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Will's Blues Band and Bobby and the Dynamites

For more that 10 years Will's Blues Band, in it's various guises, has been the mainstay of the Blues Train . Started with Will Wallace, Don Hastings,  Dean Squire, Ronnie McNamara and Dave Atkinson, Wills, has been through a number of permutations and has hosted many guest artists over the years.

The band at present consists of Will Wallace on guitar and vocals, Tony Muirhead on drums and Ronnie McNamara on bass and backing vocals.

Wills Blues Band has played all of the major KZN festivals including many times at Splashy Fen, Southern Cross, The Durban International Blues Festival, The Vodacom Summer Festival, The Emoyeni Music Festival, and many more.

With many original numbers under their belts Will's Blues band offers real Blues - the real way.

Bobby and the Dynamites originated in 1986 at Pieces of Eight, where Robert van der Linde, Richard Haslop, Vic Schulze and Will Wallace played an eclectic collection of old blues, country, soul and folk rock. Some years later, Robert returned from Johannesburg, and the band re-formed with Robert on acoustic guitar and vocals, Will on lead guitar, Pete Wilson on Harp and vocals,  Smelly Fellows on bass and Tony Muirhead on drums. When Smelly left to join Dan Patlansky, Ronnie McNamara took over bass duties, and Graham Holloway has joined on guitar and Slide. The band has played many festivals (including the second Splashy Fen), plus many more. They have also played on both of the public stages at the 2010 World Cup Soccer , the Umhlanga Prawn and Jazz festival and other high profile musical events.

With Robert emigrating to the UK in March, Tiffany Sheppard has joined the band and added a whole new dimension , with harmonies and duets featuring strongly in the band's repertiore.

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