The Dirt Road Band

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The Dirt Road Band

Sunday 1 November 2026 · Doors 15:00

Black Frog Presents at the Hot Box, Chelmsford

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The Dirt Road Band is on Sunday 1 November 2026 at Black Frog Presents at the Hot Box, Chelmsford, with doors at 15:00. Tickets start at £16.20, including the booking fee.

The Dirt Road Band are Steve Walwyn, guitar and vocals, Horace Panter, bass, and Ted Duggan, drums. They play hard, punchy blues-rock music that makes your heart beat faster. Let’s dig deeper… Walwyn has played guitar for a living for the past 45 years, 32 of those as a member of Dr Feelgood. Panter was a founding member of The Specials. He’s been doing this a while too, as has Duggan who has enjoyed spells with Banco de Gaia and more recently, Badfinger. Three highly proficient and time-served players doing what they do best. DRB started as a side project some 5 years ago and has now taken centre stage. Their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Righteous’ was released in July 2024. The creative process coming naturally with these players feeding off one another. You can see it in their live performance too. “Seasoned professionals with the energy of teenagers” as one contemporary musician observed.

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