Jackie Flavelle spent nearly two decades with the Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band, recording & touring regularly throughout the world. During the years he worked with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Long John Baldry, and many other blues stars both British and American.

He has also recorded with Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Eddie Hardin, and Rory Gallagher to name but a few, and even rehearsed with the legendary Doors.

After appearing at the Nordsee Jazz Festival in 1978 on the same bill as both Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Jackie left the Barber Band to take up a job as a broadcaster and producer with Downtown Radio.

Jackie is devoted to the blues and writes for several newspapers. British Blues Review recently described him as 'Northern Ireland's Mr. Blues'.