I'VE BEEN BUSKING THE STREETS OF LONDON FOR A GOOD FEW YEARS,ALONG THE WAY MEETING VARIOUS MUSICIANS AS DIVERSE AS PAUL WELLER,BILLY GIBBONS(ZZ TOP),SINEAD O'CONNOR,POP STAPLES,GEORGE CLINTON,ROBERT PLANT,DAVEY GRAHAM,WIZZ JONES,CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE,CHRIS WHITLEY,T MODEL FORD,MELVIN SPARKS,JOE BLOCKER(ARTHUR LEE)
THESE MUSICIANS HAVE INSPIRED/INFLUENCED/ENCOURAGED ME WITH OR WITHOUT KNOWING IT,AND MY MUSIC HAS BENEFITED FROM MEETING THEM.MY PREVIOUS BAND WAS A FUNK OUTFIT CALLED 'THE SOUL DESTROYERS'
WHO MUTATED INTO A PROJECT KNOWN AS 'THE HELIOCENTRICS' WITH WHOM I AM STILL INVOLVED AND HAVE AN ALBUM OUT ON THE STONESTHROW LABEL.
THROUGH THESE BANDS I HAVE TOURED WITH GERMAN AVANT/FUNK UNIT 'DAS GOLDENE ZEITALTER'A.K.A'THE POETS OF RHYTHM' INCLUDING GUITARIST CHRIS KARER(AMON DUUL 2)I HAVE WORKED WITH/DONE SESSIONS FOR :DJ SHADOW (THE OUTSIDER-2006) AND BARRY ADAMSON (STRANGER ON THE SOFA-2006).
I AM CURENTLY PLAYING BASS IN THE BAND "JOHNNY BOY". LAST YEAR WE PLAYED THE SUMMERSONIC FESTIVAL IN JAPAN,AND A SMALL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA SUPPORTING THE "VALENTINOS".THIS YEAR WE DID SOME GIGS SUPPORTING THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS.SESSION DISCOGRAPHY:BARRY ADAMSON-STRANGER ON THE SOFA (CD) 2006
LONG WAY BACK AGAIN (SINGLE)DJ SHADOW-THE OUTSIDER(CD) 2006
SKULLFUCKERY
THIS TIME (SINGLE)
LOVE,LOVE (SINGLE)*******THE HELIOCENTRICS ALBUM OUT NOW!! ON STONESTHROW RECORDS.
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