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An Unforgettable Night With Robert Finley Red Rooster Festival 2024 Thursday 30th May 2024 “Let me take a few seconds to tell you / What is important to me / It is so important to me that / Each and every one of you Is here / Because without you / I cannot do / What I do!”   With that very personal, personable introduction, the seventy-year old, son of sharecroppers made himself very welcome to the packed tent.  He then turned in a tremendous performance that was still the talk of the festival two days later.  Those turning up on the Friday had heard about it too and had a bad case of missing out blues. Mr Finley has a lot of patter, which random as it may feel initially, always turns very neatly into the start of the next number.  He is a natural-born story-teller, which makes his rocky blues so attractive.   Backed by the vocals of his eldest daughter Chrissy Johnson and a powerful band, Robert Finley gave a cracking demonstration of what gett...

Red  Rooster 2024 Weather Ain't Nothing to Crow About I woke up last night Cursing the rain Wind howling through my curtains  Temperature down Weatherman looked happy He'll have plenty to say No two hours the same Let alone three days I'll be heading there soon Got my tent and waterproofs Heading to Thetford With my Wellington boots ~ Yep, Red Rooster '24 , The UK's biggest and best blues and Americana festival, held in the grounds of Euston Hall , Suffolk, near Thetford.  The festival runs from this evening, 30th May through to the night of 1st June, 2024 . Some of the big name artists and bands performing include, William Bell , Asleep At The Wheel , Robert Finlay , North Mississippi Allstars and Muireann Bailey and the beautifully bizarre,  Bob Log III .  William Bell, is a huge catch for this year's festival. He is writer of many, many hits, such as Born Under A Bad Sign and Private Number. He will be performing with Take Me To The River. Here is one of W...