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By this time - who cares!
What did you say???
Are you saying there are no blue planets??
Three more if you don't include the blue dot which is patheticallt trying to pass itself off as a planet.
How many more of these to do???
The air point up all in by it's this.
All up point in the air it's by this.
By this point it's air in the up all..
In the air by this point it's all up.
It's all up in the air by this point.
By this time - who cares!

Like millions, watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Louis Armstrong

George Formby

Joan Baez

Nat King Cole

Gordon Lightfoot

Bob Dylan

Flanders and Swann

The Beatles
 

The Rolling Stones

Saw  the musical ‘Hair’. Yes - they really are all naked at the end of Part 1.

Cat Stevens

Joni Mitchell

Beethoven

Cream

the Who


Led Zeppelin
 

Mozart

James Taylor

Neil Young

Jimi Hendrix

Johnny Cash

Elton John

Black Sabbath

Jehtro Tull

Tchaikovsky

The Guess Who

Mott the Hoople

Deep Purple

Pink Floyd

Yes

Alice Cooper

Aerosmith

David Bowie

Frank Zappa


Jeff Beck
 

Bob Marley

Roosevelt Sykes

The Sex Pistols

The Animals

Ian Hunter

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

J.J. Cale

Talking Heads

Roxy Music

Muddy Waters

The Specials
 

The Beat

The
Stranglers

Magazine

Lou Reed

The Clash

Vivaldi

Jah Wobble

Joy Division


Can
 

A year in the UK well spent!

Black Roots

Blurt

Stanley Clarke

Bruce Cockburn


P.i.L.
 

Stravinsky

Michelle Shocked

Gil Scott Heron

Brian Eno

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Tracey Chapman

Miles Davis

Shostakovich

Peter Gabriel

King Crimson

Billie Holiday

The Pogues

Wes Montgomery

Tom Waits

Fela Kuti

Udo Lindenberg

Hugh Masekela

Parliament

Spirit of the West

Die Arzte

Air

Blur

Ravi Shankar

Oasis

Reef

Richard  Thompson


Beck
 

Phillip Glass

Radiohead

Fotomoto

Supergrass


Gomez
 

Buddy Guy

Rajesh Vaidyha

The Coral

Stereophonics

Green Day

Franz Ferdinand

Amy Winehouse


Captain Beefheart
 

Dixie Chics

Jaz Coleman

Alabama 3

Newton Faulkner

Gry

Cage the Elephant


Kasabian
 

Bonny Prince Billy

Andy McKee

Tommy Emmanuelle

Brahms

Grizzly Bear

The Magnetic Fields

Morphine

John Matthias

Jen Gloeckner

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs


Ween
 

Harry Belafonte

The Doors

Madness

David Pritchard

KEY to genres:
Ambient/Electronica
Blues,Jazz & Soul
Rock & Pop
Classical
Folk&Country
Reggae / Ska
Other

This is just some of  the music which has been an influence over the years

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Initial exposure to parents’ varied record collection (choral, folk, classical, blues & comedy) led to an appreciation of all that is truly beautiful.


Laura Marling
 

Leadbelly

John Lee Hooker

Delius

The Ting Tings

Weird ‘Al Yankovic

American TV hosts such as Ed Sullivan and Johnny Cash gave early exposure to the great jazz, blues, folk and country artists of the Twentieth century.

Sibelius

Debussy

Rachmaninov


Sarah McLachlan
 

SILVER APPLES

Debut album mastered at TubeMastering
by Andy Jackson
(Pink Floyd engineer)
February 2012

Recording and mixing our debut album (ready for release in 2012).

FarmFest 2011 in the MidSomerset News and Media tent. 2330 start. Where were you?

FINALISTS!!
2010 Sunrise Festival Rising Stars competition
In the “Top 8” for most votes received online

11/09 - No doubt we should have spent our day more soberly reflecting on 9 years since the Twin Towers - but we decided to play at a Beer Festival instead. Glad we did!

HEAT WINNERS & FINALISTS!!
4th October (Shepton Mallet), 24th October (Glastonbury) - Another nice write up in The Journal. It seems we came right out of left field in the heat. The final wasn't so successful but that's wgat you get when you depend on a cheeseburger!
Mid-Somerset Battle of the Bands 2010

Wessex Beer Fest 2010
(Woody at work!)

28th August - Festival of the Quiet Mind , Exmouth. Andy's first performance with us. OM..........

Included on their
compilation CD.

FarmFest 2010 - Rocked on hard as always at this small festival in the heart of Somerset.

Advert in the Frome Times

Frome Times (May 2009) - I didn't even know they'd done this until Woody saw it in a local paper. Anyway, thanks to Anna from the Piano Bat at the Old Bath Arms where we like to play every few months. Come along if you're in the area.

Award for Best Guitarist
Mid-Somerset News Battle of the Bands 2009 - Quite a nice write up in The Journal about this one. Apparently Woody and I came a very close 3rd. Most appreciated was the Competition Award for Best Guitarist!
2009
”b.e’s playing was impeccable”
(Shepton Mallet Journal)

The Green Man Cometh EP - Yes, I designed the cover. What do you think about it?Debut EP ‘released’: 
“The Green Man Cometh”
  (Available for FREE download)  

Open air music event in Crediton Town Square, Devon

Studio 69 Crediton Music Afternoon - Thanks to Joseph Sturdy from Studio 69 for organising this. It was a clear day in September and there is this really cool pub right next to the town square which is packed with everything you can imagine. (Fair enough - perhaps not everything and DEFINITELY NOT any of THAT!!). Looking forward to future events in 2010.

