Music:
Member Since: 2/27/2006
Band Website: WWW.THESPOONFUL.CO.UK
Band Members: The Band - Tom Nordon – Vocals/Guitar: Tom 'Silverfox' Nordon played, recorded and toured with The Edgar Broughton Band, Doll by Doll and worked with Paul Kennerley, Tom Newman, Celebrated Artists Band, Wham Ba'am Thank You Ma'am etc. He has written music for theatre, radio drama, film shorts and adverts. He now runs Music Technology courses in the South West UK and loves playing gigs. He released his Silverfox album ‘Running On Empty’ in 2007.
Johnny Sharp – Lead guitar/vocals: John started playing the electric guitar with a keen interest when he was just eight years old. He formed his 1st band 'The Deadbeats' at school, which were a 60’s inspired beat group. He then went on join various Indie bands during the 90's and played on many sessions. In 1999 John moved to London forming Indie rock group 'Denim' and played the London circuit gaining a reputation as the ‘best new indie rock’ group (featured in NME 2000) and making an appearance at Glastonbury festival. He then moved to Bath in 2001 and furthered his musical career as a solo artist and joined rock band ‘Countermine’ who played alongside Snow Patrol, The Charlatans & David Bowie at the Isle of Wight festival in 2004 and toured with 'Blondie' & 'Simple minds'. John has since played with many different bands as a session guitarist and worked with producer Paul Corkett (Radiohead, Portishead, Turin Brakes, Jet) before moving to Devon to form ‘The Spoonful’ in 2005.
John Sharp senior – Harp/Vocals: Born in 1941, john's been playing for over 45 years now and has been in lots of various blues acts over the years, some well known, some not so, influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson 1st & 2nd, Lil' Walter, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee.
Rob Delve - Drums: Rob's being playing the drums now since the age of 15. And from a young age he was influenced greatly by Clem Burke, Mick Tucker, Keith Moon and Bill Bruford.
Neil Pritchard – Bass Guitar: In 1966 Neil formed ‘The Wasters' with Ricky knight (Dad of Reef’s Jason Knight's) Clive Robins and Dave Pugsley and later morphed into the ‘clockwork orange’. 1969 moved to Canada and joined the 'Hodads', 1971 reformed 'The Crewcuts' and toured all over. 1975 and back in Devon playing' with Mick Law's Star Trekkers and lots of other bands.Road Crew - Geoff 'The Lurch' & Derek (im stayin' in tonight) Parnell.
Sound Engineers - Danny Evans / Little John.
Band Photography & Film making - Stuart Gaunt & Derek Parnell.
Influences: Robert Johnson, Left lane cruiser, Buffalo killers, Gentlemans pistols, BB King, Elmore James, Skip James, Howlin' Wolf, Leroy Carr, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy, Willie Dixon, Peter Green, Cream, free, led zep, humble pie, jimmy page, robert plant, the blues project, sonny boy williamson 1st & 2nd, rory gallagher, taste, stevie ray vaughn, robert cray, buddy guy, clapton, kossoff, rodgers, clem burke, ginger baker, johnny guitar hopkins, lightnin' hopkins, john mayall, yardbirds, jeff beck, albert lee, savoy brown, jimmy reed, slim harpo, john lee hooker, paul jones, leadbelly, tampa red, lonnie johnson, bill bronzy, leroy carr, memphis minnie, lowell fulson, alexis corner, paul lamb and the kingsnakes, chicken shack, charlie patton, The black keys, Lonnie Mack, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Taj Mahal, Wine, whiskey, fast women, and things that make life interesting........................
Sounds Like: 'The Spoonful' bring you a unique sound of their own. With delta blues, rock 'n' roll & the late 60's early 70's bluesrock era as their main influence they play with sheer ferocity and soul. They are an unmissable act to watch live with a very extensive 'vintage mojo' authentic backline to compliment their sound. All members of the group are semi-pro seasoned musicians with many credits to their names.
'Bluesville' EP (2005)
Track listing
1. Sweet Black Angel (King)
2. Good Morning Blues (Trad)
3. Built For Comfort (Dixon)
4. Sweet Home Chicago (Johnson)
SOLD OUT
'Behind Closed Doors' EP (2006)
Track listing
1. Crossroads (Johnson)
2. Outside Woman Blues (Reynolds)
3. Mean Old World (Walter)
4. Roadhouse Blues (Morrison)
5. Dust My Broom (Johnson)
Available ~ 5.00GBP
All CD's & DVD'S available at gigs and live performances.
Record Label: Mojotone Records
Type of Label: Indie
