About us: Smarter Music is run by long-term music promoter and writer, Jim Driver, and has been putting on the best live music and entertainment acts in London and other parts of the United Kingdom since 2004. The acts Jim Driver and Smarter Music have worked with in recent years include Jerry Lee Lewis, Ike Turner & His KIngs of Rhythm, Roy Harper, Chuck Berry, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie, Cara Dillon, Seth Lakeman, The Storys, John Otway, Chas & Dave, The Rollin Stoned, Rollo Markee & The Tailshakers, The Blockheads, Charlie Gracie, Chicken Shack, Chris Farlowe, Clayson & The Argonauts, The Count Bishops, Dr Feelgood, The Dylan Project, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Fairport (Acoustic) Convention, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, George Tomsco & 3 Balls of Fire, The Groundhogs, Here & Now, Hot Tuna, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, John Cooper Clarke, Kevin Coyne, Maggie Bell & The British Blues Quintet, Man, Neil Innes & Friends, Never The Bride, Neville Staple (Specials), Nine Below Zero, Omar and the Howlers, The Pirates, Roger Chapman and the Shortlist, Nick Harper, Ray Campi, Robb Johnson, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Levellers, Alabama 3, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Dr John, Joe Bonamassa, Terry Reid, Mick Taylor, Hothouse Flowers, The Rutles, The Selecter, Space Ritual, The Stargazers, Steve Gibbons Band, Terrafolk, This Is Seb Clarke, The Trojans, Wilko Johnson, Wreckless Eric, The Yardbirds, Zoot Money, Mike Read, Gaz Mayall, Desmond Dekker, Hugh Cornwell, Jah Wobble, Blurt, Culture Clash, Smashing Time, Amy Rigby, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Little George Sueref & The Blues Sars, Pama International, The Big, Paul The Girl, Don Mescall and Fastlane Roogalator.
We have promoted events at the 100 Club in London, as well as at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Electric Ballroom and Camden Dingwalls. Outside London venues include the Queen's Hall, Narberth, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, Manchester Academy and the Arc, Stockton on Tees. If we were to give you our key words, these would include live music, entertainment, rhythm festival, music festivals, rock music, theatres, clubs, arts centres, jerry lee lewis, ike turner, club bang bang, 100 club, ike turner, arlo guthrie, chas and dave, roy harper, wreckless eric, london, 100 club, rhythm festival, britain, british, uk and england. Other words and phrases of interest to us are rock music london, london gigs, live music, london live music venue, blues, soul, r&b, rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, vintage rock, acoustic, country, country rock, folk, new folk, 60s soul, sixties soul, reggae, dub, ska, bluebeat, rocksteady, rock steady, soho, notting hill, oxford street, oxford st. Artists we admire include the beatles, rolling stones, kinks, small faces, led zeppelin, soloman burke, otis redding, aretha franklin, man, the who, neil young, crosby stills nash & young, bb king, bo diddley, little richard, fats domino, clarence 'frogman' henry, the byrds, dr john, professor longhair, bob dylan, nick drake, gene vincent, jimi hendrix, bob marley, beach boys and so many more… |
