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PLEASE NOTE: DOORS OPEN: 7pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 8pm.
This ticket guarantees entry until 8.30pm ONLY. After this time, entry is space permitting. Advance tickets are non-refundable, EXCEPT in the case of a show being cancelled. In certain circumstances credit notes will be issued. Please see greennote.co.uk for full refund policy.
The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of seats. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, so if you’d like a seat, please ensure you arrive early.
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"... john crampton does not so much approach the raw blues of howlin' wolf, john lee hooker and bukka white with reverence as wrestle it to the floor and stamp his unique mark on it ..."
blues matters magazine
" ... john crampton, an amazing one man blues band with steely reverberating guitar and harmonica galore ... his playing was like a locomotive, his singing like an angry chainsaw as he steamed through his set .."
bbc southern counties
" .. next was john crampton ... his blues are down and dirty ... a voice sounding like an earthquake ... we thought we had slipped way down south to the mississippi ..."
mrs yarirngton
" ... john is one of those idiosyncratic british musicians like lol coxhill or evan parker maybe, who have taken a musical form, in this case blues, and adapted and evolved it into their own peculier voice ... john's music is essentially blues but replaces the characteristics with his own idioms: shuffling 12 bar blues rhytm are replaced with up tempo 4/4 metronomically measured out on a simple foot pedal ... instead of a formulaic flattened guitar chords, john's playing is an ecletic mix of flamenco, west african ju-ju slide, country and punk ... the tin guitar occasionally treated as a percussion instrument augmented by hand claps and foot taps ... layered over this is crampton's gritty, growled minimal vocal and harmonica playing which again avoids blues stereotypes and harmonically adds to the range of the music creating a "big sound" like an irish string section moving loosely along with the guitars ..."
stalker magazine
"... powerful attacking style ... john crampton takes no prisoners ..."
blues in london
" ... suddenly it's like being hit by a baseball bat repeatedly without any let up ... incredibly intense ... it was one of the most exciting musical experiences I've ever had ... you feel a bit like you are in a wind tunnel with your hair blowing back and your teeth exposed ... for sheer passion and balls alone it's a must see ..."
billy bonkers
