Doors open in the Sheepwalk at 8.30pm, live stuff starts around 9.00pm-ish and finishes 11pm-ish - but we sometimes over-run a little bit, but hey, you can catch up on yer beauty sleep another night!.

For all the latest developments please phone 07904 210218 or email Ramblin' Steve at ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk

The Malingerers / The Blazing Zoos / Danni Nicholls

"Malingerer" - skiver: absentee: shirker: layabout: timewaster. Time wasting is one thing The Malingerers' haven't been doing since the recent demise of The Surgens (finest purveyors of butt kicking twisted, electric guitar driven, blues, country and rock and roll!). Four of The Surgens line up have now formed a new exciting twisted old time country blues band - The Malingerers. The band has been busy writing new material and welding together a fresh exciting sound from a melting pot of old time country, blues and rock'n'roll influences (Hank Williams, Merle Travis, Leadbelly, Woodie Guthrie etc.) with a warped sense of tradition and humour. If you think of lots of twisted harmonies and lyrics, wailing harmonica, country picking, bouncing bass and shuffly snare and you're almost there!
www.myspace.com/malingerers .

The Blazing Zoos play country music and are lead by journalist and author Andrew Mueller. They are currently determinedly plotting their next steps towards owning graceless mansions with banjo-shaped swimming pools, a rhinestone-studded tour bus with moose antlers jutting from the front, and feeling entitled to swan about wearing stupid big hats despite a collective inability to discern one end of a cow from the other. They have just released their debut album 'Iíll Leave Quietly' which was recorded with producer Mark Wallis (The Go-Betweens, Travis, U2, Alabama 3), and includes guest contributions by cultishly adored Shetlandic singer-songwriter Astrid Williamson and Black Box Recorderís John Moore.
www.myspace.com/theblazingzoos .

Brighton's hardest working sweetheart of the rodeo has been writing and recording original music for nine years. Pulling on musical references from Johnny, Elvis, Chuck & Dolly to Gillian Welch. Danni's shows, whether solo or with multi-instrumentalist sidekick Nick Funke, are guaranteed to melt both your heart and the soles of your cowboy boots. Her passionate delivery and charmingly engaging between-song banter compels you to fall under her spell.
www.myspace.com/danninicholls1 .

Steve Hooker's Rock'n'Soul Trio / Ghost Town Showdown / JD Smith

He's one of life's nice people! Yep, its the annual, and always welcome, return of the rockabilly & rock'n'soul Guitar Man with his Rockin' Trio. Steve is best known for as guitarman for garage trashers The Shakers, Morrissey and Polecats mainman Boz's Bozmen, rockabilly trio Rumble and record nuggets with Feelgood and Blockhead Wilko Johnson. He has shared stages with Chuck Berry, Johnny Thunders, and Robert Gordon and toured relentlessly since the 70's throughout Europe and across to New York and Japan. We always look forward to his guitar riffs & licks.
www.stevehooker.co.uk .

One of the new generation of modern bluegrass bands, Ghost Town Showdown hail from the Home Counties and blend traditional bluegrass with their own contemporary sound. Their round-one-microphone, harmony-driven melodies deliver a truly unique sound, with influences as diverse as country, folk, rock and pop. They've received the thumbs-up from A-listers like Jude Law and have been described by Booker Prize winning author DBC Pierre as, quite simply, a 'f**king hot band'. No sh!t compadres!
www.myspace.com/ghosttownshowdown .

JD Smith is a London based solo blues/punk/rockabilly slide player who has been trying for the past 8 years to bring rockabilly back from the brink and allow this amazing music to gain a larger audience. JD's debut album was 'A Jukebox Riot. His 2nd album, 'Hey, Rube!!!' is out soon, and marks a change for JD from rockabilly to a more blues based sound.
www.myspace.com/stuartjamesdurdensmith .

Darrel Bath Band / Cowbell / Simon Onions

Since picking up the guitar Darrel has had stints with UK Subs, toured with Die Toten Hosen, formed Crybabys with Honest John Plain. Joined Dogs D'amour playing on Top 30 album 'More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace'. Works for Ian Hunter recording "Dirty laundry" & "Artful Dodger", he tours with Mr Hunter until 2000. He has recorded with Nikki Sudden, as well as releasing his own solo albums (about to be re-released).
www.myspace.com/darrelbath .

