For our 30th birthday on 21st October 2013 we updated our 'Compleat History of the Ram Club' booklet (PDF format, 10Mb). Click to view or download - it's a 'must read', with a list of all the guests we have ever had plus some stories and pictures!
Below is a list of the past guests from September 2006.
PIPPA MARLAND (vocal, saxes, whistle) and ROB KING (guitar, mandola) create a sublime, sophisticated sound based around their strong, original material which draws in elements of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, jazz, soul and rock. Carmina are one of the most accessible yet innovative bands around, and generate a real feel-good factor full of melody and tasteful solos with Pippa's angelic voice soaring above. Tonight's line-up features the stellar talents of GEOFF CASTLE on keyboards, GINA GRIFFIN on fiddle and vocals, and PAUL BRADLEY on guitar and vocals. The end result is music that takes you to a higher place - celestial, luscious, cerebrally-uplifting & serotonin-enhancing though not necessarily non-addictive.
http://carmina.co.uk£10 members/£11 non-members
PAUL was once in a wee Scottish band called Rock Salt & Nails who burned brightly for a time. He was the crazy one who jumped about a lot. He was brought up in Gourock near Glasgow a musical household, a reluctant cellist in the school orchestra until Punk came along... Then a few years on he fell in with a crowd of Shetland expats and RS & N was born, rampaging through the 90s and the Scottish roots revival. World tours, albums and lives well lived followed, but now the band continues on a more occasional basis and Paul is establishing himself as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. His new album 'Raw' does what it says on the tin, songs balanced between economy & lyricism, soulful, heartfelt singing & dazzling guitar work. A Ram debut.
http://www.thepauljohnston.com£8 members/£9 non-members
Ranked one of the world's Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists by Guitarist magazine Brooks has been wowing audiences worldwide for 25 years, delivering deliverance of the musical kind with deep, intense and joyous interpretations of everything from early blues, inventive covers & originals. In the time-honoured way he has honed his craft on the road, playing everywhere from Dallas to London, Istanbul to Anchorage, Dublin to Detroit. From Statesboro, Georgia he's gigged with far too many stars to mention and is now based in Cambridge where he's discovered he lives next to Boo Hewerdine. Result! If you like your Lowell George/James Taylor/ Eric Bibb/Ry Cooder infused with a folk, blues, gospel, jazz, African, Brazilian and calypso then Brooks will make you melt.
http://brookswilliams.com£8 members/£9 non-members