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Verity

Will sing for whiskey

About Me

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Ah yes the biog. Where would we be without the biog? I'll be brief, if not straight to the point. I was born in Birmingham, raised in Derbyshire and talked into going to an open mic one Sunday in Teeside (Guisbrough if I'm honest). I sang a few songs and the manager said I could come back and do a couple of gigs for a fiver and a couple of bottles of Diamond White. Thus began my career. I left Guisbrough to go to Uni in Newcastle where I spent a lot of time hanging around the acoustic society commitee and then one day they said I could help. This led to working with acoustic circus which led to more gigs which led to more songwriting. At this point all the other kids had CDs to sell but I didn't have a clue how to do that. This got to be a problem as my nan (who is a big fan) really wanted a copy of the songs. On my 22nd birthday someone bought me a couple of hours in a studio and the result was 'Gravity is the Reason'. Then a year later I made 'Red' which to made it to number 31 in the itunes blues chart for like half an hour! I've just made 'Skies Burnt and Lessons Learnt' which is on itunes as well and involves lots of talented people. Too talented for me. So why not buy a song? Why not let today be the day you take a chance on a ginger?! Why not visit a strange girls tunes on the tinternet and listen to one? Why not say YES! to the unknown and fork out 79p for a song you've never heard and brag to your friends about how you live on the wildside now? Why not leave the strange ginger girl a comment to tell her how you think they all sound like Alanis Morrisette? Why not listen to 6 seconds of the album?! You may have noticed that plugging is not now and never will be my primary talent. My primary talent is making bread and butter pudding, then dog walking then singer/songwriter. I also enjoy the following: fish net tights, poker, hats, whiskey, the bodhran, hair dye, country walks, gin, wellies, digging ponds, talking to cats, white wine, museums, sunsets, sun rises, you get the gist.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/18/2006
Band Website: verityburton.co.uk
Band Members: Andy Mackin - Slide Guitar, Kurt Kurtis- Bass, Dave - Harmonica, Andy Wyke - Drums, Nick Gladdish - Piano, Simma - Backing Vocals, (Although its very rare the entire band plays together!, its mostly me, Andy and Roger)
Influences: Tori Amos, Alison Krauss, Joan Osborne, Aerosmith, Jewel, Aretha Franklin
Sounds Like: Walking into the Whistle Stop Cafe, but nobody got hit by a train and everyone's drinking.


Record Label: No thanks
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album launch

Launch album launch! At long last I have the album in hard back and shall be thus launching said album on Saturday 10th May at 8pm in Elipse Studio which is above World Head Quarters which is opposite...
Posted by Verity on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:04:00 PST

Skies and Diamonds up on itunes!

You gotta hand it to tunecore, they’re well fast! ’Skies Burnt and Lessons Learnt’ and ’Days in Diamond White’ are both up and running and available to buy from itunes TO...
Posted by Verity on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:01:00 PST

All done! Album out soon(ish)

Hello all,Aha! and the mixes are done! Awaiting art from paul the architect then plan on making some hard copies as well as whacking it on itunes as some people like to have the shiny CD and the case ...
Posted by Verity on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:06:00 PST

Album name confirmed

After much deliberation and staring at the screen at work, the album name has finally come to me. And it is this ..........   'Skies burnt and lessons learnt' Paul the art man assures me that it ...
Posted by Verity on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:03:00 PST

Smugglers Garr!! and Update

Hello all, I am at work so maybe this really isn't allowed but time waits for no woman no matter how short her skirt is. In short Simma and Andy and I are all playing at the smugglers bar on 2nd Nov ...
Posted by Verity on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:12:00 PST

London is Bollocks

Why do people do it? Ugh after the hideous 24 hours I spent in London I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would go there. Yes yes, I have returned humiliated but nonetheless thrilled to b...
Posted by Verity on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:30:00 PST

London Calling

Its official, I am off to London on Monday much like Dick Whittingdon and his legion of cats. My late grandad once tried to claim he was a relative of Dick Whittingdon but he did brew his own beer. Go...
Posted by Verity on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:35:00 PST

Number 31 on itunes

Number 31 last week! Hurrah. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone! I'm prob not number 31 now but still in the chart last I heard. I have impressed my day job piers so much they have asked to put...
Posted by Verity on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:37:00 PST

Vee is Number 98 on itunes!

Thank you Thank you Thank you to everyone who has downloaded 'Red' so far on itunes. I am currently number 98. Only 7 away from my adolesent crush Johnny Lang! I'm fucking overjoyed. Please please dow...
Posted by Verity on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:55:00 PST

Recording Album Progress: Part I

You know, the last time I recorded something i.e. 'Red', I came down with the most bastard cold on the Wednesday before I went in to the studio. Sure enough, as if God hates me, I came down with a bas...
Posted by Verity on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:28:00 PST