Transatlantic Robin

America comes to Bilston in the next couple of weeks.

On Wednesday 20th July a familiar face returns to the Robin. Walter Trout is one of the best-known blues rock guitarists in his field. He’s played with the greats, toured the world and has been recording for over a quarter of a century, his 2015 album Battle Scars winning Album of the Year in this year’s Blues Music Awards.

Tickets £20

The following night, Thursday 21st July, has another returning favourite. Hayseed Dixie, the world’s foremost comedy hillbilly country rock band, will be peforming their unique take on a set full of rock standards that has seen them gain a top-class reputation as a banjo-twanging, feelgood live act at festivals and their own sold-out shows all over the world.

Tickets £20

Monday 25th July has a new band for the Robin, although they’re hardly new in terms of performance. The Kentucky Headhunters have been described as “Southern Rock royalty”, an accolade that has been earned via a Grammy award, top ten albums and an enviable live reputation. Their latest recording, Meet Me in Bluesland. was a collaboration with former Chuck Berry piano legend Johnnie Johnson and went to number one on the Billboard blues charts in its first week of release.

Tickets £16

Then on Tuesday 26th July another Robin regular takes to the stage. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are a throwback to the timeless hillbilly sound of forests and mountains, a “twenty-year-old bourbon in a room of vodka Red Bulls,” according to one commentator. If Son House was around now he’d sound a lot like this.

Tickets £12.50

Tickets for these and all Robin shows can be bought via the box office on 01902-401211 or at www.therobin.co.uk