About Me
" I WAS BORN IN NORWICH IN THE FUNKY 70’S - AS A YOUNG KID I PLAYED ON BISCUIT TIN’S & SCHOOL DESK’S, THEN TALENT SHOWS & HOLIDAY CAMPS ... MOVED ON TO PLAYING THE CLUBS & PUBS IN MY LATE TEENS... IN 1994 I THOUGHT ’I GOTTA GIVE THIS A GO FULL-TIME’ ’ & RE-LOCATED TO LIVERPOOL TO JOIN THE BAND ’BULLYRAG’.
WENT ON THE DOLE FOR A BIT, REHEARSED HARD, BULLYRAG GOT A RECORD DEAL, WE MADE AN ALBUM, PACKED OUR BAGS & TOUR TOUR TOURED ...WE CAME HOME & GOT DROPPED FROM THE RECORD LABEL. WENT BACK ON THE DOLE...
... I DECIDED TO BECOME A FREELANCE DRUMMER & HAVE SINCE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO PLAY WITH SOME GREAT ARTISTS (SOME BIG SOME SMALL). EITHER WAY, I’M HAPPIEST SITTING BEHIND A DRUM KIT, TOURING, LAUGHING & SHARING ’GOOD TIMES & TRAVELS’ WITH GREAT MUSICIANS & GREAT PEOPLE.
IN A NUTSHELL, I LOVE WHAT I DO & AM LUCKY TO DO WHAT I LOVE ! "
PERFORMED/TOURED/RECORDED/TV :
ANNIE LENNOX, JEFF BECK, SUGABABES, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, JAMES MORRISON, WILL YOUNG, RONAN KEATING, CATHERINE FEENY, EAGLE-EYE CHERRY, ATOMIC KITTEN, DAVE STEWART, GARETH GATES, SIOBHAN DONAGHY, APOLLO 440, ROGER WATERS, IAN McNABB, IMOGEN HEAP, SIZER BARKER, THEA GILMORE, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, TONY IOMMI, GARY COOKE, MARK ALMOND, JOHN McLAUGHLIN, PAUL RODGERS, FIONA RENSHAW, McFLY, GIORGI, MYLO, BELINDA CARLISLE, GARY EDWARD JONES, BULLYRAG, LAURA CRITCHLEY, MOHABIR SISTERS, JAMIE BENSON, THE NEUTRINOS, HEADFUZZ, JADE GALLAGHER, MUSHTAQ, SEBASTIAN ROGERS, COLIN VERNCOMBE (BLACK), RYAD, ROSIE RIBBONS... OH & DONNY OSMOND ! ! !
PRODUCER’S/ENGINEER’S/MIXER’S/MUSICAL DIRECTOR’S :
ANDY WRIGHT, AL STONE, MARKUS DRAVS, GARY LANGAN, CAMERON McVEY, CHRIS HUGHES, MIKE CAVE, STEVE LIPSON, GUY CHAMBERS, THE COLLECTIVE (JULIAN EMERY & JASON PERRY), HEFF MORAES, MARLON ROUDETTE & PREETESH HIRJI (MATTAFIX), DAVE WAY, JAMES BROWN, APE (COZ LITTLER, DAN HULME), NED DOUGLAS, JOHN WITHNALL, ANDREA WRIGHT, DAVE BLOOR, MIKE STEVENS, TOM KEMPER, PHIL NICOLO, CLIVE MARTIN, DAVID WHITMEY, CRiB PRODUCTIONS (SEBASTIAN ROGERS,JONNY COLE,JON BAKER), GEORGIE DENNIS, JAMES NISBETT, NIGEL STONIER, DAVE PYE
I PROUDLY ENDORSE -
PREMIER, ZILDJIAN, PROTECTION RACKET, VATER, REMO, LP, KOBY
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" Steve is my kind of drummer. The drummer is like the foundation of a house. Everything else comes from that core place of stability. When I’m performing I don’t want to be distracted by fluctuations in the ground that’s supporting me, the tempo or groove. That’s my boy Steve. He’s right there in the pocket...always. Economy,consistency and power. He’s the man for the job "
ANNIE LENNOX (2006)
CLICK ON THE LOGO BELOW & SUPPORT ANNIE LENNOX’S ’SING’ PROJECT
CORINNE BAILEY RAE - ’PUT YOUR RECORDS ON’ (ROYAL ALBERT HALL, 2007)
JAMES MORRISON - ’PEACE, PERFECT PEACE’ (ROYAL ALBERT HALL, 2007)
