Nine Below zero

2004 As Nine Below Zero fulfil the dream of playing one of Europe's greatest blues festivals, PISTOIA BLUES, in Italy. Dennis and JOHN MAYALL chat away backstage with ALVIN LEE and STEVE WINWOOD, as SANTANA headlines the following night. NBZ are to later meet up again with MAYALL at the BANDOL blues festival in France. Before the year is out, Nine Below Zero recorded a truly analogue blues record, where the guys literally take off their hats to some of the great blues artists they love so much. The record is recorded in KONK studios London, owned by RAY DAVIES of The Kinks, who regularly pops in to see his old mate Dennis to see how the project is going. The resulting record is aptly named ëHATS OFFí, and yet again, the band takes off with contributors BEN WATERS and PETE WINGFIELD on the subsequent shows around Europe.

2005 One of the highlights of the year is two sold-out shows at The 100 Club in Oxford Street, London. PETE WINGFIELD of The Everly Brothers and Albert Lee fame has become such good friends with the band that he has became an unofficial 5th member whenever the situation warrants some classic blues piano. Tours in SERBIA, SLOVENIA, MACEDONIA, and CROATIA take the blues to places that have been starved of touring artists for a long time. Nine Below Zero are by now regarded as a truly international band. 2006 Sights and Sounds Vol. 1 is released, which includes many rare video & TV appearances the band have made during their career, and comes complete with an accompanying CD of live tracks. The rest of 2006 sees the band touring extensively throughout Europe.

2007 Nine Below Zero film two acoustic concerts at Rheged in Lancashire, UK. The results are worked on over many months to produce the DVD Bring It On Home, and including a live CD, which has by now become a tradition of the band. Bring It On Home is eventually released in the autumn of 2007 after a successful but exhausting summer festival season. Rave reviews for the DVD followed, along with a sold out G.A.S. tour. On one of the dates to promote Bring It On Home, Gary Moore sits in with the band. 2008 The year starts in fine fashion, with the band being asked by special request to open the show for the legendary Chuck Berry at The 100 Club on Oxford Street. The band also starts work on a forthcoming original CD, It's Never Too Late!, the first collection of new songs since Refrigerator. In between recording sessions, the band plays a string of festival dates, including The Colne British Blues Festival. 2009 The band prepares to release ëItís Never Too Lateí, while taking in shows across the UK and Europe. The band also start working towards a special concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut album, Live At the Marquee.

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