An Introduction:
Black Betty came into being when Kingsley and Silvestor met at a bus stop in Bournemouth in 2002 when they simultaneous asked each other for directions, they got chatting, found that they had many things in common, such as a love for deep south delta blues.
So before you could say Blind Willie Johnson they had decided to form a band together, 5 years and 2 nervous breakdowns later it finally happened!
The line up is Kingsley-Vocals, Tristram-Fender Guitars, Silvestor-Gibson Guitars, Eddie Moon-Drums!
Ed was found after many a frustrated night spent fruitlessly looking for drummers, they finally succumbed and got one despatched from IKEA (flat pack of course), it's where the best drummers come from!
Tristram just seemed to appear one day, their was a little purple smoke, lots of guitar pedals and then BOOM one art rocker materialised. When Tris isn't with the band he likes to experiment, YES he experiments with food, hair cuts and avante-garde synth rock.
Black Betty have been described as "controlled chaos onstage", if you ask the band themselves they will give you a blank stare and probably mutter something like "err you know good music" however for anyone who hasn't heard Black Betty (well you should have as your computer has speakers right?!) they play roots rock, with the emphasis being on musicianship and songwriting.
So without further ado humble sirs and kind madams may we introduce...
BLACK BETTY
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