Description: All Blacked Up are:
Nick Beck: drums & percussion, Ray Archer: bass guitars, Lisa McDermott: melodeons,
Alistair Gillies: saxophones & whistles, Bill Caddick: guitars & singing, Baz Parkes: melodeons, harmonicas & caller.
They Say:
“All Blacked Up...bring jazz and R&B to an infectious traditional English groove”
Barry Callaghan: Hardcore English
“Exceedingly tasty music…”
Green Man Review
“One of the country’s premier ceilidh bands”
netrhythms.co.uk
“When it comes to infectious ceilidh music guaranteed to get even the most reluctant feet tapping, if not dancing, All Blacked Up are among the best”
Folk London Magazine
“...driving, full-bodied yet eminently danceable music”
What’s Afoot Magazine
"All Blacked Up - what can we say? Been around a long time, throbbing rhythm, pulsating beat melodeons galore and that added ingredient Bill Caddick. He's been there done that; shadow puppets, solo performer, singer/songwriter and no slouch on the guitar. If you want him to sing over the hills and far away - he will oblige, be sure to join in the chorus...”
Stroud Ceilidhs