THE WINTER KINGS: Austin Kehoe (vocals), Max Delderfield (guitar), Steve McLachlann (drums), Cheryl Francis-Hoad (keys), me (bass)
GIG-L:: Lee Cave-Berry (guitar/vocals), Christine Kitching (drums/vocals), me (bass/vocals)
SPLIT WHISKERS: I'm an occasional bass thumper for these guys which is its current incarnation has Gilb Fletcher (v/harp), John Wright (v/guitar), James Doherty (keys/accordion) and Mick "chippy" Carpenter (drums). Check their website at: www.splitwhiskers.com
Influences
the blues - taught me to play with feeling. Lee - more than she will ever realise :-)
also John Paul Jones, Flea, Willie Dixon, Chuck Rainey, James Jamerson, Tommy Shannon, Stuart Zender, John Deacon, Cass Lewis, Lidia Cascarino..and EVERY person I work with, watch or listen to. There's something to learn from everyone!
SMILES, DANCES AND STOMPS WITH BIG BOOTS AS SHE PLAYS!!!!
written by Dom
"It's a dangerous job, being a musician, and the stage a high-risk
environment. Every year scores of people die from improperly earthed
microphones and guitars, are maimed by collapsing stages, fall off
drum stools, have lighting rigs fall on them, and get beaten up by
jealous boyfriends because their girlfriend had the temerity to
watch the band."
"But there's one thing that strikes terror into the hearts of even the
most seasoned jazz-funkateer. And that thing is Claudia. If she
doesn't take one of your eyes out with her swinging hair extensions,
she'll get you with the headstock of her guitar, and if you're not
already crippled by now, your feet will get crushed by her Doc Martens."
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As you probably worked out I play bass (and sing a bit these days!). I also play acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars for the purpose of my little solo project which may or may not ever see the light of day. We shall see...but bass is what I do the most. I feel its a dangerous thing to tie yourself to one genre unless you intend to do nothing else. At one point if anyone asked I'd say I was a blues bass player - I then had to work on convincing people I could do other stuff too. These days I'm pretty much up for anything - I've managed to weasel my way into many a project from sci-fi indie pop to Danish folk music!
I'm occasionally up for depping and studio work. I don't teach but I know a few people that do.
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I'm CRAP at keeping up to date with myspace matters so i'm not really adding anymore people (unless I know you from somewhere..please send me a message and say hi if you do!).
I just wrote u a super long comment and then lost it hahaha
how are u ? how is life treating u ?
been busy since end april may for one reason or another both positve and negative in work and fun sense, so its been good apart from the non existing summer
got a deal now at work working 4 days and on my day off I got my own desk in a shared creative office with people from music publishing, documentaries, vids etc trying to get open sauce of the ground as a company ...
if u wanna check just uploaded a lot of pics, plus if u wanna read my daily verbariha www.twitter.com/dongrizzly (thats where I just navigated away and lost the mail so not doing that again)
have a good one and stay in touch, good to hear from u
Heya! How are you? I'm really good thanks! Not long been back from Mexico, it was the coolest time there (no swine flu lol). Hey it's weird cuz I was only listening to the Winter Kings cd the other day and now you messaged me. Haha don't worry about bad correspondance skills, im not the best myself. x
Hey Claudia How are things? Yes we were on the BBC at beginning of Feb and you were too! It's still on BBC iPlayer at the moment though. On the BBC Storville homepage Cheers Paul
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dropped in to 'see' you and feel your energy.
Haha don't worry about bad correspondance skills, im not the best myself. 
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