on Friday 13th May , The Boom Boom Club, Sutton FC, Gander Green Lane, Sutton…All proceeds went to St Raphael’s Hospice. Performed was a short set from the new line up of Roadhouse followed by a set of Roadhouse classics from past members including Danny Gwilym, then a top quality jam featuring great musicians like the incredible Robin Bibi…

A track was also be played tonight on the Tony Corner show in remembrance of Roger (Sunday 24th April (Please tune in as per the details specified in the radio Show Flyers below)

LATEST NEWS:

FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE ALBUM MAIL garyboner@btinternet.com

LAST WEEKS PREVIEW OF THE TRACK 2,000 MILES BROUGHT LOADS OF INCREDIBLE FEEDBACK, THANKS FOR LISTENING. TARGET RELEASE DATE = THE 12TH JUNE

THE PASSING OF ALAN PEARCE…………I am saddened to announce the death of the great Alan Pearce the man behind Blues Matters magazine and the Head of our Record Company. A great man who leaves a huge legacy he did so much for music in this Country.  A superb colleague and a close personal friend. Our condolences to his lovely Family

In recent times we have also lost the superb Drew Barron our old Canadian Guitarist who played on our Broken Land CD, who was taken a few months ago by Covid. And more recently the passing of Dr Noel Brown the guitarist who preceded Drew and who played on our Tellin Lies and Dark Ride Cd’s. We mourn their loss and will never forget. Along with Jules Fothergill people talk of the curse of being a Roadhouse guitar player.

GOODBYE DANNY HELLO CHRIS

Unfortunately the brilliant Danny Gwilym has left the Band. This was not due to musical differences but more of a life decision for him. The Band would like to thank Danny for all the years of great guitar playing and musical ideas he provided across hundreds of live performances and 4 great albums

Please join me in welcoming the amazing Chris Walker into the Band as Lead Guitarist. It’s rare that with one top player leaving that you can find another to replace him, but fortunately for us this is the case here.

Chris Walker (An Introduction):

CRF 2022

The Band have confirmed that they are booked to play the next Cambridge Rock Festival on Sunday June 19th 2022 (Awaiting precise timeslot), see flyer below

The Band appeared at the Blues Matters Virtual Festival to commemorate the cancellation of the showcase Skegness Festival

The Band have booked new shows, check out the gig list

Details below:

THE BAND ALSO APPEARED ON THE VIRTUAL VERSION OF THE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVEL (CRF 20) WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE SCHEDULE DATES OF THE 17TH-20TH JUNE 2020. ALL THE BANDS THAT WERE GOING TO APPEAR

NCE VIA THE BEST FOOTAGE OF THEIR PAST APPEARANCES PLUS MORE, LOOK IT UP ON THE CRF WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE

THIS VIRTUAL VIDEO FESTIVAL WAS RE-RUN DUE TO ITS INITIAL SUCCESS IN JUNE ON THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 6-9TH, BANDS APPEARING ON THEIR SCHEDULED TIMES AT THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, SEE THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE

WE WERE ALSO ON THE RADIO ON SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 2020. IT WAS GREAT TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE TONY CORNER 400TH EDITION SHOW (BLUES CORNER) ON ROCK RADIO UK, WHERE HE FEATURED HIS FAVOURITE BANDS AND MUSIC. YOU CAN HEAR THIS VIA CLOUDCAST, SEE LINK BELOW

Tony “TC” Corner
Radio Presenter
Blues Corner and Spins From The Bins Radio Shows
Rock Radio UK
http://rock-radio.co.uk

Cloudcasts of all past shows available at
www.mixcloud.com/tony-corner

As all our gigs are undesrtandably and correctly put on hold, THE BAND WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL MUSIC LOVERS SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH THE STORM CREATED BY THIS TERRIBLE VIRUS. THANKS TO ALL IN KEY JOBS AND THE NHS. LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILIES. BE SAFE!

WE will be back performing for you as soon is its safe for all of you
Gary and all in the Roadhouse Team

IN THE MEANTIME HERE ARE TWO PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS PRODUCED BY ROGER HUNT OF THE BAND PERFORMING ‘TURN YOUR FACE INTO THE WIND’ AND ‘BLUES MOTEL’ AT THE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL

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ROGER IS WORKING ON A SERIES OF ARTISTICALLY VISIONED AND DESIGNED VISIONS OF OTHER CLASSIC ROADHOUSE SONGS FOR A VIDEO CD, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THIS SITE AND ON SALE AT SKEGNESS 2021

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS:
Great success at the Skegness National Festival of Rock and Blues January 2020. A brilliant Jam session included Bagpipes, a wide diversity in acts and musicians and our own set on the Sunday night and included new material went down a storm to a packed house

NEXT UP:

IN BLUES MATTERS ISSUE 111 – WE HAVE A GREAT REVIEW PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE, OUT NOW, OF LIVE AT BEDFORD ESQUIRES ON THE 13TH OCTOBER WITH PHOTO FROM STEVE DULIEU (Website entry dated 8th December)

