Steel Union are an acoustic blues duo based in the UK nestling between the borders of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.

Playing authentic traditional acoustic blues; that being acoustic blues mostly from the period 1920 through to 1945 ish. We play the songs of the great Delta Blues and Country Blues players such as Son House, Robert Johnson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bukka White and many more.

Steel Union comprises Richard Gibson on Vocals & Harmonica (Blues Harp) and Richard Turner on Vocals, National Bottleneck/Slide Guitar & Acoustic Guitar. Rich's main guitar is a National Reso-phonic ResoRocket.

Together Steel Union recreate the sounds evocative of the Mississippi deep south in days gone by, blues harp wailing and cryin' whilst driving National steel guitar generates the rhythms of the railroads and the great express trains as they thundered by.

  News

Steel Union have a "Profile" feature in this months issue of Art and Soul magazine. Follow the link for the interactive magazine to read the article. You will find it if you "Go to" page 20.

If you want to be kept up-to-date and reminded about up coming gigs, then just send us your email address here.

All our music samples can now be found on our MySpace page, please visit Steel Union at MySpace

Also find us on YouTube at our Steel Union YouTube homepage.

Below are selective past gigs. Click on the links for pictures from the gig. Those marked also include video footage from the gig.

These pictures are not high resolution. For high resolution versions, please contact us or find some high resolution promotional pictures here.

	Mon May 26th 2008	Sawyers Blues Club, Sawyers Venue, 44 Montagu Street, Kettering, Northants.
	Fri Mar 28th 2008	The Glass Onion Music & Arts Community Centre. 2 Burghley Road, Peterborough.
	Sun Mar 23rd 2008	Sawyers Blues Club, Sawyers Venue, 44 Montagu Street, Kettering, Northants.
	Sat Mar 8th 2008	Mi Familia, Old Barn Passage, St. Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
	Sat Feb 2nd 2008	Charity Fundraiser, Kings Cliffe Village Hall, Kings Cliffe, Northants.
	Sat Dec 22nd  2007	Boomerang Returns. Newage Social Club, Blackfriars Lane, Stamford. Lincs.
	Fri Dec 14th  2007	The Kontra Roots Club, White Horse Inn, Woodford, Kettering, Northamptonshire.
	Sun Oct 28th 2007	Sawyers Blues Club, Sawyers Venue, 44 Montagu Street, Kettering, Northants.
	Sun Oct 21st 2007	Mi Familia, Old Barn Passage, St. Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
	Sat Sept 1st 2007	The Woolpack Acoustic Showcase, Market Hill, Rothwell, Northants.
	Wed Aug 22nd 2007	The Kings Head, Kings Cliffe Road, Apethorpe, Peterborough.
	Sat July 7th 2007	Riverside Music Festival, Stamford Meadows, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
	Thu June 21st 2007	Private Party, Olney, Buckinghamshire.
	Sun June 10th 2007	Sawyers Blues Club, Sawyers Venue, 44 Montagu Street, Kettering, Northants.
	Mon May 7th 2007	Folks Fest Beer Festival, Beckets Park, Northampton.
	Sun May 6th 2007	Booze 'n' Blues Beer Festival, Kings Cliffe Ex-Servicemen's & Social Club, Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire.
	Sat May 5th 2007	Folks Fest Beer Festival, Beckets Park, Northampton.
	Sat Mar 24th 2007	Recording Demo CD - Northampton.
	Sat Mar 17th 2007	St. Patricks Day Party, The Kings Head, Apethorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
	Sun Feb 25th 2007	Kontra Roots & Blues Club - Monk & Minstrel - Isham - Kettering - Northants.
	Sat Jan 20th 2007	Fermynwood Gallery - Brigstock - Northants.
	Fri Dec 8th 2006	The Kings Head, Apethorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Available for pubs, clubs, festivals, weddings, house parties, garden parties, special events etc. If you are interested in booking us and would like a free demo CD then please email us with your name and address details.

Below is a sample set list for a typical pub gig consisting of two 45-50min sets.

Special thanks to Tracy Balthasar for all the photography of the band on this site.

(c) 2008 Steel Union
Email: steelunion@btinternet.com