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About Me

The Big Red: three small words, one big sound. Formed in 1999, The Big Red are a blues rock group from London who play originals with a sprinkling of classic covers. There are three things you should know about The Big Red: 1) we love playing live music; 2) we don't take ourselves too seriously; and 3) our favourite food is cheese sandwiches.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: thebigredmusic.com
Band Members: Will Halsey (drums) Drew Lindon (bass guitar) Fareed Sahloul (lead guitar) Courtney Cooke (vocals) David Swettenham (vocals & rhythm guitar)
Influences: Will says: 'Green Day (learned to drum as 14 year old), Mr T Experience, Blues Brothers Show Band, Robert Cray, Barenaked Ladies, Alabama 3, and Cat Empire'. Drew says: 'Manic Street Preachers, U2, Bjork, Mansun, and various r'n'b'. Fareed says: 'Buddy Guy!!!, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, BB King, Peter Green, Mike Bloomfield, Jonny Lang, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zep, Blue Oyster Cult, The Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Metallica'. Courtney says: 'Tom Waits, Dolly Parton, George Formby, and Megadeth'. David says: 'Randy Newman, The Beatles, Tom Waits, The Stones, Wilson Pickett, Eels, The Band, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Freddie King and Faith Hill'.

Sounds Like: Bluesy rock
Type of Label: None

My Blog

In defence of my pint drinking

Lads, lads, calm yourselves! Who would have known that downing 568ml of fizzy amber liquid in 5 seconds could cause such consternation? If only I'd known at the age of 15 that all you need to do to a...
Posted by The Big Red on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

The Perfect Cheese Sandwich

People always make this harder than it needs to be. A good cheese sandwich should do exactly what it says on the tin- although if you're eating one from a tin you're probably not doing yourself any fa...
Posted by The Big Red on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:03:00 PST