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About Me

The Fish are a Blues and R&B covers band who can go from laid back to out and out rockin' in the blink of an eye....full on guitars from Gaz, Ged and sometimes Kev, Mr Clint Dando on bass and occassional Telecaster, bringing up the rear it's Ju on drums ("have you finished building that shed yet?") and not forgetting Rach on her big whistle....that's sax before you ask......
A full history of Slippery Fish would probably eat up all MySpace's bandwidth...Suffice it to say there have been multiple line up changes and it was almost like a revolving door for the first few years....two stalwarts remain from the original line up (stand up and take a bow Kev and Ju) and the rest of us joined over the last couple of years with Ged the last piece of the jigsaw.....
Finally things seem to have stabilised with the current line up, and the band's music seems to have found a place that we all agree on. That is, loud and bluesy with a bit of a hard edge in all the right places. Songs you know, songs you'd forgotten you knew, and some you didn't know but somehow they sound familiar. Blues and R&B underpin everything and also gives us a wide scope for the future - the list of stuff yet to cover is endless and the source of countless discussions.
Hopefully no two Fish shows will ever have the same set list - but the core favourites will continue until we (or you!) have enough......
Lastly the unofficial seventh member is the Griffin Public House in Frome - without whom none of this would be possible.....and even if it was it wouldn't be half as much fun.....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/05/2007
Band Members: Kev Barnes - Guitar/Vocals,
Ju Handford - Drums/Jokes,
Clint Dando - Bass,
Ged Clayson - Guitar,
Gaz Hutchinson - Guitar,
Rachel Hutchinson - Saxophones

Kev Barnes - Vocals and Guitar

Ju Handford - Drums

Clint Dando - Bass Guitar

Ged Clayson - Guitar

Gaz Hutchinson - Guitar

Rachel Hutchinson - Saxophones

Influences: Any music we've ever heard!! That doesn't mean we necessarily sound like these guys......Including (but not excluding anyone else) - The Beatles, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, The 3 Kings (Freddie, Albert and BB), T Bone Walker, Hubert Sumlin, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Buddy Guy, Little Walter, Eric Clapton, Cream, ZZ Top, Jimmie Vaughan, Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Seasick Steve, Bonnie Raitt, George Marinelli, Duke Robillard, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Illinois Jaquet, Clarence Clemons, Sidney Bechet, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Lester Young, Pee Wee Ellis, Ian Ballamy, The Red Devils, Johnny Mastro, Lenny Kravitz, Atlantic Soul, Booker T and The MGs, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Lou Reed, Sex Pistols, The Wurzels, Buzzcocks, X Ray Spex, The Ruts, The Damned, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Stranglers, Motorhead, The Who, The Ramones, UFO, Girlschool, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake (Moody and Marsden line up of course!), Gillan, The Rolling Stones, Budgie, The Kinks, The Sonics, Elvis, The Monkees, The Dickies, John Lydon, PIL, Scorpions, Pink Floyd, Walter Trout, Dr Feelgood, Abba, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Eddie Cochrane, Little Richard, Prince, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, Tamla Motown, Bob Marley, Saxon, Van Halen (with Dave, 'nuff said), The Undertones, Judas Priest, Montrose, Bob Dylan, Free, The Wildhearts, Girl, Simon and Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, Hawkwind......to be continued
Sounds Like: Guitar based (but with a mean sax as well) rocking Blues and R&B covers with a few classic rock numbers thrown into the mix. Think of bits of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, ZZ Top and you'll get the general idea.....
Record Label: none

My Blog

Frome Festival Gig and Save the Griffin

Thanks all for another great Festival gig at the Griff. Blimey it was hot... Obviously a lot of you know what is happening with the Griffin's music at the moment. They are having huge problems with a...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:33:00 GMT

Rach’s Birthday Bash

Hi All Well, yet another great gig at The Griffin last Saturday. Big thanks to Leonardo's Bicycle, Johnny, and Jakarta and to everyone who turned up and helped celebrate Rach's Birthday in style...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:45:00 GMT

Festival Gig

Hi all What a gig at The Griffin last night for the Frome Festival! Great crowd, and the band played a blinder. One of the best, or maybe the best, Fish gigs ever. Thanks to all who were there and mad...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Pics

Hi All Blimey - we've got pics on the site now. It's technology gone mad I tell you......what next - music? Surely not.... Gaz
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 09:21:00 GMT

South Parade Club Report

Hi Fish Fans What a gig at the South Parade Club on Saturday 17th of May!! Thanks to all that came along - the place was rocking and who will forget Wipeout with the light up drumsticks and the crowd ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Fish Space Finally Here!!

Hey! Thanks to the magnificent work of Dave we have a MySpace site that actually has something on it. Never thought we'd see the day. Big thanks Dave :O) And check out Dave's fantastically psychy, tr...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:54:00 GMT