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This website is an outlet for the music that I've been playing for the last 40-odd years - mainly in & around Bristol, with the odd excursion here and there. I'm currently updating the site so there will be some changes to the content of this site over the next few weeks and months. Watch this space!
I'd class my music as a mix of folk, acoustic, blues and Americana, but really I write and perform just about any type of music that suits, and that I enjoy playing (and have the ability to play!). So, acoustic versions of Hawkwind's space-rock "Silver Machine" and parodies of 70's new wave classic "Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll" have appeared in my repertoire over the years.
At heart I'm a song-writer and I write songs about things, so on this website I provide some information and background about the songs themselves, like a sort of intro when you're playing live, as often this helps to put the song into context, and in the end probably improves the whole listening experience (maan!). So next to each song on my site you may find some bits of background & related trivia. Feel free to ignore them...