Review from “Blues Matters”

Blue Bishops – In the Red (Produced by John Leckie & Stuart Epps)

This rising band of veterans features, among others, ‘Gentleman’ Jim Rodford of Zombies, Kinks et al fame. This is a really good production and is full of good ideas. In fact I reckon that several of the ideas have been on the table for a while awaiting the opportunity to come to fruition. I say this because I hear clear echoes of that period when British Blues morphed into prog rock. There are some Cream style harmonies and a fair helping of the kind of broken rhythm patterns that characterised that period notably Led Zeppelin. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the write-up in the April 2010 edition of the mag:

“In the Red” is the latest collection from the Blue Bishops.  The band, led by vocalist, songwriter, harmonica and guitar player Geoff Grange and fellow writer and guitarist Simon Burrett, play a wide range of their own music, and a few high energy covers. Read the rest of this entry »

The release of the John Leckie and Stuart Epps produced album , ‘In the Red’ sees the Blue Bishops live backbone energy complemented by a top production team. John and Stuart, having seen the band many times live, set out to capture that distinctive heartbeat that’s been so successful at gigs and bring it out with a clear band signature in the production, allowing each track its own individuality but with a clearly defined Blue Bishop’s style. This is further underlined by the addition of keyboards on a variety of tracks played by welcome guests Rod Argent of the Zombies and John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick, of Free – now a long serving member of The Who. Read the rest of this entry »

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Well, the saga of the long-awaited album continues. The history of closed studios, lost masters, lost overdubs…[outside parties - nothing to do with the amazing production team of Stu Epps and John Leckie]…was worth the wait.

The keyboard parts Rod has put on so far add a dimension that’s absolutely spot on for the new material, not to mention his enthusiasm and that energy that just flies out of his fingers. Thank you Rod. Roll on the next session.

To hear Rod in action on ‘Place in Time’, check out the Album Samples page.