Hot Box Chelmsford, 29 Oct 2025
One of the UK’s most revered and incredible next generation guitar masters
James Oliver is one of the UK’s busiest acts playing over 300 gigs a year all over the UK, Europe, and the USA! For this show he will be joined by Norman Watt-Roy on bass of the Blockheads and Wilko Johnson.
He has performed over 3,000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Walter Trout, Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner, Geraint Watkins, and many others.
In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards Emerging Artist of the Year and has since been nominated three additional times.
James Oliver released two studio albums and three live albums, while his album Twang was #1 on Amazon Blues Charts for three weeks. James is currently working on a new record with legendary producer, Jo.
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