The Kent & E Sussex Guide was created by Chris in 1981 and then further developed with www.kentgigs.com in 1999.
His first involvement in the music business came about in the late 60's when his younger brother Nick asked him to help out as roady for the band he was forming. Overnight Chris became the vocalist, manager, transport and dogsbody for a series of bands. In The early 70's Chris experimented with a tape recorder, got hooked, and stayed hooked. His studio Europa Sound Studios was built in the basement of his house in Harvey St. Folkestone which operated until 1987. The studio had also started its own record label Red Admiral Records and music publishing Co. Cringe Music .
In 1981, not content with the press coverage of the wide range of entertainment available in Kent Chris started writing articles for the locaL press and then created the Kent & E Sussex Gig Guide which now networks "Wotson" to all of the media by any means available.
Chris built Europa II in Folkestone for a local musician but this was a short lived project, Chris producing only the Volecanoes Album by local session guys "The Maroondogs" and some tracks for Judge Dread.
Chris was selected by radio entrepeneur Eddie Austin to run "The Local Band Show" on RSL radio 'Shepway Sound', 'White Cliff Radio' and 'Thanet Sound' (Eddies projects led to the granting of the radio licence for Neptune Radio later sucked up by KMFM). In this period Chris was able to promote Kent bands, musicians and their own music. During his 62 live hours on air of music and chat, no cover band music was played except the music of current local bands and Internationally recognised Kent bands and writers. Never since the famous BBC Radio Medway "Mike Brill Kent Rocks" radio series had there been such support for Kent Musicians and bands.
The One Kent organisation was created in 2004 to help rejuvinate part of the Kent music scene with several music entrepeneurs coming on board providing their help. A lot of acts have benefitted from the combined skills of the organisation, their consultancy, labels, publishing and multiple facilities tuned to the act to establish them at their own level and prepare them for their next step up.
Peter Dinsley - A Swing Thing - Buy CD Album
The Silent Kingdom - The Glory Days Buy CD Album
Keith Harwood - My Sad Guitar - Buy CD Album
ZOO - Greenhouse-Buy CD Album
Hardly Mozart - Whatever Happened to Jago - Buy CD Album
Rik Waller's Mighty Soul Band - Innocence - Buy CD Album
The Sharpee's - Album: Strangers download for £7.99 at most world download sites.