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It?s fifty one years since the first John Richards songs were recorded and released on L.P. by John and Bev Pegg.
The one song that they cowrote on that LP was adopted by Robin Dransfield, then Paul Downes and Phil Beer, The Arizona Smoke Review and more recently Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar.
Since then John has had songs covered by Fairport Convention, Simon Nicol solo, Paul Downes, Show of Hands, Phil Beer, , Mike Silver, Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham and a long list of folk club residents and singers. Although Fairport recorded John?s ?Honour & Praise? in 1985, it still appears in their sets and was included again on their most recent album release.
During his years in folk music John was a member of Maurice and the Minors, then the roots rock band Desperate Men, and from 2000 on, various line ups of the John Richards Band. Ten CD?s have been released over recent years and the band and John?s songs continue to enjoy an enviable reputation.
This line up consists of :-
John ? Vocals, guitar and bouzouki
Emma Jones ? vocals
Jim Sutton ? Bass and Keyboards
Julia Disney ? fiddle and vocals.

Emma, is John?s eldest daughter and has been singing with him for years. She has a voice that can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Jim, is one of the most highly regarded bass players on the Jazz and folk circuits and also an outstanding keyboard player, who has recently added concertina to his kit.
Julia is an outstanding musician; her fiddle parts ooze taste, and the vocal harmonies that she and Emma create are truly beautiful.
Altogether this is a very tight band that can take you through all the emotions with John?s poignant songs, lift your spirits with ear worm choruses, and move you from tears of sadness to tears of laughter with John?s remarkable true stories.

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17 years of Musical Genius and the best Guinness in town.

We continue to put on a wide range of music here at Katie Fitzgeralds from singer/ songwriters to Blues , Folk, Jazz, Rockabilly , Pop , Indie, metal and world music. We also host Katiesfest every year featuring a wide range of younger artists plus the Stourbridge Folk Festival and once a month Stourbridge Folk Club in the cellar bar .

Jam Night...
Every second Thursday night of the month in the upstairs bar.

Irish Sessiun...
Every Wednesday night in the upstairs bar.

Katie Fitzgeralds has built a reputation for live music and parties but it's about more than that its also about history and tradition.

Originally a private house the building is over 200 years old and has been a pub since the 1830 Beer Act.

In the 19th century it would have been home to foundry workers and boatmen and would have looked out across to the Stourbridge canal arm where Foster and Rastrick built the Stourbridge Lion the first steam locomotive to run on rails in the USA.

Originally known as the Golden Lion it later became known as the Stourbridge Lion and then in 2000 it
became our home and was renamed in honour of Trina's grandmother Katie Fitzgerald who was born in Cloyne County Cork.

Trina is related to Irelands most famous hurling player Christy Ring, a son of Cloyne and is also cousin of Donal ag Cusack , Irelands first openly gay sportsman.

187 Enville Street,

Stourbridge,

West Midlands,

England,

DY8 3TB.

01384 374410