BRUCE FOXTON-FROM THE JAM IN LONDON

 AGMP   Presents     FROM THE JAM  + Support JEL     LIVE@ UNDER THE BRIDGE  Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS  Saturday 17 December 2011 - £22.50 – Doors 7pm      Buy Tickets: https://agmp.ticketabc.com/events/jam/     English Rock and Roll legend plays exclusive London show     Bruce Foxton is a musician who is most commonly recognized as the bass player in legendary The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers.  In The Jam, he and drummer Rick Buckler were the driving force, power and rhythm section behind singer, guitarist, and songwriter Paul Weller. Bruce’s versatility is evident, taking lead vocals on David Watts (The Kinks) and News Of The World, which was one from his own catalogue of compositions. Foxton’s most notable work being Smithers-Jones, featuring bass/guitar/drums for the B-side of When You're Young and later reworked with strings for the Setting Sons LP. After The Jam split in '82, Foxton pursued a solo career. He had a hit with the single Freak and collaborated with other musicians, until he got the call from Stiff Little Fingers' Jake Burns, staying with SLF for fifteen years, recording four albums, namely, Flags and Emblems, Get a Life, Tinderbox and Guitar and Drum. In 1994, Rick Buckler and Bruce collaborated on Our Story, a biography of their eventful and cherished years in The Jam. Bruce toured with Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) and Simon Townshend (The Who) in 2006 as The Casbah Club supporting The Who in the UK and Europe promoting their new album Venustraphobia.  From The Jam's current lineup features:
Bruce Foxton (vocals / bass)
Mark Brzezicki (drums)
Russell Hastings (vocals / guitar)     Support on the night comes from JEL who debut album "All the Blinding Menace" was the Mail on Sunday album of the week and whose latest album "Sleeping Giant" is out now on Label of Love. 
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