ROADHOUSE PLAYED THE INCREDIBLE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY 28TH JULY 2019, A GREAT SET, CROWD AND IT WENT DOWN A STORM. A MAJOR THANKS TO DAVE, ADRIAN AND THE WHOLE CRF TEAM THEY HAD TO RISE ABOVE THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB
WHAT A GREAT FESTIVAL. YOUTUBE FOOTAGE TO FOLLOW (APPARENTLY):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spdUqrGjWdY – Video of Blues Motel by Mr Gig

We were on the excellent Tony Corner show on Sunday 4th August on his post Cambridge Rock Festival Show – Details below

Plus we also featured on The Barry James show on Radio Caroline on Friday 2nd August, as Barry also did a feature on some of the Bands that played at CRF

WE FEATURED ON THE PETE RUBIN SHOW AS ABOVE, CATCH IT ANYTIME ON MIXCLOUD (Beware technical problems distorted a lot of the broadcast).
Nearly the entire 2 hours was devoted to Roadhouse, Live and unplugged plus live interviews and CD tracks were played
Watch this video recorded by Steve Dulieu:

Details: Peter Rubin Show
www.ridgeradio.co.uk
– The PR Rockshow –
Recorded shows on www.mixcloud.com

TERRIBLE NEWS:

THE BAND WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY THERE GREATEST COMMISERATIONS TO THE TRAGIC DEATH OF JULES FOTHERGILL WHO WAS THE MOST TALENTED GUITAR PLAYER, A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING AND INCIDENTALLY A ROADHOUSE LEGEND. OUR LOVE AND BEST WISHES GO TO TINA AND HIS WIFE LORNA. LORNA i CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH AT THE MOMENT. PLEASE KNOW MOST US HAVE CRIED FOR YOU AND JULES DURING THIS TERRIBLE TIME.
Jules will always be our guitar hero, the greatest slide player the UK has ever known and an absolutely brilliant guy who touched everyone he met or played to’s life in a brilliant way

HOT NEWS:
– The band smashed it at The Skegness National Festival of Rock & Blues. On the Saturday afternoon the 19th January, the Band played a short set to open and then ran the Festivsl jam session. This was followed by our full 90 minute set on the JAKS stage on Saturday night. Against stiff opposition on the other stages we still pulled a massive crowd. Thanks to all who were there for the incredible support. A great gig! (Picture below)

– A great review of our new Double CD celebrating our history by Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to Rock, Read all about it:
http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/12/album-review-roadhouse-25-years-and-counting/

This was followed by a 1 hour special programme about the CD and The Band which can be listened to via the following link:

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN OFFICIAL ANNIVERSARY GIG/CD LAUNCH AT THE BEAVERWOOD CLUB ON TUESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2019
Advance tickets were from: https://www.feenstra.co.uk/

A big thanks to all the guests, including Robin Bibi, John O’Leary, Deep Blue Sea, Frank Dymore, Geronimo and all the fantastic people who came to our Xmas Show and supported live music at the Bulls Head on Monday 10th December this year.

Cambridge Rock Festival 2018:

Video from our appearance at this years Cambridge Rock Festival. Photographs appear on both our Gallery and Journal pages Some videos for your perusal below:

Limited Edition Double CD- On sale at the Cambridge Rock Festival

We were on Rock Radio on Tuesday 1st August 2018, on the fabulous Tony Corner show on Rock Radio UK, which starts at 8pm. Details of last weeks show in which we also featured below:

SUCCESS AT SKEGNESS – Success at Skegness National Festival of Blues & Rock: We returned to running the festival jam session on the JAKS stage on the Saturday afternoon. After an opening 30 minute set from us to warm the room up, we ran an open mic session up to 16.00, involving over 60 people including both festival attendees and people who had played various stages, including Robin Bibi. Then on the Sunday night we played our 90 minute main set on the same stage. This was an epic performance and the crowd went from over 400 for us to less than 20 at the end of our set. A really good show, thank you all so much for your great support and to Blues Matters (Alan Pearce) for the slots on their excellent stage.
Our new limited edition 25 years of Roadhouse double CD completely sold out. more will be printed…..

WE HAVE A NEW 25 YEARS OF ROADHOUSE LIMITED EDITION DOUBLE CD AVAILABLE AT THE FESTIVAL AND FOR THE FIRST FEW GIGS THAT FOLLOW UNTIL THEY SELL OUT!!