BBC Somerset Sounds Radio Morning Show with Emma Britton - a ten minute interview (avec Woody) with a live performance of “Did She Wake You Up?”.

FarmFest 2009 - The first festival with Woody. And it went rather well. Anyway, Peter was impressed and has asked us to return in 2010. (No - not THAT Peter; the other guy....)
Priddy Folk Fair 2009 - So what if it was the open mic stage. We went down a treat and had a great time. Thanks to Cathy and John for running it.

‘open mic’ slot
2009

Guest radio slot on Clint Denyer’s “Fusion Show” (Warminster Community Radio)

Michael Eavis meets B Cooling (or should it be the other way around?) © TMRadej

Woody Woodward
Joined up with Woody Woodward, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, instrument technician. Quite a catch!

Glastonbury 2008 - Saturday on the Avalon Cafe Stage. I even have the event list poster stuck to my studio ceiling (if proof be needed). There was also a video taken but the cameraman seemed more interested in the waste tanker that was working it's way (rather noisily) up the muddy path. Good footage of a waste tanker - if you're into the kind of stuff.

Glastonbury 2008

“a solo effort” 
Released May 2008

"Getting Warmer" was my first effort and contains songs like "It Don't Matter" and a rather ripping spoof called "George". Nil point for guessing which George. People complained that they couldn't get the tune of their heads for a week which pleased me no end.

BBC Somerset Sounds Radio - a five minute phone interview with Emma Britton.

Oxjam 2007 in Exeter. My friend Stone took the photo. He did the photoshoot of The Who at Glastonbury 2008, don't you know! I was honoured that he felt I was worthy.

Open mic nights; monthly pub gig; charity events

Wattsfest 2007

Wattsfest 2007 was the first festival since playing at Owen Sound in Ontario back in 1980. I can't remember how many people were in the audience but I think I spotted another one just outside the tent.

First forays into home recording on PC.
Researching recording, mixing and mastering.

OK - this is DEFINITELY a later photo but it captures the creative mood at the time. Soon to emerge from the sloth - I can tell you!

the millenium ......

2001 - First gig in years
(King’s Head, Shepton Mallet).
Originals and other Canadian artists only, eh.

Sang in a choir at the Royal Albert Hall ...... once.

Most time and effort was spent with the family, in the day-job
or learning how to use a computer.That’s it, really.

bonhoeffer-lettersandpapers

Yup - I was wearing my glassesPerformances in Germany
(Osnabruck, Freiburg)

Regular busking in Bristol.
Solo performances in pubs, clubs and restaurants.

My Suzuki GP125 and I were (fortunately) inseparable. Until 1996 when I slipped on a cow pat.

Singer and co-songwriter in Radio5 and later TakTakTak, a funk-rock group which played around Bristol, receiving favourable mention in Venue magazine.

Moved to Bristol, England

Solo performances in Toronto.

Siddhartha. Hesse. Weird. Wonderfully weird.

Performance at the Owen Sound Folk Festival (Ontario)

U of T

in the middle ......

Busking in Bedminster Shopping Centre. I think I made £6.75 that day.
The Brothers Karamazov
Dry wit from Hugh Hector Monro
David Copperfield touched my heart

Lived in Sevenoaks, Kent

My first guitar. It still works, too!

Busked regularly in London Underground.
Performances at the Diamond Dive, Tottenham Court Rd.

Now - this was a bit of an eye-opener

First gig at school in 1978 (with Dave Platt on piano)

"Mind the gap"
wodehouse
Always a classic - always a favourite

Began guitar lessons at 15

A bit pudgy but nothing to have to worry about until - well - now, actually.

Tried piano lessons.
I really tried - honestly!

Not great literature - but it was a start.

Watched singer-songwriters perform at a music coffee bar in Yorkville, the hippy district of Toronto.
Dig it!

Sang in school choirs

“I saw John and Yoko in a limo in Toronto”

"I know N-O-T-H-I-N-K!"
Get Smart. You know, Agent 99; the cone of silence; Laribee - GET SMART!!


Got first guitar. Talents wasted on discerning audiences!

Laterally mobile ....
The humour starts here.
My poetry may not have developed much beyond this - but it's still wonderful.
Guess who!!


Born in Toronto, Canada, the youngest of three.


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U of T

Lots of home recordings (which is largely how they shall remain!)

Oxjam 2007

Farmfest
2009

Farmfest
2010

Farmfest
2011

Age 10. I am confident that my chess abilities have improved since then.
The Monkees TV Show. NEVER an album - but the show was a laugh!

Finished mixing.

First regular performances
of ‘original’ material.

More open mic nights; monthly pub gig; charity events,etcc

Year
Dot

Click on me, eh.

1970

Click here, if you please.

1979-80

Click here too, eh.
Yes, yes - click here.

1990

2000

2010

1980-82

2013

Personal Bio (‘interactive’)

Somewhere in Ontario

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Musical influences

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