Mr H Presents
Chantel McGregor
Elsie Franklin
Thursday 23rd February, 7.30pm
Tickets are £15 (+b/f) in advance (more on the door) and are available online via See Tickets.
*This is a standing show*
A musical prodigy from an early age, Chantel was told by major labels, “Girls just don’t play like that”. She proved them all wrong…you simply won’t believe the technical skill and pure feel on show as she gives Hendrix, Satriani, Clapton and Alvin Lee a run for their money.
Featured on a DVD with Beck, Richards and Lee celebrating sixty years of Fender Telecaster; jammed live with Joe Bonamassa, building a huge and growing UK following and wringing blues/rock from a guitar since she was seven years old.
Bio:
The Blues came calling first, but rock was always waiting around the corner. Well it would be, wouldn’t it? Coming from the deep south, it was inevitable, but living in the deep south of a major Yorkshire City, there’s a gritty hard edge to life!
A guitar prodigy, Chantel was told by a major label that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!” Wisely ignoring their comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark at BTEC, with 18 distinctions. Chantel then pursued further education and left with a First Class Honours degree in Popular Music and a coveted prize, the college’s musician of the year award.
Chantel released her highly anticipated second album, Lose Control, in October 2015 on her independent boutique label Tis Rock Music, this being the follow up to her critically acclaimed 2011 debut album, Like No Other.
After years of touring and festival appearances, Chantel returned with a vengeance with ten new songs that not only salutes contemporary rock, but shows her gradual transition from conventional Blues to a harder, bigger and bolder rock sound with progressive influences.
Chantel recorded a live album at the end of March 2019, this was released on the 6th of September 2019. Chantel has recently been interviewed for features on Sky News, BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Radio Four.
Chantel is writing for her third studio album, and was debuting some of the new tracks on her tour which, pre-covid, was taking place throughout the UK and Europe.
At the end of May 2020, Chantel was asked by Hard Rock Hell Radio to present a 2 hour show on the Bank Holiday Monday, following this, she was asked to be a regular weekly presenter every Monday morning at 10am – 12pm.
In late 2020, Cleopatra Records released ‘Gumbo Blues’, a tribute album to Dr John, in which Chantel was one of the featured guitarists.
Mr H Presents
Chantel McGregor
Elsie Franklin
Thursday 23rd February, 7.30pm
Tickets are £15 (+b/f) in advance (more on the door) and are available online via See Tickets.