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Simon Cowl

About Me

I'm a Mortgage Broker in Reading, Berks, and a muso in Woking, Surrey.I've been singing and playing in bands since I was a teenager, and still get a real kick out of performing live!Things have really changed since last year! Until then I had been doing most of my music with another function band, but for 2008, six of us took the decision to do our own thing together, and do it differently, so we've relaunched as Famous Five Band, and now we all have a voice, both onstage and off! There are still other projects running alongside for me, including The Fabulous Allstars and Flower Power, as well as the occasional original material. I sing, play guitar, and occasional drums.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)All You Need is Love

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Member Since: 12/03/2007
Band Website: www.famousfiveband.com
Band Members: Famous Five:- Liesbeth Eggink:lead vocals.. Julia K:lead vocals.. Simon Cowl:lead vocals/guitars.. Andy Cooper:lead guitar.. Mike Barden:bass/keyboards.. Alan Cottrell:drums..The Fabulous Allstars:- Simon Cowl:lead vocals.. Steve Warner:guitar/vocals.. Eddie 'King' Davies:keys/vocals.. Nick Tidbury:trumpet/flugel horn.. Allan Tidbury:trombone.. Paul Smith:tenor saxophone.. Trevor Marshall:bass/vocals.. Geoff Coxon;drums..Lord Brocket's Timelords:- As the Fabulous Allstars, plus Charlie Brocket:keys.. Dave Mumford:guitar/vocals..Flower Power:- Simon Cowl:lead vocals.. Elke Heywood:lead vocals.. Dan Sowerby:electric guitar.. Steve Warner:acoustic guitar/vocals.. Eddie 'King' Davies:keys.. Derek 'Del':bass/vocals.. Steve Gilchrist:drums.. Janine Desmier:dancer.. Natalie Desmier:dancer..
Influences: Too many to mention them all, but would include the Stones, the Beatles, the Byrds, Free, the Faces, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Paul Carrack, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Paul Rodgers, John Waite, Cheryl Crowe, Nerina Pallot, Lucie Silvas, Danny Bowes...
Sounds Like: Everything! Rock/Soul/Blues/Pop/Folk/Country/Swing
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The X Factor 2007

X Factor 2007   In anticipation of this year's tv competition, the record company J4U with whom we released our X Factor novelty single Simon Cowl Says in December 2004, as Sweet Revenge, have as...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:08:00 GMT

Simon Cowl Says...background info

Okay...Confession time! In 2004, ITV were advertising for unsigned groups and singers for a tv show, and I thought it would be great to put the Fabulous Allstars up for it. We were already functioning...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:23:00 GMT

Power of Love...background info

This is a recording I made with rock covers band This Way Up some while ago, but as I still perform it live with the DISCiples, it seemed appropriate to include it here. I joined the band, which was o...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:13:00 GMT

The Flower Power Show All You Need is Love (video)

You'll find this short video extract towards the bottom right corner of the site, below the photo collage. This was recorded at the 2004 Kingston Marward Summer Festival near Dorchester. Incredib...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:26:00 GMT

No Turning Back....background info.

I wrote this song about 8 or 9 years ago. A friend had lent me a crappy old Fostex 4-track mini-recorder for a few days, so I programmed up my old drum machine, added guitars and bass and all the voca...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:51:00 GMT

Good Night's Rocking..background info

Some info on the first song.... We recorded this about 5 years ago at Farm Studios, Silvermere, Surrey, as Lord Brocket's Timelords.  Before he finished his stay at Her Majesty's Pleasure, C...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:33:00 GMT

Here's The New Site

Thanks for taking the trouble to find me from the old "simon" site. I set that up not realising that it wasn't a proper music site until it was too late..! I've put some pix up here covering the Disci...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:51:00 GMT