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On this page you will learn the background to the band and other useless anorak information
IT BEGINZ? I was Playing with a band that did some Dr feelgood RnB, Some
songs by ZZtop and Lynyrd Skynyrd and various other album tracks that appealed to us to play..the band was call Brass Monkeys
We were very popular in the venues that we played, but as is sometimes the case the band split up and I was left looking for
another band......I had over an eghteen month period a few tryouts but most musicians intown wanted to do the usual ACDC,
Led Zep, Hendrix, etc thing or Blues, already being done and done well by bands like Dirty Shoes, Electric Experience, Jinnhouse
etc....I knew from playing with BM that audiences responded well to the southern rock sound....and whats more i enjoyed playing
it.IT HAD TO BE DONE!
Around this time I met Matt Wyndler who had just moved here from the frozen North....Leeds. The most fabulous picker
and slide playing Guitarist this side of....well... Leeds. It Just so happened that his dad bless him, had brought the young
Matt up on a diet of ZZtop and Lynyrd Skynyrd which he loved to play..thank you supreme being! I then Drafted Big Al
whom I had had the pleasure of doing countless jam sessions and all nite parties with for a hell of a long time and whom I
knew to be a guitar playing genius (there aint a song that he dont know between 1956 and 1990 when lets face it music took
a turn for the worse) he can also play while asleep....Ive seen him do it!
most people would have stopped there.....Not Me..Skynyrd have got 3 lead guitars
Molly hatchett had 3 lead guitars so 3it had to be...while sitting in the Portland Rock bar one day In walked Mel jones
who was a good friend of my old Brass Monkeys guitarist, and i told him (much to his surprise) that he was in the band!
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YEAR OF BIRTH 2005, and so it started...the drummer Paul Johnson came from the Brass Monkeys, and on backing vocals
and glamour I brought my good friend Lorraine....The first gig supported by a lot of our friends from the Portland Rock
bar in Hove was at the Kings Head at Southwick with me on bass and lead vocals, over time Lorraine did more lead vox and big
Al and Matt with Mel who being welsh has a lovely singing voice from shagging, sorry i mean, calling sheep in the valleys
boyo' doing backup vox. During 2006 Matt had to leave to pursue his career and will no doubt be rich and famous one
day....and we had to kiss goodbye to Lorraine who wants to sing more jazzy type of material to which she is ably suited.So
then there were Four... But a quick ad brought to us the mighty guitar sound of Tony Morrison. Paul left in early 07
so he could have more time for his numerous holidays.....Mel has left us to become a 56 year old grunge player wearing
cargo pants and baseball cap (be riding a skateboard next). Tony left due to work pressures, we were then joined
by Mr Chris a fabulous guitarist and all round nice dude from burgess hill, who left due to work pressures, and Dave 'the
dawg Strange' who is currently one of the three guitar dudes in the band, the other two being Jerry Pinner and Del Mully we
are complimented on Drums by Mr Machine drum himself, P.J. (yeah just PJ )the band is now going from strength to strength
with this great lineup each with their own style of playing and you will be seeing us at a venue near you SOON!
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