I've been a struggling blues musician all my life and my greatest influences have included artists like RL Burnside and Garry Burnside . After recent hardships like losing my parents, the costs that it presented and having to move house this opportunity is one I'm desperate to take and quite simply can't afford it.

I've decided to do a set of challenges with my partner Gaulty who is covering the whole thing from fundraising to the festival and everything in between for the radio and podcasts she has, as well as our shows. These challenges have been selected by us and fans to try and raise money to help get us there . Those will include things like sponsored walks, sponsored waxing , sober months , gigs and quite simply anything to help earn our 5k target.

Iain Donald aka "The Gator" eats, sleeps and breathes the blues. His emotive style of slide playing has brought comparisons to Ry Cooder but it won't be long until slide guitarists are being compared to Iain Donald. A rising star of the UK blues scene and beyond.