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- A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR -

When BiTS was first published in 1987 under the editorship of the Southampton blues
musician Bob Pearce, it was intended to be a guide to blues and related gigs in the
Southampton area. When it started it was two sides of A4. Since then it has grown a bit!

The ‘advert’ above tells a story, not only about Andrew Cadwell’s ‘retirement’ but also about
the gig guide itself. The need for a Gig Guide Co-ordinator is clearly revealed if you examine
the pages immediately before this. In the last few months we have (often) had close to or
more than, one hundred gigs per month. Andrew has stopped chasing people and venues, and
there are fewer than 50 gigs entered on the website for the next four months.

A couple of years ago, Blues DJ Ian McHugh, called the BiTS gig guide one of the best he had
ever seen. I for one, want to maintain that.

If you are a gigging musician, a gig organiser, a venue, a festival organiser or whatever EITHER

1)Enter the details of gigs directly into the website at:
https://www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/BITS

2)Send details of the event to gigs@bluesinthesouth.com and they will be entered for you.

LET’S MAKE BiTS GREAT AGAIN

MBGA