A collection of traditional blues & folk recorded live at a private gig in Stafford's Ancient High House, the largest surviving timber framed town house in the UK.
On 6th November 2017, the award-winning blues musician Pistol Pete Wearn released a collection of traditional material recorded live in the prestigious location of England’s largest surviving timber-framed townhouse.
Timber Framed sees Wearn treat the word “roots” more literally than most, going back to his own in live performance and Mississippi folksong, but also playing that music in downhome, countrified fashion amidst the Jacobean splendour of Stafford’s historic Ancient High House – which was reputedly built, in 1594, entirely from local wood.
“Stafford is my hometown,” says the Midlands-based bluesman, who was last year named Moonshine Magazine’s solo blues artist of the year. “So the opportunity to record an album in its most recognisable landmark was too good to miss.”