Member Since: 06/07/2006
Band Members: Simon Crowe: DrumsSimon, from Dublin, spent 10 years touring and recording with The Boomtown Rats, playing at the incredible Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium. He now lives in Devon and just as he once was the driving force in the Rats he now drives Jiggerypipery.Tony Bayliss: Cittern, Guitar and VocalsTony has played all over the UK and Europe and has written and arranged music for both film and TV. Originally from the north-east of England, he moved to the south-west and now lives on Dartmoor.Carl Allerfeldt: FiddleBorn and raised on Dartmoor but of Scandinavian parentage, Carl brings a Swedish influence to the bands sound. He also drives the band in the farm truck and sheep-trailer!James Robertson - Great Highland Bagpipe
James's father was Pipe Major of the Scots Guards and he was winning piping competitions from an early age. He has played, with his father, on several major feature films, working alongside the great Muir Mathieson. James currently lives in Exeter and teaches the bagpipes.Pete Bingham: Bass GuitarReturn of the prodigal... Pete's back with a vengence, the ex-Waulk Electrik bassist is back banging out boppy bass-lines. London based Pete's return has given Jiggery a rare old kick up the Ass in the Graveyard.
Influences: Pipe-Major 'J.B. Robertson'.... Bothy Band, Shooglenifty, Wolfstone, Fiddlers Bid, Kornog, Martyn Bennett, JPP, Circulus, Boomtown Rats, Bob Cann, Caperaille, Roy Harper, Kevin Burke, Planxty, Christy Moore, Johnny Cash, Richard Thompson, Eric Bibb, Sex Pistols, Fairport Convention, Vashti Bunyan, Nirvana, Drop Kick Murphys, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, Patrick Wolf, Waulk Electrick, Cocorosie, Syd Barrett ... and all the unheard musicians of our time.....
Sounds Like: Exstatic Pipe Dance Tunes
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie