Charles had been invited to join Mr Delight and the Travelling Blues Orchestra after a jam session broke out at a Macclesfield bar.

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"It was a quiet night and Steve and other Steve [Taylor, the double bassist] were playing… I was really getting into the music — Steve's voice is just brilliant for blues — so I just asked whether I could join them on the bar's baby grand. We had a great time!"

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"The wonderful thing about blues is that anyone can add their own influences into it a...

WELCOME to my new website! Do come in! Yes, please wipe your feet, it's a new carpet. Thank you. Sorry if you had trouble finding us, the address is quite complicated; we are sorting that out.

You're welcome to have a look around. You should be able to find everything that was on the old website, as well as a few extra things, including my gigs, events, tunes, bands, waffling, and, naturally, bookability for begiggment and lessonitude of the piano variety.

In due course, y...