Nick Woodland - The Beacon (2013)

Nick Woodland (born 23 January 1951 in London) is a British rock guitarist from the British blues-rock scene. Inspired by those like Alexis Korner, Eric Clapton, John Mayall and Peter Green, Woodland started out on guitar at age 15 and was almost to become a member of the Rolling Stones in the sixties.

Since those days, he stuck to the message of rhythm'n'blues gaining some fame among insiders as one of the hottest live-acts around. "If you dig Dave Edmunds, Ry Cooder or Stevie Ray Vaughan, you will get your money's worth from Nick Woodland," Germany's leading musicians' magazine read. Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany's biggest dailies, wrote: "Nick Woodland is among the best live performers of the white blues."

Based in Munich (Germany), Woodland has played his guitar for a whole lot of different bands in rock (Amon Düül II, The Clash), pop (Donna Summer, Boney M) and jazz (Herbie Mann) and recorded five albums with Germany's top act Marius Müller-Westernhagen. With his own band he has been touring Europe extensively for many years, working the field between blues, rock'n'roll and country music. The band's live potential is well documented on their new CD "Live Fireworks" that gives further proof of Nick Woodland's being a "helluva guitar player."