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STEVE BARTLEY,BORN IN NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS,MERSEYSIDE,AND NOW RESIDING IN MANCHESTER,ENGLAND...DRUMMER/COMPOSER, MEMBER OF BOTH NIGHTWING AND PLAIN TRUTH AND FORMER MEMBER OF MAGIC,THE ALEC JOHNSON BAND,RAZORBACK AND SKELETON CREW,RESPECTIVELY,HAS PLAYED, AND SESSIONED, IN BANDS SINCE THE EARLY 70'S...AND HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE,OR SHARED A STAGE WITH....THE ANIMALS AND FRIENDS,CROSBY STILLS AND NASH,JOE WALSH,FRANK ZAPPA,RORY GALLAGHER,JOHN SYKES,DEL BROMHAM,STRAY,JOOLS HOLLAND,IAN GILLAN,STEVE HACKETT,TEN YEARS AFTER,GINGER BAKER,STAN WEBB'S CHICKEN SHACK,BUDGIE,JETHRO TULL,STRAY CATS,SIMPLE MINDS,MOODY/MARSDEN BAND,WISHBONE ASH,SMOKIE,ROXETTE,RUBY TURNER,MAD MAX,TRACEY ULLMAN..AND VARIOUS OTHERS...PLUS SESSIONS FOR TV [brookside/grange hill] AND RADIO 4... STEVE NOW GETS THE CHANCE TO PLAY HIS SONGS...TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN...IF THAT'S YOU, THEN THANKS FOR LISTENING. ... ps...all instruments and vocals by steve bartley...all songs copyright control.

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Member Since: 6/11/2006
Band Website: WWW.NIGHTWING.UK.COM
Band Members: ME,ME AND ME [PLUS ME]
Influences: [not so much 'influences'...more like 'my favourite people']...STAN LAUREL- OLIVER HARDY- THE SONS OF THE DESERT- JAQUES TATI- CHARLIE CHAPLIN- THE THREE STOOGES- THE MARX BROS- FRANK RANDLE- JOHN BETJEMAN- GENTLE GIANT- JOHN BONHAM- GINGER BAKER- SIMON KIRK- JOHN WEATHERS- CHRISTIAN VANDER- MIKE PORTNOY- LED ZEPPELIN- PETER GABRIEL- GENESIS- RICHARD HARVEY- GRYPHON- SPOCK'S BEARD- NEAL MORSE- SPLIT ENZ- THE FINN BROTHERS- CROWDED HOUSE- YES- MAGMA- ANGE- BLACK WIDOW- JAQUES BREL- SCOTT WALKER- IAN ANDERSON- JETHRO TULL- GLENN HUGHES- KURT ELLING- JEFF BUCKLEY- PAUL RODGERS- PAUL KOSSOFF- FREE- ALEX HARVEY BAND- GRAND FUNK RAILROAD- THE BEATLES- MIKE NESMITH- THE MONKEES- NEIL HANNON- THE DIVINE COMEDY- STEVE'S DRUM SOLO...RAZORBACK [GORDON ROWLEY/DEL BROMHAM/STEVE BARTLEY] CIRCA 1988 NIGHTWING...[GORDON ROWLEY/STEVE BARTLEY/GLYNN PORRINO/KERRY BESWICK] 'BLACK SUMMER' LIVE..CIRCA 1987 SIMON CRUMLEY'S BASS SOLO WITH 'PLAIN TRUTH' JAN 2009 NIGHTWING...'SOMETHING IN THE AIR'...LIVE CIRCA 1987...LINE-UP AS ABOVE. NIGHTWING-'STAND UP AND BE COUNTED' SKELETON CREW PLAY ESCALATOR...1990... STEVE BARTLEY/JOHN WILLIE/SIMON CRUMLEY A BIT OF FUN AT THE LAUREL AND HARDY 'SONS OF THE DESERT' CONVENTION [come clean tent]......LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND...1990...STEVE BARTLEY/ERIC WOODS/DAVE DYKES AND RONNIE DUNN [narrator] ALL 106 L&H MOVIE TITLES IN ONE SKETCH--PART 1.....WRITTEN BY STEVE...1990 'SONS' CONVENTION. PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 NIGHTWING ON WELSH TV 1986..GORDON ROWLEY/STEVE BARTLEY/GLYNN PORRINO/DAVE EVANS & KENNY NEWTON ANOTHER MAD 'MADE FOR JAPANESE TV' VID...EVIL WOMAN FROM THE BLACK SUMMER ALBUM DRUM CRAZY...YEAH!!! L&H ...'FRESH FISH BLUES'

Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me" from Concord Music Group on Vimeo .

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Bartley church is very unusual, in that it is made of corrugated iron, and painted green! It is called 'The Tin Church' and was build c. 1900. It has also recently been refurbished.
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:00 GMT

NEW NIGHTWING ALBUM ’8472’

Species 8472 are the only force other than the United Federation of Planets known to have defeated the Borg in battle, and the only alien race from whom the Borg were known to have retreated...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:56:00 GMT

NEW NIGHTWING ALBUM

THE NEW NIGHTWING ALBUM IS FINALLY SET FOR RELEASE IN SEPTEMBER...WITH NEW SONGS ADDED,AND KNOBS RE-TWEEKED [ooh matron!!!]...WATCH THIS SPACE
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:14:00 GMT

STEVE AND ALEC IN ’PLAIN TRUTH’...PRETENTIOUS,NOUS?

STEVE BARTLEY AND ALEC JOHNSON,ALONG WITH ACE-BASS SIMON CRUMLEY,ARE 'PLAIN TRUTH'...A POWER-ROCK TRIO,PLAYING A MYRIAD OF STYLES N' SOLOS... PRETENTIOUS...NOUS?
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:37:00 GMT