Ryedale Blues Club – Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters

Jed Potts is an Edinburgh -based guitarist and vocalist. He fronts Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters and Under-Volt. He also plays with The Katet, The Blueswater, Nicole Smit and occasionally with US blues artist Brandon Santini.

Jed Potts has been playing the guitar since he was nine. Although not musicians, Jed’s parents listened to music around the house constantly and were keen to take Jed to see live music as soon as he was old enough.

Jed played his first gig when he was 16 and has played as often as possible ever since, even performing as many as six gigs on one day with The Blueswater at the Edinburgh Fringe a few years ago.

Jed said: ”Blues is my musical first language and it infuses everything I play. Even when I’m playing with The Katet or Thunkfish, the blues is always there. I don’t think I could hide it even if I wanted to.”

In summer 2022 Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters signed a deal with Wasted State Music to release their new album ‘Swashbucklin’. Released on October 28, ‘Swashbucklin’ comprises five recently released singles plus the remaining four tracks from the same sessions, and is the band’s first album of exclusively original compositions.