Ray Stubbs is taking his one-man blues band to Brian Witty’s pub on Saturday, followed by John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson on Sunday.

The gruff Tynesider Ray Stubbs plays a mixture of boogie, jug-band, ragtime, gospel, delta-country and Chicago blues on a large one-man-band kit.

This consists of a foot-operated snare drum and washboard, crash, sock and hi-hat cymbals, a kazoosaphone, bass pedal board, jug, cowbell, bass drum, six- and 12-string guitars, harmonica and vocals.

Ray, whose last Scarborough gig was at Cellars in July, has played all the major blues festivals in the UK and Europe.

Next year he has a 16-date tour of Belgium and is playing at the Isle of Bute jazz and blues festival early May.

Acoustic jazz-blues guitarist and songwriter John Hutchinson is back in his old home town for a residency at Cellars.

Acoustic Sundays features a guest guitarist, including talented family and friends.

This weekend’s guest is Sam Forrest, the singer and guitarist in Manchester rock band Nine Black Alps, who have just finished a tour. They have played in various parts of the world and have been bubbling under for a year or two.

Hutch says: “They have an international following in the rock and roll world, having had successful albums and European and USA tours over the past two years.”

Sam is also half of the Sorry Kisses with Hutch’s daughter Hayley. He recently released a solo acoustic album called Down the Hillside and will be playing some of his new songs on Sunday, as well as jamming some jazz and blues with Hutch.

Future guests will include Jesse Hutchinson (Nov 22 and Dec 13), Tom Townsend (Nov 29) and John Watton (Dec 6).

Hutch, who was one of David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars, plays on a couple of demo tracks, Space Odditty and An Occasional Dream, that appear on EMI’s 40th-anniversary re-release of Bowie's Space Odditty album.