John Otway has several variations to his act - solo, as a duo with either Richard Holgarth or Wild Willy Barrett. He is also often backed by The Big Band, or, less frequently, by The Hit Machine.
There are a few pictures of Otway & Richard in action at the Rock ‘n’ Blues weekend in Skeggie in 2008.
The ‘Hit Machine pictured at the Robin 2, Bilston, and the Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury.
Stow Maries: The Otway / Holgarth duo make a welcome return to this friendly outdoor venue.
Two John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett gigs in the space of a few days. The first back at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury, and the second at The Horns in Watford.
John Otway and The Big Band at one of my favourite venues, The Half Moon, in Putney, where I can usually count on meeting lots of friends.
John Otway and The Big Band return to Putney for what could have been their last appearance there.
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett together again, this time at the Half Moon for another delightful evening of musical mayhem.
Another visit to Stow Maries. What better way to spend a Summer Sunday afternoon? (12/9/2010)
John Otway and The Big Band pay a visit to The Tropic Of Ruislip. (15/10/2010)
After a gap of a few years, John Otway and The Big Band return to The Fleece in Bristol. It was a few year since I’d last been there, too, and it seemed bigger inside than I remembered it. A bizarre prelude to the evening was in the pub next door when everyone in there was singing along to ‘The Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ playing on the juke-box. (096: 25/9/2011)
Having made significant contributions to a couple of Otway’s Dunkerque trips, it was the turn of Sur Les Docks to join Otway and The Big Band in Putney’s newly refurbished Half Moon. (121: 25/11/2011)