Our favourite rock'n'roll duo, who add a whole new funky & soulful dimension to that tired old boy/girl & guitar/drums thing. A bit Hendrix meets Crazy Horse, and soon to be Stove Pony Recording artists!
www.myspace.com/cowbelltheband .

Simon Onions returns with his folk psych blues wall of sound.
www.myspace.com/thesimononions .

The Woody Pines / The Jolenes

One of the hottest young bands on the US roots music circuit, the outstanding 4-piece, Woody Pines, from Asheville, North Carolina, make their UK debut promoting the widely-acclaimed new album, 'Counting Alligators'. They play a storming blend of old-time/juke joint/country blues that'll make you want to get up and shake it all about, the band has wowed the US circuit from Seattle to New Orleans to win headline slots at some of America's biggest festivals.
www.myspace.com/woodypines .

The Jolenes are London's, nay, Greater London's, premiere all-girl bluegrass band. With harmonies & hairdos evoking a bygone era of vintage glamour and forbidden foundation garments, the Jolenes rustle up a down-home blend of spicy bluegrass and sweet old-time country, with a dash of red hot rockabilly thrown in for good measure.
www.myspace.com/thejolenesuk .

King Salami & The Cumberland Three / Petit Vodo / Cowbell

Its about time they're back! After all having roamed around the globe seperately, four freaks teamed up in London as King Salami & The Cumberland Three. They bring forth up-tempo party stompin' rhythmíníblues played according to the first & basic principles of the old London school of trash rock'n'roll. Their sound is crude like the guitar of Link Wray, with I think, more than a bit of prime Wilko Dr Feelgood in the mix. They've gathered a large following of hypnotized party freaks worldwide, and they're all doing The Mojo Workout.
www.myspace.com/kingsalamiandthecumberland3 .

Petit Vodo,one man band,simultaneously plays drums,guitar,harmonica and vocals as well as adding dashes of radio interference and triggering samples when playing live. He neatly falls somewhere between the eclectic rule-breaking of Beck Hanson, the trash-rock asthetic of Hasil Adkins and the frantic delivery of Jon Spencer.
www.myspace.com/petitvodo .

And,hey,look,we have Cowbell back! Well, it has been a whole 10 days since they last blasted out their funky rock'n'roll with soul!
www.myspace.com/cowbelltheband .

Little George Sueref

Norton Money / Jefferson Ross

You all know Norton Money by now, and know that they're a cosmic barn-stormin' US/UK 4-piece who play foot-stompin' western-ish nu-bluegrass with west-coast harmonies and Clarence White geetar licks. Great friends of the rockin' kitchen!
www.myspace.com/nortonmoney .

From Nashville, and in the spirit of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, Jefferson Ross's story driven songs paint musical portraits and textures that you will not forget. He's a master craftsman at creating country music that tells a story, and most of those stories begin Down South (as, hey, they all should).
www.myspace.com/jeffrossmusic .

"What a find - he sings with immense heart and believability', MUSIC ROW MAGAZINE (NASHVILLE, TN). "Jefferson Ross comes straight outta nowhere but is clearly destined for somewhere with (his) wonderfully melodic country-folk", SID GRIFFIN. "A master singer-songwriter...it still amazes me how seemingly out of nowhere comes a new singer with a fresh new sound and approach to making music. Step forward Jefferson Ross, who quietly, but very effectively, knocked my socks off...", MAVERICK MAGAZINE.

Ryan O'Reilly Band / The Richwoods / Alex Highton

With truly gorgeous harmonies, and ranging from Americana through to Irish folk, Ryan O'Reilly and his cohorts are making serious waves on the underground blues/folk scene.If you could imagine The Pogues slow dancing with Solomon Burke to the beat of a Dylan drum. They currently have a monthly residency at the world famous Ronnie Scott's. Not bad!
www.myspace.com/ryanoreillyx .

Alex Highton is a highly rated new songwriter. Heís an old-fashioned troubadour, with a warm and soulful voice, strumming gentle and infectious folk songs on his guitar.
www.myspace.com/alexhighton .

The Richwoods are a Sussex-based ukulele trio sporting short, sharp instrumentals for the discerning palate. Or to put it simply, 3 oddballs playing tiny instruments.
www.myspace.com/therichwoods .

Coming up...

PLEASE NOTE: We've decided to reclaim our weekends a little bit, so Saturday night shows will only be on the 3rd Saturday of the month (and as a bonus, the 5th Sat if there is one). And every Wednesday as normal!

What's Cookin' will be crawlin' in 2010!

rockin' country fried music...