The Tawe Delta Blues Club (A Short History)

The Tawe Delta Blues Club was set up in June 1999 after Louise went on a 'blues trail' down to Mississippi and Chicago. The many blues bars she visited inspired her to set up something similar in Swansea. Louise also thought that it would be a new venture for her partner, Terry Williams, of Dire Straits fame. Terry's knowledge of the music industry and his many contacts proved invaluable in getting the club up and running.

The club originally started in the Heathfield Club, Mount Pleasant. Although this was a decent enough venue, it wasn't ideally situated and difficult for people to find. Finally, the club moved to The Salisbury on Walter Road and this has proved an ideal venue and the committee has been extremely supportive and helped shape the club in its present form.

Terry and Louise have continued to run the club with help from their friends including Gary (website!), The Dancing Ladies, Sheila and, most importantly, Phil Tanner. Phil has been Terry and Louise's right hand man for a number of years and has been a fantastic friend to them and the club and they would like to thank him for his constant support.

A 'Hall of Fame' is also in place and much of the memorabilia collected by Terry is now at The Salisbury, hanging on the walls.
 

 

The Aims of The Tawe Delta Blues Club

The Tawe Delta Blues Club is a non profitable club. Any profit is ploughed back into the club. The aim of the club is to get national and international blues acts, always striving to get the best acts and in the meantime nurturing new, local blues talent. We always try and keep the prices as low as possible to watch the bands. The price usually ranges from £5 depending on the price of the band. Sometimes, we have to charge a little more for the more costly acts but we try and avoid this as far as possible.

We hope that visitors to Swansea who are blues fans will search us out and enjoy the blues in this small corner of Swansea.
 

The Tawe Delta Blues Club is based at The Salisbury on Walter Road, Swansea

The Salisbury Conservative Club, 128 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 5RG

Contacts : Terry / Louise - 01792 830061 ... The Salisbury - 01792 643604

If you would like to contact us regarding bookings, etc please email to : tawedeltablues@yahoo.co.uk

Terry & Louise normally request information on availability, costs and sample CDs/Tapes. Please drop us an email and we will send you the address to forward the information to.

For information on the website, links, advertising please email :- gary@swanseablues.co.uk