HOPEFULLY THIS PAGE WILL GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO MY BACKGROUND AS A MUSICIAN. [NOW THERE’S A LAUGH] AFTER DRIVING A FRIEND OF MINE [BIG HANK]AROUND FOR YEARS IT WAS HIS SUGGESTION
THAT I GO INTO SHOWBIZ FOR MYSELF AND THAT WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.I WILL START WITH THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH CHRIS BETTS AS ‘MONTANA’
WE HAD A GREAT UNDERSTANDING WITH EACH OTHER AND RAPPORT BUT LIKE EVERY GOOD THING SOONER OR LATER IT COMES TO AN END. SO
WE DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. [SEE NEWS & GOSSIP]
I
CONSIDERED GOING BACK INTO RETIREMENT, BUT I SUPPOSE ENTERTAINING IS IN MY BLOOD SO THIS IS ME AS A SOLO ACT.
MY MUSIC WOULD DIRECTLY BE AIMED AT THE GREATEST ERA OF THE 50’S AND 60’S,
I WOULD COVER GREAT ARTISTES LIKE GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS, DONOVAN, THE SEARCHERS, ELVIS PRESLEY AND OF COURSE MY
IDOL BUDDY HOLLY TO NAME JUST A FEW.
ALTHOUGH I CONCENTRATE ON THIS ERA OF MUSIC, I FEEL I AM SUITABLE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF VENUES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE,
INCLUDING COUNTRY AND LINE DANCE CLUBS .
ALBEIT I AM A SOLO ACT, I FEEL I HAVE A GREAT SOUND WHILST ON STAGE, AND I DO APOLOGISE FOR THE USE
OF BACKING TRACKS BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL PROGRESS.
OVER THE PERIOD OF MY SHORT CAREER [30 YEARS]
I HAVE PLAYED IN BANDS SUCH AS MONTANA, HEARTBEAT, SOUNDS COUNTRY, JUST US, THE STRANGERS AND CAB-A-RAY. I HAVE ALSO APPEARED
ON STAGE WITH THE SEARCHERS, THE DRIFTERS, BARNBRACK, JONI HARMS, MAY
Mc.FETTRIDGE AND GENE FITZPATRICK.
SINCE GOING SOLO , I AM BASICALLY A COVERS ACT,
BUT I DO WHEN THE TIME ALLOWS WRITE MY OWN MATERIAL AND HAVE RELEASED MY OWN FOUR TRACK CD. I ALSO HAVE THREE SONGS RELEASED
BY OTHER ARTISTES, [See Discography] I WOULD LIKE SOMEDAY TO PERFORM MY OWN SONGS.
SUMMING UP MY APPROACH TO GIGS: I TRY TO ENTERTAIN AND NOT JUST PLAY
MUSIC. I HOPE I ACHIEVE THIS IF NOT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME WITH YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS
