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The Linton Institute

About Me

Born in Rothbury Northumberland in 1961, Pete Shields spent the first 5 years of his life in his beloved Linton, a tiny mining village near Ashington. Pete now lives in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and has teamed up with Ryan Holleywell to form THE LINTON INSTITUTE - a name taken from Pete's grandads watering hole.The third permanent member of THE LINTON INSTITUTE is Alan Brett, bass player with Pete's old band The Peacock Page. Other contributions come from David Shields on bass and Damon Downs on guitars.In Pete's flat in Meden Vale, near Mansfield, THE LINTON INSTITUTE record his songs on a Tascam portastudio.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/08/2007
Band Members: PETE SHIELDS - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica, Programming, Noises RYAN HOLLEYWELL- Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Bass, Noises ALAN BRETT - Basses DAVID SHIELDS - Basses DAMON - MONSKI - DOWNS - Guitars: I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)PETE & RY PLAYING AT DAMON DOWNS UNLIT GIG WITH JONT
Influences: ' Souvenir ' From the meadow to the lake from the dying breath i take there's a story to be told but like everything it's growing old-just growing old.As she takes the night train home back to all the things she's ever known. She'l pretend from time to time that the game she plays is working fine but there's no one on the line.cant tell a soul cant tell it allAnother time another place a secret smile upon your face keeping everything inside a souvenir from one you left behind but you won't let this change your life it's just a crazy way too pass the time no nothings ever gonna change because you know that you can't run away - run away.can't tell a soul can't tell it allLyrics copyright Rob Metcalfe - go check him out !!
Sounds Like: Rob Metcalfe meets Billy Bragg
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

GLORY BE - A tribute to Mark Hunter RIP

MARK HUNTER was my friend.A beautiful man with a heart and soul as pure as anyone I have ever met.Mark was a left wing socialist who believed in the brotherhood of working men.We worked together at We...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:42:00 GMT

A BETTER WAY - A new song inspired by Transfiguration Medium Wayne Goundry

WAYNE GOUNDRY - TRANSFIGURATION MEDIUMWayne Goundry is the night shift manager at Warners Thoresby Hall Hotel, where myself and my brother Dave did a 6 month painting contract on night shift.Wayne is ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:59:00 GMT