Chuck Farley meets The Monday Band

Back in the bleak 80's two bands stood out on the live circuit like beacons on a dark landscape.

In the early 80's Steve Simpson's Chuck Farley doubled as Roger Chapman's band The Shortlist, but carved out a huge niche for themselves in the UK with a Country Rock and r&b feel, best summed up as Little Feat meets Ry Cooder.

Chuck Farley changed their moniker to record two all star albums with Roger Chapman called The Riff Burglars, as well as one live album in their own name. A few years later, Steve teamed up with ace guitarist Papa George and the twin guitar led Monday Band was born.

Sadly the latter never recorded, so here's a great opportunity to cath one of the great bands of their day, who are just as hot now as they were all those years ago.

Twenty years on, the two band will merge to form a single supergroup for this special reunion. The muso's concerned read like a roster of the very best in the business, and will include;

Steve Simpson gtr/fiddle/vox (Meal Ticket/Roger Chapman/Frankie Miller)
Poli Palmer vibes/keys (Family/Roger Chapman/Chuck Farley)
Pat Crumly sax (Alan Price)
Papa George gtr/vox (Gary Moore/Tina Turner)
Pete Stroud bass (Peter Green/ Roger Chapman)
Sam Kelly drums ( just about every blues band that ever existed!!)