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Neil Alton

About Me

Neil Alton - Scottish singer songwriter now based in Northern Ireland. Started out as front man for band Nervous Passenger. Currently travelling about performing solo acoustic shows with his beautiful sidekick Alison Thompson(Vox).

30 MILES AN HOUR LIVE AT THE TWISTED WHEEL

HALLELUJAH LIVE AT THE TWISTED WHEEL

FORGOTTEN LINES LIVE AT THE TWISTED WHEEL

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/07/2006
Band Members: Neil occasionally feels the urge to throw a band together using any willing musicians he can find. Previous musicians/band members Neil has performed with include - Jamie Wilson (Drums/Guitar/Vox), Stuart Cockburn (Bass/Vox), Donald Webb (Keys/Vox), Evan Adamson (Guitar), Charlie Barr (Keys/Sax), Kevin Gillespie (Maracas/ Spoons), Yvonne Lyon (Guitar/Percussion/Vox), David Lyon (Keys/Vox), Iain 'Da Red' Cameron (Bass), Gareth Davies Jones (Guitar/Vox), Peter Semple (Guitar/Vox)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Uganda

I can't believe I haven't written about this yet in a blog.  Its only 4 weeks on Saturday until I go to Uganda for two weeks.  Anyone how came to my recent gigs will know a little bit about...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:39:00 GMT

Nine years in a row!!!

Can you believe thats me played Crossover Festival for the past 9 years??? I was chatting to a friend at the weekend and we were discussing why Crossover is so special and came to the conclusion that ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:22:00 GMT

Banchory - Where the snow threatens but does not scare the locals

As promised in my last blog, I have decided to review the towns that I visit for gigs.  So here's the first BANCHORY - 10th February 2007 The day started off well.  I'd found out a couple of...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:11:00 GMT

Its a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me...and I'm feeling good! DA DA, DA DA, DA DA,

Well as it is a new year I thought I'd make the effort to write more blogs!!! I managed 3 last year this year I'm aiming for at least 6. The problem I have with writing these things is that I can neve...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:16:00 GMT

RUBBISH!!!

How rubbish am I at posting blogs???   The answer is very! As all of my teachers at school wrote on every single school report..... 'Neil must try harder' Sorry
Posted by on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:41:00 GMT

Forgotten Lines

Forgotten Lines was one of those songs that just happened!  Some songs I can spend weeks, months, years toiling over - this one just sprung out of nowhere.  It started with that simple guita...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:42:00 GMT

A New Beginning

Well its taken me a while but I've finally gotten round to setting myself up on Myspace.  I don't know whether I was avoiding for some reason but it was painless in the end. Hopefully I will be a...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:11:00 GMT