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Roman Candle is delighted to welcome Todd Day Wait back to St Mary's Creative Space, Chester, on Saturday, 18th April. Special guest Tom Blackwell.Tickets are £14 in advance from Grey n Pink Records or See Tickets.
TODD DAY WAIT
Todd Day Wait is one of the last real American workhorse, pedal-to-the-metal troubadours — making his way from Missouri to California, to New Orleans, and now Nashville. His original material is deeply influenced by early American folk, country, and blues music from the 1920s through the 1960s, embodying the spirit and authenticity of traditional American music.
Todd Day Wait — whom you may know from his millions of spins on GemsOnVHS or WesternAF — writes and performs his own brand of timeless country music. Harking back to legends like Jimmie Rodgers, Willie Nelson, Wynn Stewart, and Kris Kristofferson, he keeps the spirit of country music alive.
In 2009, Todd put all his earthly belongings on the curb and hit the road in a diesel shuttle bus fueled by vegetable oil, embarking on a never-ending tour. From busking the streets of New Orleans to performing in the shadows of European castles, to lighting up the honky-tonk dance floors of Nashville, Todd keeps it 60/50.
TOM BLACKWELL
Now landed on Teesside after a meandering journey across all corners of England, Tom Blackwell emerged from the Manchester folk club circuit, where he discovered the country, blues and gospel music that would become the foundations of his work.
Between 2010-2011 a succession of homemade recorded demo collections garnered somewhat of a cult following. In 2012 The Viper label of Liverpool (The La’s, Edgar Jones) released a compilation of these tracks. The record received support from BBC Radio 2 & 6 Music.
After a tumultuous start to 2014, Blackwell found himself embarking on a 3 month pilgrimage of America. Armed only with a guitar and the clothes on his back, he travelled thousands of miles over rail and bus, before a chance meeting in Nashville with sound engineer Matt Wyman led to the recording of Tyrone The Gun. The album found critical acclaim and named as one of Country Music People magazine's albums of the year in 2015
In 2018 he decided to undertake an archive project to document his early material in the barest of forms. The ‘Memphis Volumes’ were just that, hushed vocal and guitar takes captured in various Merseyside dwellings onto an old four track cassette recorder.
His second official long player, Regency Cafe was released in the late summer of 2023 and followed by the ‘Tell Tale Heart’ in 2025.
A prolific writer with a visceral and dynamic performance style, Blackwell has been playing across the UK and beyond for the last 15 years. He has shared the stage with artists such as legendary Love guitarist Johnny Echols, and supported many other illustrious names including Terry Reid, Hurray For The Riff Raff and Joshua Ray Walker.
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St Mary's Creative Space, Back Doctor Chiropractic Clinic - St Asaph, St Mary's Hill, Chester, CH1 2DW, United Kingdom
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