The 2007 Performers (continued).
The Demon Barber Road Show
For
the past three years the Demon Barbers have gained major recognition for their
original and imaginative approach to traditional music and song. With Damien,
Bryony and Will retaining a solid traditional English base the band's unique
sound is compounded by the driving rhythm section of Griffith & Sykes.
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Pete Coe
"A
One-Man Folk Industry" was how Jim Lloyd described Pete Coe on Folk on 2. With a
vast repertoire of traditional & original songs, dance tunes & dances playing
bouzouki, melodeon, dulcimer, banjo & step percussion, he's been a professional
musician since 1971. Pete looks to the tradition, but doesn't shrink from
adapting and reinventing in order to move forward. He is essentially a
storyteller, equally at home with lengthy traditional ballads as with pithy
self-penned songs.
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Stanley Accrington
Stanley
emerged from full obscurity to almost total obscurity in the last dark days of
the 1970’s
and realised that he would have to put in a lot of work to build up a performing
career, so he set about it. The song writing came easily – a conveyor belt of
songs inspired by current events or the style of artists he encountered on his
travels. He therefore embarked on a series of visits to folk music venues in
nearby West Yorkshire and built up a bedrock of bookings and a growing
reputation as an oddball performer. He continues to write material in a range of
styles. Some of his songs have been picked up and sung, and recorded, by other
artists. What keeps him going is the compulsive urge to write songs, to
incorporate new styles and, mainly, to have fun.
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Gareth Pearson
Gareth
Pearson is a young finger style guitarist and composer from South Wales in the
UK who has been playing guitar for only four years. In this short time Gareth
has already achieved much, including opening for Tommy Emmanuel several times,
playing at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention in Nashville, a
number of radio and TV appearances, and was personally invited to open for
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at their New Year Party in New York. He
has also opened for Ray Davies, founder member of the legendary 60’s band The
Kinks. Gareth specialises in playing the music of Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed and,
of course, Tommy Emmanuel.
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