Reports and photos             please send your photos to bigbloke@thepirates.co.uk 
(not just 3 guys on stage but "off duty" photos as well)

2006 End of Year Report: 19 gigs, 3000+ tickets sold, appearance at the Colne R&B Festival, 2 tours of Finland and a new album  - NOT A BAD YEAR !!!!!!!

2007 End of Year Report: 20 gigs, thousands of tickets sold, release of "Shakin at the Beeb" album - ANOTHER "BLINDER"

November 2003    Ace cafe gig report   - The Big Bloke
November 2003   Ace Cafe gig report  - Roger Morse
December 2003
    Borderline report -- The Big Bloke
November 2004    Half Moon report  - Roger Morse
January 2005
        100 Club report  - The Big Bloke
Summer 2005       photos from Finland tour - Leena Seppänen
December 2005   photos from Half Moon gig  - Alan Mothersole
July 2006            Riga, Southend   - Wolfie
August 2006      Colne R&B Festival - Brod from Brum
November 2006   Pirates in Finland -  - The Big Bloke
February 2007    Kite Club Blackpool report  - John / Liverpool                                                                     
February 2007  http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/simon_who/IMG_2647.jpg - Simon Nicholl
May 2007         Check Inn Club, Hyvinkaa, Finland  - Juha "Nisse" Kärkkäinen
May 2007         Coventry Jazz Festival - Dave Gomm
May 2007          http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/simon_who/IMG_6919.jpg - Coventry - Simon Nicholl
May 2007          http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/simon_who/IMG_6859.jpg - Coventry - Simon Nicholl
May 2007         Coventry Jazz Festival  - Brod from Brum
Summer 2007   On the Rocks, Helsinki, Finland - Juha "Nisse" Kärkkäinen

Summer 2007   Valkeakoski, Finland - Esa and Leena Seppanen
August 2007    Alex Park Hotel, Lahti, Finland  - Juha "Nisse" Kärkkäinen
August 2007  Finland Tour - the Big Bloke -  something slightly different to the usual stage photos
November 2007   Leicester - report emailed in by Ray Gill
December 2007  Half Moon, Putney - report, photos and Youtube video links - all sent in by Alan Mothersole
February 2008   Stoneythorpe Hotel, Southam - report and photos by Martyn "Wooden Shirt" Pegg