Blues in the Bar Featuring Kaspar Berry Rapkin & The Swamp Dogs

Kaspar Berry Rapkin & The Swamp Dogs are a British rock and blues trio known for delivering raw, authentic Delta and North Mississippi trance blues with a heavy, modern edge. Frequently praised for the intensity of his playing, frontman Kaspar Rapkin blends traditional slide guitar craftsmanship with contemporary power.

The band’s sound blends original Hill Country acoustic textures with aggressive 1970s blues-rock, gospel, and metal. Imagine Mississippi Fred McDowell fronting Free with Rory Gallagher on lead guitar and you're getting close. The Swamp Dogs rhythm section utilizes non-traditional blues instruments such as cello and washboard, giving their live set a distinct swampy, atmospheric groove.

Rapkin’s love affair with the blues began around age 12 when he heard Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Pride and Joy while he was playing the computer game Guitar Hero. A family friend gave him his first guitar on the condition that he actually learned how to play it. He did, and five years later, on his 18th birthday Kaspar travelled to New Orleans to play in venues such as B.B. King's Blues Club. There, he was spotted by producer Harold Marcho, leading to his early studio recordings in the United States.

The band’s 2026 album Blues From The Land Of The Living is an 11-track collection featuring originals like Vices and Pearly Gates alongside re-imagined blues classics like Son House’s Death Letter and Fred McDowell’s Highway 61.

‘He clearly has a close connection to blues-roots that goes all the way back to the late 1930s….You can almost feel the mist swirling around a swampy blues joint.’ - At The Barrier

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Accessible Ticketing 

The Georgian Theatre offer a free ticket to personal assistants / carers. Simply book your ticket and email us at access@teesmusicalliance.org.uk 

If you consider yourself to be disabled but you don't use a wheelchair and find it uncomfortable at standing events; please contact us after you book your tickets to arrange a seat.

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