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A new, free weekly performance of live rock, blues and soul music is to be launched by the original manager of Black Sabbath in Birmingham this Friday 10 April.<\/p>\n
The first \u2018Brasshouse Rocks Friday\u2019 gig, featuring soul man Brad Henshaw and His Band, starts at 6pm at The Brasshouse, a large canalside pub on Broad Street, the centre of the city\u2019s live music activity.<\/p>\n
The regular Friday night party is being launched by Jim Simpson, who managed Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi\u2019s band called Earth in 1969, relaunching them as Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n
Simpson went on to release the band\u2019s first two legendary albums called Black Sabbath<\/i> and Paranoid<\/i> in 1970, before he lost control of Black Sabbath shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n
But more than 55 years later, Simpson is still ubiquitous on the Midlands\u2019 music scene with his Big Bear Music company.<\/p>\n
Big Bear Music already organises \u2018Henry\u2019s Blueshouse\u2019 every Tuesday and \u2018Birmingham Rocks\u2019 every Sunday, both at Snobs Bar, on Broad Street, plus a spin-off \u2018Henry’s Blueshouse\u2019 every Friday night at West Bromwich Indoor Market.<\/p>\n
Simpson said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to announce our new weekly live music evening at The Brasshouse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018Brasshouse Rocks Friday\u2019 gigs will feature the best rock, blues and soul bands around, and is our third free night on Broad Street, and our fourth weekly gig in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur first performer will be Brad Henshaw and his Band. Brad is a Birmingham-born singer-songwriter whose career has seen him collaborate with some of the most iconic names in music.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdmission is free and there\u2019s no better way to kick start a weekend than to rock it up on Fridays at The Brasshouse from 6pm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson explained that Brad Henshaw\u2019s extensive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes work alongside legends such as Whitney Houston, Buddy Guy, Blur, Richard Ashcroft, UB40, Rod Stewart, Roy Wood, Michael Bolton, Slade, Shirley Bassey, as well as performances with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n
He said Henshaw has spent significant time living in America, where he has developed a distinctive sound rooted in the timeless spirit of Americana and Southern Rock.<\/p>\n
Simpson added: \u201cKnown for his strong, expressive voice, Henshaw blends soulful vocals with confident guitar work. The raw style of his performance allows the quality of the songwriting and musicianship speak for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other upcoming bands set to feature in the \u2018Brasshouse Rocks Friday\u2019 gigs include:<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 17 April \u2013 Jamie Thyer & The Worried Men from Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 24 April \u2013 Honeyboy Hickling Blues Band, featuring guitar hero Bob Wilson.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 1 May \u2013 High Wycombe\u2019s Stuart Maxwell\u2019s Blues Raiders.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 8 May \u2013 the ever-rocking Slide Boy Roy.<\/p>\n
The new \u2018Brasshouse Rocks Friday\u2019 event will have its own weekly newsletter sent to 10,000-plus recipients, featuring information about upcoming bands as well as stories from the musical history of Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Big Bear Music will also deliver a social media campaign across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, where it commands a combined following of over 9,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new, free weekly performance of live rock, blues and soul music is to be launched by the original manager of Black Sabbath in Birmingham this Friday 10 April. The first \u2018Brasshouse Rocks Friday\u2019 gig, featuring soul man Brad Henshaw and His Band, starts at 6pm at The Brasshouse, a large canalside pub on Broad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2365397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2365396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Black-Sabbaths-first-manager-launches-new-free-live-music-gig.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365398,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365396\/revisions\/2365398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}