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Gary Burnett lives and works in Northern Ireland. He teaches New Testament and New Testament Greek at Queen’s University Institute of Theology in Belfast and, when he’s not listening to  the blues, he’s playing his Lowden, Martin and PRS guitars. Gary first started listening to the blues in the early seventies – Decca’s World of Blues Power was the very first album he listened to, hearing John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Ten Years After, Peter Green and Savoy Brown. Once he had heard Clapton playing “All your lovin’ pretty baby” and Savoy Brown singing “Taste & try before you buy”, next stop was Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. A lifelong passion for the blues ensued!

For the past two years, the faith community of which I am a part has allowed me to organize an annual Blues evening, in which we have explored the relationship between faith and the blues, making sure we do so accompanied by a lot of live music. We’re blessed in having some great musicians as part of our community and knowing some other excellent performers. So, out of the inspiration, challenge and enjoyment that hundreds of people have had through this experience comes this blog…enjoy!

Gary Moore’s Still Got the Blues from the 1st Fitzroy Blues Night