ROOTS ROCK AMERICANA

All the way from the Wild West Midlands of the UK, Mr Apollo are veteran purveyors of quality original material and a well chosen cover or two.Expect Richard Thompson, Wilco, Ronnie Lane, Neil Young, and more.Folk-Rock, Blues, Roots and Americana, punctuated by bad jokes.

ABOUT US

The roots of Mr Apollo began in the time-honoured fashion of so many aspiring English musicians, when school friends Pete Holder (vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Ian Rushbury (vocals, bass, guitar) came together to play the traditional music of 4,000 miles away, and formed blues band T's Basement.After burning through almost all of the drummers in the West Midlands, in came Craig Shipley (drums, vocals, piano) - who remains to this day. One day, serendipity decided that what the band really needed was a Geordie viola player; enter Paul Miller (viola, vocals, guitar).Time passed and T's Basement turned into Electric Shed, then Anorakula and finally Mr Apollo. Mr Apollo's roots/rock songs encompass such topics as laments for dead blues singers, fear of the Y2K bug, anti-social behaviour on public transport and Morris-dancing IT specialists.

FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER 7.30pm
1000 TRADES ON THE PARK
2 Adkins Lane, Bearwood, Smethwick B67 5DP
Mr Apollo will be playing a short set

SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER 9.30pm
WHITE HORSE 2 York St, Harborne, Birmingham B17 0HG
Admission free.
Full electric band set

SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER 3.00pm-6.00pm
THE TOWER OF SONG 107 Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3JX
Pete, Ian and Craig will be playing a short set in the afternoon
DETAILS HERE

SATURDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2026
SOLIHULL SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB Brick Kiln Lane, Solihull B91 3LE
Charity Event - Mr Apollo will be playing a full electric band set
Details TBA

SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2026
THE HARE AND HOUNDS High St, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ
Mr Apollo will be playing a short set
Details TBA

SATURDAY 18th APRIL 2026 9.30pm
WHITE HORSE 2 York St, Harborne, Birmingham B17 0HG
Admission free.
Full electric band set

It's only taken us ten years to get around to releasing a cd...
The imaginatively titled Mr Apollo is available as a digital download and (from October 10th 2025) an actual CD - remember them? Hit the link to go over to our Bandcamp page where you can buy (or just listen to) our music.The tracks are:WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
BLUES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
HYBRID VIGOUR
TELL ME SOMETHING
WHAT’S HE GOT?
MAGIC SAM
GLOBAL VILLAGE IDIOTS