TOTW is to celebrate partners, friends, and family we have lived with in close quarters over the past year.  This is to recognize ‘the better’  over ‘the bother’ and to sing for those who really do put us at the ‘Top of the World’ with heir kindness and forbearance.
Instrument notes;  
Lead and rhythm guitar – Eastwood delta 4 Resonator Tenor (Canada)
Bass – Rickenbacker 4003 fretless (USA)

BlueStar ©2021
bluestar@thebluestar.co.uk

An iTunes quality version is now available at:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1559163641?ls=1&app=itunes
For iTunes streaming listeners the link is:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1559163641
For all you Spotify users; a higher quality mix is available at:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Okj1FclFbX2PzSJz1cZ0b

TOTW (Top Of The World)

BlueStar- TOTW (Top Of The World)

A Love letter to Gaia (Tumblin’ Blue) ©BlueStar 2021
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics by J Mitchell
Music by J Mitchell and Dave Topliff
Crossfire e-Banjo, B vocs; Dave Topliff
Tenor Guitar, Bass, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© Lumb Lane Records 2021

T O T W - BlueStar

A Love letter to Gaia (Tumblin’ Blue)

BlueStar - A Love letter to Gaia (Tumblin’ Blue)

BlueStar – A Winter Scene 
Celebrating homecoming for the festive season, our new Christmas release paints a winter scene of hope and remembrance familiar to travellers crossing borders to get home.
Put us on your radio for an alt. Christmas sonic landscape capturing a sentimental walk through an old hometown, listening out for missed sights, sounds and old friends and hoping for a safe and peaceful festive season!

BlueStar – A Winter Scene

A Winter Scene

BlueStar - A Winter Scene

BlueStar- Negativity Song  
A new BlueStar song for these dark days to keep us all saying;  yes, hai, da, si; yes, はい,  da, oui!   
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1583712961?ls=1&app=itunes
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© BlueStar 2021

BlueStar - Negativity Song

Negativity Song

BlueStar – Roll the Stone
Looping life episodes about money, vaccines, relationships? 
Feel like you’ve been there, seen it, done it?
Here is a tune about the ultimate repeater.
Buckle in, rock and roll the stone!

Roll the Stone

BlueStar - Roll The Stone

Mix it up - BlueStar
Alt Blues with a health warning about mixing it up!
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell/D Topliff
Lead Guitar: David Topliff
Fretless Bass, tenor guitar, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© BlueStar Lumb Lane Records 2022

Mix it up

BlueStar - Mix It Up

BlueStar – The Storm
End of the World Rock & Roll by the BlueStar
The Storm paints an uncomfortable sonic image of the 
desolate cost of continued planetary wide eco-damage.

The Storm ©BlueStar 2022
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell
Guitar: David Topliff
Tenor Guitar, Bass, keys, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

BlueStar - The Storm

The Storm

BlueStar - Love Has Just Walked By
A tale of summer love gone wrong
Found and lost your summer love?
Suffering the inevitable break up?
This is the song for you!

Love has Just Walked By  ©BlueStar 2022
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics by J Mitchell
Music by J Mitchell
Tenor Guitar, fretless Bass, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

Now available on iTunes at:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1628682099

Featuring the BlueStar band on resonator tenor guitar and Rickenbacker fretless bass.
BlueStar ©2022
bluestar@thebluestar.co.uk

Apple

Love has Just Walked By

Peace and Understanding GlobalPeaceMix
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell and D Topliff
Banjo: David Topliff
Bass, tenor guitar, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© BlueStar 2022

Peace & Understanding is our wish to all from the Bluestar. Newly reworked and recorded, it features the glorious sound of a Crossfire electric banjo duetting with a resonator tenor guitar.  And yes, you diehard Deadheads are hearing a Guild bass featured at the low end.   

Instrument notes;  
Electric Banjo – Deering Crossfire 5 string (USA)
Lead and rhythm guitar – Eastwood delta 4 Resonator Tenor (Canada)
Bass – Guild M-85 (USA)
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

BlueStar - Peace & Understanding GlobalPeaceMix

Rain - BlueStar
Mandolin infused Blues/Rock

Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell
Mandolin: BlueStar
Bass, keys, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
© BlueStar 2023

BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

BlueStar - Rain

Rain

The Deal
Steam Punk Blues
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell
Eastwood Tenor Guitar, Rickenbacker Fretless Bass: BlueStar
Bass, keys, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
© BlueStar 2023
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

The Deal

BlueStar - The Deal

BlueStar:  SteamPunk Blues 
Ace Records artist John Mitchell (aka BlueStar) presents an offering of ‘ SteamPunk Blues’, featuring resonator tenor guitar and Rickenbacker fretless bass.

“Gotta shake these SteamPunk Blues;now shake ‘em all away”
BlueStar is back with story of lost time, space and love
SteamPunk Blues 2023
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

SteamPunk Blues

BlueStar - SteamPunk Blues

The BlueStar presents  ‘Cancelled’, featuring Eastwood Delta resonator tenor guitar (Canada) and Guild bass (USA)
“cancel the past to make a new present
cancel the future that ain’t gonna happen 
cancel the hunger, cancel the slaughter
time to pull close to your sons and daughters”
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
© BlueStar 2024
ISRC TCAHX2468789
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk

BlueStar - Cancelled

Cancelled

BlueStar presents the traditional Americana tune; John Henry (as influenced by Snakefarm).  This acoustic version is a live club recordings of the RedRoot Trio made with John Mitchell on mandolin, Glenn Lamberton on guitar and Kevin Haugh on accordion.  
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Traditional
Guitar, BVocs: Glenn Lamberton
Accordion, BVocs : Kevin Haugh
Mandolin, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© Lumb Lane Records 2020

If It Ain't Live It's Dead

Steel Drining Man

John Henry

Bread Wine & Love’ is about the basics necessary to keep body and soul in harmony in difficult times.
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell and D Topliff
Banjo: David Topliff
Violin: Oliver Mitchell
Bass, tenor guitar, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© Lumb Lane Records 2020

Bread Wine & Love

‘Wait and See’ is a taunt to all who may believe they are in authority, be they parents, employers or governments.
Arr. and produced by BlueStar
Lyrics and music by J Mitchell and D Topliff
Banjo, guitar, BVocs: David Topliff
Violin: Oliver Mitchell
Bass, mandolin, keys, percussion, vocs: John Mitchell
BlueStar@thebluestar.co.uk
© Lumb Lane Records 2020

Wait and See

BlueStar is a collective group of musicians, friends and family who have played together over three decades. Our origin is in the folk and Indie clubs and pubs in the southeast, spreading over the years to West Yorkshire and the Perthshire peaks.  Principal players include John Mitchell on tenor guitar, mandolin and bass, David Topliff on banjo and guitar, Glenn Lamberton on guitar, Kevin Haugh on accordion, Neil Haverson on guitar, John Warner on Bass and Oliver Mitchell on the fiddle.
We like experimenting with Bluegrass, Blues and Jazz and you will hear elements of all these influences in our work.

Contact BlueStar:
bluestar@thebluestar.co.uk

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