SUCCESS AT CAMBRIDGE:
I am very pleased to announce that ROADHOUSE played a great show Headlining the Blues stage at the AT THE CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL (CRF) on the Blues Rock Stage (2 MAIN STAGES THIS YEAR) on SUNDAY NIGHT 6th AUGUST it was probably our GIG OF THE YEAR!!!!
Check out a couple of videos:

Blues Highway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq19Eg2L4Ng

Roadhouse Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVhShs7v5pE

OVERALL AIRPLAY OF THE LATEST CD CITY OF DECAY REALLY TOOK OFF (GLOBALLY) AND WE WERE NUMBER 14 (May 2016), 9 (June 2016), and 14 IN THE IBBA CHART (As per end of July 2016)
WE WERE AT NUMBER 5 IN THE PRESTIGOUS RED LICKS/BM CHART AS AT 1st NOVEMBER 2016 as well
MOST OF THE NATIONAL BLUES RADIO SHOWS FEATURED THE CITY OF DECAY IN THEIR TOP 10 CD’S OF THE YEAR (DECEMBER 16/JANUARY 17) and the track blues Highway featured on the BBC I Player for a good period after plays on the Paul Jones Show

NEW BOOK – We are featured in a new book which has sold its first 1,000 on Amazon and is into its second run. The book is called The Stock Picker by Paul Mumford.
Paul is a stock market whizz and we are featured in the section about what he likes in his personal life and how important music is to him….https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stock-Picker-financial-history-sharp-ebook/dp/B01MPXZGZQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480939830&sr=1-1&keywords=the+stock+picker

THERE WAS A SPECIAL RADIO PROGRAMME ABOUT THE NEW CD, FEATURING AN INTERVIEW WITH GARY AND MULTIPLE TRACKS ON THE RADIO, ON THE GREAT PETE FEENSTRA SHOW ON GET READY TO ROCK RADIO, AND WAS REPEATED TUESDAY (17TH & 19TH JULY), YOU CAN LISTEN AT ANY TIME VIA A PLAYBACK FEATURE – FOLLOW THE LINK

http://www.getreadytorockradio.com/pete_feenstra_feature.htm – For the live shows

https://www.mixcloud.com/grtr/the-pete-feenstra-feature-gary-boner-roadhouse-17-july-2016/ To hear the repeat of the show whenever suits you

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MORE NEWS:

See the great photographer John Bull’s new site and check out the amazing Roadhouse section at … http://www.rockrpix.com, its possible to by hard copy pictures of the Band hear and their is a brand new gallery to explore – See the Roadhouse section for a choice of Cambridge Rock Festival, Boom Boom Club Sutton FC, or the Cavern

HISTORY OF ROADHOUSE:
Roadhouse are one of the UK’s most established, big stage Blues/Rock acts. A collaboration between experienced Blues/Rock musicians and talented female vocalists, Roadhouse are generally regarded as generating  some of the best original material in the UK. Lead by acclaimed song writer, song writer, guitar player and singer, Gary Boner; 2010 saw the Band go from strength to strength.

ACHIEVEMENTS

– Over 2,000 live shows, including many high profile festival appearances

– Appearances at Glastonbury 2010, 11 appearances at the National Festival of Blues & Rock Skegness, 7 appearances at the National R&B Festival Colne, 2 at the National Blues Festival Burnley and numerous festivals across Belgium, The Netherlands, Ireland and France. This includes playing to nearly 10,000 people at the Antwerp festival with Dr Feelgood and John Hammond in 2005

– The release of 12 critically accalimed CD’s, that have achieved play (frequently full rotation) on over 500 radio stations in more than 30 different countries

– Live appearance (3 tracks) on the Paul Jones Show, BBC2 in 2004

– Roadhouse have opened for and in some cases played higher on the bill, than some major artists including:

Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, The Hamsters, Wilco Johnson, Mick Taylor (of the Rolling Stones),  Pat Travers and others too many to mention

History:

Roadhouse was formed in the early 1990’s by Gary Boner and Robert.A.Roberts (past member) ably assisted throughout by the driving bass of Bill Hobley. The Band has been rebuilt following the sad demise of drummer Roger Hunt and he has been replaced by the Bands long term friend Frank Dymore.

Roadhouse Are – The current line up is:

Gary Boner- Guitar and Vocals

Chris Walker – Lead Guitar

Bill Hobley – Bass

Frank Dymore – Drums

Mandy.G – Vocals

Kelly Marie – Vocals

The Band produces a  sound all of its own. It’s basically ‘Southern Gothic Americana’ with a splash of added South London. In the words of a recent Maverick Review:
“Britain’s finest Roots rockers, a dark coming together of Country, Rock and Blues”

The current release is the highly acclaimed ‘City of Decay’. which rode high in all the Blues Charts and the new album 2,000 Miles on the Road is scheduled for release in July

Roadhouse’s music has always been different, country-rock, heading into roots and blues, with a dark, cinematic, film noir kind of world view, they still follow the rock and roll routes of America, but its laced with the dirtier back streets of London. 2,000 Miles will be the band’s 12^th album and will be the pinnacle of their achievements,

City of Decay – “Rumbling, roaring and screaming in pain while never losing track of the dark country undertones” – Nick Dalton, Maverick Magazine

Contact Band: 07855-257728