During the Corona Virus outbreak of 2020, there were many people who felt isolated, and often posted on Social Media saying how lonely they were. I began to write this song with those people in mind.
The song would clearly…
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Apr 26, 2020
During the Corona Virus outbreak of 2020, there were many people who felt isolated, and often posted on Social Media saying how lonely they were. I began to write this song with those people in mind.
The song would clearly…
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Apr 2, 2020
So who would have thought that at this point in the year we would all be at home, driving each other mad!
At Shabbey Road, we had just about finished the Elaine Gilmore album, 'Love Is Still The Answer' -…
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Jun 28, 2019
The Korgis have never recorded a live album - TILL NOW!
The group are celebrating the end of their successful spring/summer tour by recording the final result. We are hoping the album will be available for our winter dates in…
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May 12, 2019
Well it didn't take long - only 14 months to edit the films from my gig! To be fair, I have been working on them steadily, but finally had a chance to put them together as the gig ran.
There…
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May 7, 2019
I can't recall a busier or more exciting time in my life!
THE KORGIS
We started touring The Korgis in earnest this year. We began with some surprisingly trouble free rehearsals. The band as a collective is one of the…
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Dec 19, 2018
Songwriting is the reason I own a recording studio, and the reason I got into production. I have always considered my guitar/keyboard playing to be a means to record original songs. In the early 80's Julian Tucker and myself…
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Nov 10, 2018
Whenever I tell people about the Music Man Project, they ask 'How did you get involved in that?!!'
Well, it is a convoluted story that starts with Daniel and Laura Curtis. I had just completed the first album 'Love…
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Oct 22, 2018
At the beginning of 2018, I decided to make a change in direction, and move away from covers bands to concentrate more on original music. Sometimes the decision to make a change will kick off a whole new part of…
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Oct 7, 2018
David Juan Lozano is a FANTASTIC singer songwriter. His songs have been likened to Neil Sedaka and The Beatles, and vocally he sits somewhere between a more gutsy Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley.
I worked with Juan over a…
Sep 5, 2018
This fab pic courtesy of RJP Photography UK
Well you know that whatever the weather, we were going to have a blast at The Sunshine Festival!
When we arrived it was pouring and the Main Stage was very…
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Jul 21, 2018
Roosevelt at The Globe was a blast!
Firstly a massive thank you to Lee Cottey who looked after the sound and a million other things. Lee was the engineer at my gig earlier in the year, so I was…
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Jul 13, 2018
Wow, it's hard to believe that a whole year has passed since Roosevelt's gig last year at The Globe!
I have been lucky to be part of some memorable gigs in the last year, and along with the fab James…
Jul 5, 2018
LOVE LOVE LOVED the James Warren and Friends gig at The Stables... but you can tell because it is written all over my face!
BORN TO WIN opened the show with their unique brand of positivity! We love these…
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Jul 1, 2018
Way back in the 90's I was asked to join James Warren's Korgis for a few dates. After a little while we lost touch, but the music business being what it is, fate would bring us back together.
…
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May 14, 2018
This weekend was a milestone in a few ways. On Friday James Warren and I travelled to London to meet with a potential manager. Suffice to say the meeting was a bit of a success, so look out for an…
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On April 14th 2018, myself and the Mike Smith Big Swing Band did our second concert at Melksham Assembly Hall.
When I took over Mike's band, I decided to add a string section to the band. This meant a…
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Apr 2, 2018
In the light of recent discussions and new management in place, The Korgis will finally tour!
The band up to now, has always been a reclusive studio outfit, but with new found enthusiasm for everything Korgis/James Warren, the band…
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So this is the first video from my show at The Globe in Cardiff on March 4th.
When I have finally mixed everything there will be a live DVD available... but there are few bottles of red wine in…
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Mar 29, 2018
Of all the gigs I have done in my life, this was perhaps the most enjoyable!
There were so many unknowns - would I direct the band well enough to give them a fighting chance? There had only been…
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Jan 2, 2018
With the latest release being called 'Coming Up From Down Under', it was fitting that at the tail end of 2017 we had a family holiday in Oz.
We had a fab time, and caught up with some of…
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