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Neil Bullock

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Born in Halesowen in the West Midlands, Neil had an early love for music from records his family left around the house. After spending the first part of his childhood drumming on the sofa with rolled up Chinese table mats, his parents contacted trumpet player John Saunders who gave Neil the drum chair in his award winning concert band and put him in touch with the great drummer Mal Garrett.

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Mal taught Neil every Saturday for three years solid and within his first year of study Neil won a national drum and percussion award. His early career was spent in the Stourbridge Concert Band, the Stourbridge Youth Swing Band and the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, where he won many awards with all these fantastic bands and considers, to this day, that the training he gained in them as valuable as any music school in the country. Neil has since worked with many people and has been lucky enough to have the most varied career he could wish for with such diversity of styles, which reflect his love of soul R’n’B , jazz, latin, fusion, pop and rock. Neil has also carved out a successful career in teaching, passing his love of the instrument to all his students, resulting in excellent results and their winning many awards in their own right. Neil also studied with the acclaimed Joe Morello and Jim Chapin from the USA whom he still studies with when he visits the UK. Neil has been requested on two occasions to appear as featured drummer at Ted Heath and Animal drummer,Ronnie Verrell's tribute night at Harrow arts centre,sponsered by Premier drums. Neil Bullock is a phenomenal musician.Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace Layouts

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Member Since: 10/26/2006
Band Members: Here is a few people Neil has worked with- JAZZ- John Etheridge,Lee Gibson,Gerald Percenser,Stacey Kent,Mark Nightingale,Alan Barnes,Don Weller,Pete King,Jim Mullen,Tim Garland,Don Rendell,Henry Lowtner,Bobby Wellins,Dave O'Higgins,Ian Shaw,Alan Skidmore,Sara Colman,Esther Miller,Lizzy Parks, Bruce Adams and Tony Jacobs. From the U.S.A Bobby Shrew,Phil Woods,Jean Toussaint,Herb Ellis and Herb Geller Member of The British Kings of Swing Member of acclaimed Chris Bowden Band including appearances at London Jazz Cafe,Pizza Express and CargoBIG BANDS- B.B.C Big band-Numerous B.B.C sessions+gigs Matt Ford Big Band Syd Lawrence orchestra Fat chops-3 times winners of B.B.C big band competition Tony Hooper Big Band Musicians Union all stars Bryan Jones Big BandSOUL/RnB- The Red Lemons Band Sheila Ferguson Band Roy Gee-Dictionary of Soul Cissy Stone Band Mari Wilson Steve Gibbons Mel Day Louise WarrenBROADCAST-WARP RECORDS- Including sell out tour of U.S.A Two British tours and numerous recordings VARIOUS- Cliff Richard,Chris Deburgh,The Nolans,Joe Pasquale,Tony Christie,Bernie Nolan,David Soul,Norman Wisdom,Lesley Garratt,Cissy Stone,Mari Wilson,The Three Degrees,Chaka Khan and Bernis MarsdonNEIL ALSO HOLDS THE DRUM CHAIR IN THE FOLLOWING FANTASTIC BANDS- Tom Hills straight jackets Bryan Corbett quartet Levi Frenches-screaming tree Ben Markland Quintet Paul Sawtells Jazz Fantastique Pete Harris Band Beebe Aldridge Band.MEDIA/TV Friday Whitely-house band Subject of BBC T.V documentry-Excellence Numerous T.V appearances backing artists Featured in 5 page interview with Rhythm magazine.
Influences: Some Drummer Influences-Buddy Rich,Jo Morello,Tony Williams,Billy Cobham,Steve Gadd,Grady Tate,Bernard Purdie,Al Jackson,Jo Jones,Irv Cutler,Elvin Jones,Jack Dejonette,David Garibaldi,Clyde Stubblefield,Pistol Allen,Benny Benjamin,and Hal Blaine.
Sounds Like: Dicography (here is a small selection of CD's featuring Neil Bullock)Broadcast (Warp records) HA-HA Sound-Album Pendulum-E.P Microtronics-Limited Edition mini CD The future crayon- B sides,EP and session traxBryan Corbett Corbanova Pressure Valve Live from the one elevenTom Hills Straight Jackets Who needs a planet? Music of mass destructionSara Coleman SpellboundFat Chops Big Band Frim Fram sauce (with Lee Gibson) A nightingale sang (with Mark Nightingale)Esther Miller Invitation Dream DancingRoy Forbes TelmaRed Lemons The Red Lemons Big Electric HatChris Bowben,Ben Markland,Neil Bullock Forth Coming CD 3 To get ready Louise Warren Forth coming debut solo CD
Type of Label: Major

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