My Bands
No, not my bands, but bands that I play in. I’m completing this list as time allows.
HORIZON This is a Sixties pop duo performing songs from the 1960s. Not a covers band as such, but we play great songs from The Beatles, The Kinks, The Turtles, Nashville Teens, Creedence Clearwater Revival and so on. Chris Rae and I went to the same school in Whitley Bay and got together to play music when I was 15. Once retired, we formed Horizon and picked up where we left off (but with better gear, hehe).
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MELOBO A ceilidh band formed in 2012 featuring Graham Hubbard (melodeon and fiddle) Charlotte Pascoe (oboe, recorder and Scottish small pipes) and me (bass and guitars). We have several top class callers we use and also use a sound engineer with professional sound gear. We perform at wedding receptions, family celebrations (birthdays, anniversaries etc), folk festivals and ceilidh series around the country and all sorts of other gigs.
AVAILABLE FOR HIRE.
WHOOSYA plays Americana (country folk, blues, gospel) and is enormous fun. We have banjo, mandolin, guitars, bass and percussion, and strong vocals lead by Sian and Trevor. We’re busy looking at adding some traditional folksongs to our repertoire.
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JIGWORKS is my other regular ceilidh band. The repertoire is mostly Irish, but we can cover a whole range of traditional tunes and dances. Simon Weston leads the band on button accordion and concertina and it’s always fun to perform at weddings and family celebrations.
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GREENGAGE is a local folk band and varies in composition from time to time. Usually it is Howard supporting a few tunesmiths (they play all the hard bits). Most recently, the lineup has been Howard (guitar), Justin (violin) and Lucia (violin).
WANTAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH is based in Kingsgrove (a new development to the East of Wantage). Howard plays bass, electric guitar and mandolin. Occasionally cajon.
Not Forgetting…
PANDEMONIUM is a folk band that I belonged to for 15 years! I have to include them here as I learned more about performing music in a group than anywhere else. And I had the most incredible amount of enjoyment and fun too. Pandemonium put on numerous concerts for the likes of WIs and Care Homes and so much more. I even recorded a CD with them “Hats off to Wantage“. Happy days!!