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Simon Allen

About Me

simon allen was brought up in northern ireland. raised on fry-ups and the bible he decided to leap across the ocean and landed in mighty england where he has remained for the past few years. he’s lived in many english towns and cities, some good, some very good. a few years back he met a woman with a black eye. a year later they were married and a year after that they celebrated the birth of their first child together, 17 months after that they had another to round off teamallen. around this time simon felt the fire of music burning in his belly again. simon is busy recording his debut album amongst a myriad of other things which make for one very busy boy!
In the meantime Simon has released the 'Edie and Other Songs' EP, available at Itunes and Napster featuring James Newton and Jon Head. I have a very limited run of hard, hold in your own hand, copies which you can purchase by clicking the PayPal link below
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P.S. Itunes is cheaper than Napster. Just a little heads up!!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/03/2005
Band Members: Simon Allen - Songs, Singing and Guitar
Simon is also joined, on occasion, by the following fine specimens of humanity -
James Newton - Lead Guitar, Singing and Banjo
Jon Head - Double Bass
Rob Spalding - Keys, Singing and Clarinet
Jonathan Fisher - Mandolin
Emily Travis - Violin
Ichiro Tatsuhara - Percussion

Influences: Everything and Nothing
Sounds Like: A warm fire on a cold night
Record Label: Allotment Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Album, The Single and The Gig

Hello folks, So, rather belatedly I know, here's what's been happening with my album. Myself and Master Dalgety have been working tirelessly on completing the album and by jove we're nearly ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Edie & Other Songs

Back by popular demand, i've got up off my ass and made some new copies of the Edie & Other Songs EP. These are a limited run and as soon as they're gone, they're gone. You can buy them from the M...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Looking for Volunteers

Hello folks, Long time No see,                               &...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:47:00 GMT

The Year so Far.................................................

Hi folks,              It's been a while so I thought i'd better get tapping on me keyboard and spread some words across the technological la...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:23:00 GMT

IndieStore.com

Hello all,         &n bsp;    Just to let y'all know that you can now download our music for a very small fee here . There are some songs the...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:40:00 GMT

Babies - The Return

So the countdown has begun to the birth of our second baby. He/She is due at the end of January but I am reliably informed by the mother of all babies(well, mine at least!!!) that this could be sooner...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:01:00 GMT

Recording, Recording, Recording!!!!

So The Simon Allen Trio have completed their first foray into the world of digital recording and quite frankly it was blinding. We spent two whole days in the salubrious surroundings of Gun Factory St...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:07:00 GMT

Recording Booked - Yippee!!!!

Well, we've gone and done it. We've booked some recording time to get started on this album what we want to make for people to listen to.October 19th/20th we will be in Gun Factory Studios with Mr. Ma...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:29:00 GMT

The 'Virus'

So it has been over a week or so now that I have had the 'virus'. Many people have had the 'virus' and many more, no doubt, will succumb to the 'virus'. It is a strange and hidden thing that gives you...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:52:00 GMT

Fate, Friends, Lovers and Babies

Sometimes you meet people who change your life. I am very fortunate enough to have met a few of those such people. Blogs are only small so I will not write a weighty list. Suffice to say meeting my fu...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:08:00 GMT