Ross Fairweather & The Billy Shears

About Me

Hello. Time for an update.Was in France with the new band in September recording our album Songs De La Terre. Played a few shows and ate lots of bread. The past year has been quality with the Zutons support in March 2007, Howie Payne also in March 2007. December 2007 saw myself with The BILLY SHEARS BAND supporting Emma Pollock and topping the bill at Nice and Sleazys.So far this year we ve played The Tron theatre and The Renfrew Ferry. We ve managed to secure a slot on the main stage at BIG IN FALKIRK and a support with THE HAZEY JANES as well as gigs in Manchester and Aberdeen to promote the release of our record, SONGS DE LA TERRE which will soon be available on ITUNES and can be purchased by sending us a message here. Happy Days all round. Muchos love for ROSS FAIRWEATHER & THE BILLY SHEARS.

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Member Since: 11/12/2005
Band Members: Ross Fairweather- Acoustic, Vocals Billy Kay- Bass, Backing Vocals Lee Burgoyne- Drums Duggie- Guitar Roger Shepherd- Harmonium, Rhodes, PianoThe songs were recorded at Zero Studios in Toulouse by Roger Shepherd www.myspace.com/zerostudios31 The tracks were mastered by Mario D'agastino All songs were written by Ross Fairweather.
Influences: In no particular order although Floyd rule the roost!! Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Beatles, Willy Mason, The Stands, Simon & Garfunkel, The Blue Nile, John Martyn, David Gray, Bob Marley, Andrew Strong, The Cars, Kings of Leon, Zero 7, Air, Roddy Frame, Paul Rodgers, Fleetwood Mac, Doves, Sting, Arcade Fire, Free, Steely Dan, Jack Johnson, Jose Gonzales, My Morning Jacket, Gomez, Johnny Cash, The Eagles, Ian Brown, Magnet, The Strokes, Paul Simon, Howard Marks, The Police, The Coral. Portishead, Radiohead, David Gilmour, Peter Greene, The Charlatans, Shed Seven, Deacon Blue, The Flaming Lips, King Creosote, Kings of Convenience, 10cc, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Band, ocean colour scene, paul weller, Reef, Daft Punk, Led Zep, U2, Tony Joe White, Elvis, The Faces, The Kinks, The Waterboys, Beach Boys, Cream, Eric Clapton, Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones, Queen, Coldplay...... thats about all i can think of just now. dont know how much im influenced by this stuff but its certainly most of the gear i listen to.
Sounds Like: Most folks who ve heard the album say it sounds like The Beatles and Pink Floyd. We can live with that no worries!!!
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Carling Academy

Hey everybody. Thanks to all the folks who came a...
Posted by Ross Fairweather & The Billy Shears on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:23:00 PST

1000 Profile views!! Magic!!

Thanks to everybody whos had a listen to my songs. Its greatly appretiated. Myspace really is a great way to get ur tunes out there, and and great way to make new buddies. keep listenin and than...
Posted by Ross Fairweather & The Billy Shears on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:31:00 PST

New Album

Awrite. iv posted three new songs from my latest recording that i did with pete street productions. recorded six new tracks, if u wanna hear the rest of them, let me know and i ll post you a cd. hope ...
Posted by Ross Fairweather & The Billy Shears on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:38:00 PST

How Good Is Funeral by Arcade Fire???!!!

Wasnt that sure about Funeral on the first listen, usually play my music when im sittin on the pc, so im never sure if im really actually payin attention or listening to it properly, but think its kin...
Posted by Ross Fairweather & The Billy Shears on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:50:00 PST