On The Road

The mighty Ted McKenna at the Glenfarg hotel.










Stefan Kugler & Paul Rose. Blues will Eat festival, Nuremberg, Feb 08.










Bass supremo Alan Thomson travels in style with the Paul Rose Band.










Ted McKenna & Paul on the A1 heading north to Scotland.

Paul Rose now using Cornford Amps.

Paul Rose is now endorsing Cornford Amps.
The very finest hand made British valve amps.
More details will follow shortly.

Paul Rose - Ted McKenna - Alan Thomson

We are delighted to announce the new line up the Paul Rose Band, with legendary Ted McKenna on drums and Allan Thomson, the gifted bass player for John Martyn for the last 25 years.

Alan Thomson

His first ‘pro’ gig in September 1980 was with singer/songwriter guitarist John Martyn. It was while working with John Martyn that he first met and worked with fellow 'Wheel' members; Foss Paterson and Arran Ahmun.

This led to sharing the stage and working in the studio with artists like; Phil Collins, Dave Gilmour, Lee Perry, Ringo Star, Eric Clapton and Robert Palmer.

Alan also worked with; ex -'Police' guitarist, Andy Summers, American 'nut-bender', Jerry Donahue in his collaboration with singer Doug Morter, (Back Room Boys), Julia Fordham, Long John Baldry, Rick Wakeman, Steps Ahead, Roger Hodgeson, (Supertramp). The guitar band, 'The Hellecasters', Amos Garrett, John Jorgenson, Dick Gaugan, Sally Barker, Jacqui McShee's Pentangle, Rev Doc and the Congregation and Donnie Munro.

Ted McKenna

Many classic rock fans are very well aware of the legendary Ted McKenna, and his incredible musical history. Being a founder member of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and playing on Rory Gallagher's two finest CD's "Photo Finish" & "Top Priority".

Ted Also Played on sell out world tours with Michael Schenkers M.S.G. as well as working with Gary Moore, Greg Lake, Womack & Womack to name only a few.

The Paul Rose Band's first show will be at Trillians Rock Bar in Newcastle on Feb 29th.

Kevin Booths film "American Drug War"

Kevin Booth, who wrote "Agent of Evolution", a book about his friend and comedian Bill Hicks, has now made a film entitled "American Drug War-the last white hope". Kevin approached me a few months ago to record a bit of guitar for the film, which thru the miracle of the internet was easily and quickly completed . Also, since I have used a Bill Hicks audio sample on my track Demons on the Slideaway CD, I thought it only decent to oblige. Although my contribution is really only very tiny, I'm looking forward to traveling to LA to see the film, which will be showing on February 9th 2007 - Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd..

I intend to make a blog of the trip with photos and text etc. So if you're interested keep an eye out here after the 10th of November.

Bye for now,

Paul

"PROMISES" New Paul Rose CD now available

Paul Rose's new CD "Promises" is now available to pre-order. A paypal facility is now at the website, and the album will soon be available thru all major mp3 sites such as i-tunes and snocap etc.

The album is by far Paul's best work to date and features songs, instrumentals and one or two cover versions, all done with refreshing originality and style. The CD will be ready for shipping in approximately 2 weeks.

Limavady Jazz & Blues Festival

On the weekend of June 7th & 8th 2007, I played at the Limavady Jazz & Blues festival as part of my recent run of gigs in Northern Ireland. While killing time in the unbearably hot and humid afternoons, I had a chance to catch up with my old friend John Whitehill. John was with Paul Lamb and the King Snakes for a long time and the Blues Burglars before that. He recently came 7th in Guitarist magazines "top 10 UK blues guitarists of all time" poll. Eric Clapton and Peter Green were also in the list.


John was playing at the festival with his new band "The Real Deal" which features former Blues Burglars members Billy Sharpe on vocals and Eddie Bowman on drums. Another friend of mine John "Captain" Morgan is playing bass.

I used to travel to London with these guys when I was a teenager, and was given the chance to get up and jam in many venues around the UK during the late 80's and early 90's. I found it refreshing and encouraging to know that we are all still out there playing the music we love, and enjoying it just as much as before, if not more.

Time marches on and I have learned many a hard lesson since those days, that now seem like part of a different life time.

Krozka-Sharpe Guitars

Paul visits the K-S Guitar workshop in Blyth, Northumberland, on Monday June 4th, just to see how the "Paul Rose-Atom Ray signature model" is progressing. Only to find out that due to cut backs, the guitar is now being made to a budget.

I have been invited by Northumbria guitar builders Joe Krozka and Dave Sharpe to get involved in the development and promotion of their new company Krozka-Sharpe Guitars. I am currently experimenting with the Atom-Ray guitar, and I must say I am very impressed so far. The guitar is an entirely new design and is handmade from start to finish, with massive attention to detail and quality. Machining is kept to a minimum, thus focusing on true guitar craftsmanship. They are quite a departure from my Fenders, but they play and sound absolutely great.

Krozka-Sharpe even design there own pickups and strings. The guitar I have has an original Krozka-Sharpe “Bomber 69” pickup fitted, which is dynamite. As well as a set of gauge 9-42 “K-S Slims”.

Joe and Dave are currently working on a special edition Paul Rose signature model, which will be ready in a few months time.

Watch this space for updates, as I plan to post more info and pics as the guitar is developed and built. In the meantime I have posted a "high res" i-tunes freindly MP3, that you can download for free. This is from an experiment with the guitar pictured using Amplitube software. You can also check out the official website, where you'll find details of the materials and techniques used to make these superb instruments, and information about the plans and aims of Krozka-Sharpe Guitars.

Atom-Ray MP3

Krozka-Sharpe Guitars official website

Thanks for looking and keep checking back.

Paul