Colin Farley was born when he was very young in East Dulwich, London, England. His father was a well know jazz band arranger and when Colin was 3 years old his Dad bought him his first reel to reel tape recorder that he has been making noises in to ever since!
Colin played the piano from the age of 7 and at the age of 12 started playing bass guitar because his father suggested to him that every band in the world needs a bass! Colin there and then decided that if he was going to do this, he was going to do it right and modelled his playing on some of the greatest bass guitarists that have ever been .... Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Chris Squire (the Yes Group), Nathan East and James Jamerson to name but a few. Aiming for such high standards quickly enriched Colin's technical ability and at the age of 16 found himself like Wayne Rooney ready for the England Squad!
Having turned down The Damned as a bunch of musical badboys (Colin used to get the bus to school everyday with Chris Miller aka "Rat Scabies"), Colin embarked upon a music journey that has taken him to every major country in the world and a few places that are not of this world!
Colin's playing style has been said to be comparible in musicality and feel to Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and his major music influences include Yes, James Brown, Weather Report, Booker T & the MG's, Beatles, Pretty Things, Steely Dan, Bjork, Prince, Tamla Mowtown, Todd Rundgren, Massive Attack and Lemon Jelly.
Colin has just returned from the USA where he produced the album "Get Tribal" by Veronika Sandor and is currently working on film music with Kate Jaconello. He will soon be available for sessions be it playing bass, keyboards, guitar or production (see discography) and can be contacted through his Sessions Manager, Louise Hatch at [email protected].
Discography and Appearances
(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew single
I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew single
One For the Mockingbird - Cutting Crew single
Any Colour - Cutting Crew single
Broadcast - Cutting Crew album
Between A Rock And A Hard Place - Cutting Crew single
The Scattering - Cutting Crew single
Everything But My Pride - Cutting Crew single
The Scattering - Cutting Crew album
St Elmos Fire - Jon Parr album
He's A Winner - Bryan Robson single and video soundtrack
Reasons - Hollies single
Saichi Sugiyama - S. Sugiyama album
Sport - Laura Barnes album
Spread Da Word - Charlie Blaize album
Get Tribal - Veronika Sandor album
Body Memory - Anna Savage album
Curious Zebras - Curious Zebras album
Sing Your Song - Marcus Drigo album
Rivers Deep - Paul Russell album
Colin has played on stage with the following artists:
James Burton (Elvis Presley guitarist and MD)
Cutting Crew
Jon Parr
The Tornados
Clem Cattini (47 No. 1 hits and going strong)
Never The Bride
Peter Vitesse (Annie Lennox, Jethro Tull MD)
Anne Dudley (Art of Noise)
Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
Rick Wakeman
Jeff Beck (never heard of him!!)
Simon Phillips (probably the best drummer in the world)
Colin has appeared on the following TV shows:
Top of the Pops, Wogan, Pebble Mill, No. 73, No Limits, White Room
and in the USA on Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Solid Gold
and music magazine shows in Canada, France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Spain, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand.
The current track information on this my space is as follows:
"Stay" written, played and produced by Colin. Vocals by Tasha Bridges with thanks. (c) Farley 2008
"Mind Over Matter" written by Colin and Charlie Blaize. Production and instrumentation by Colin. Vocals and lyrics by Charlie. (c) Blaize, Farley 2008
"All This For Nothing" written by Stan Stanley. Production by Colin and Stan.
Bass by Colin.
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