PAUL ROBERT BURTON - is a Multi-tasking,Multi-instrumentalist, Singer/Songwriter/Producer & Sound Engineer.
Beginning his career some 25 years ago as a session musician, Paul hasperformed with Elvis Presley’s drummer D J Fontana, James Brown’s drummer Toni Cooke and has an extensive list of musical associations with a veritable “who’swho” of the Australian Music Industry.Paul performs a highly eclectic repertoire of originals and unusual traditional musical pieces. Blending Blues,Celtic, Gypsy, Middle Eastern, Gospel, Bluegrass, Swing, Jazz & Folk Rockinfluences together into an evocative musical soundscape. He combines richvocals, traditional acoustic instruments and modern technology together toperform music as the universal language of unity.His current musical ventures include:promoting his solo album “The Calling” and new live album"Invocation"; playing at many festivals, ticket shows and a varietyof human rights and environmental events; performing either solo, duo, trio and with his “Band of Gypsys”; managing, recording and performing shows with manyother artists.Paul has worked in Australia and Europe for many years with his band “The Shuffle Kings”
and as a live and/or studio session musician with:
John Williamson, Jimmy Barnes,Kev Carmody, Keith Urban, Phil Emmanuel, FelicityUrqhart, Doug Mulray, Nathan Cavaleri, Kevin Borich, Pete Wells (guitarist RoseTattoo), Anne Kirkpatrick, Paul Demarco, The Harlem Shuffle, Eddy Youngblood,Don Hopkins, Dave Wray (Frank Bennett), Jim Conway, Paul Kelly, Ed Kuepper, DocNeeson, Andrew Clermont, Steve Berry, Steve Prestwich, Graeme Connors, DaveTice,
The Headhunters, Austentayshus, Ian Moss, Gail Page, Wilbur Wilde, GraceKnight, Don Walker, Michael Fix, Nadia Sunde, The Brewster Brothers Trio,Moonshine Jug & String Band and many more.
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UNSTRUNG HEROES - Geoff Lakeman, vocals and duet concertina, Steve Potter fiddle,vocals and mandolin, Pete Acty six-string guitar and five-string banjo with some vocals. Traditional folk roots trio with a little of Speakeasy thrown in! Geoff provides the introductions and the banter and the audience has a jolly good time! All three Unstrungers have been in the music business and on the circuit a long time so are well-known and well loved. www.myspace.com/unstrungheroes
Photo credit of Unstrung Heroes by courtesy of Simon Acty, taken at Morwellham Quay 2009.
SPEAKEASY - CATCH 'EM LIVE - THEY'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE An evening of toe-tapping Tin Pan Alley music featuring songs you never knew you knew... SPEAKEASY dish it out using guitar, violin, authentic 1920's concertina, vocals and spoons to perform jazz from the twenties and thirties. Are you brave enough to endure a dose of musical madness, dazzling culinary percussion and hankie-wringing sentimentality? * "These songs will make you hum - some of them stink! (Chicago Tribune) * "You 'aint heard nothing yet" (USA magazine for the Deaf) *"Nostalgia 'aint what it used to be" (Fats Waller) *"They certainly put the mental into sentimental" Prohibition Violation Monthly www.myspace.com/welcometospeakeasy
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BARRY HUNT - has over three decades worth of experience as a performer in a broad selection of genres including rock, blues, folk, reggae, country, comedy and even cabaret. Having recently returned to appearing solo with an acoustic guitar, he also chose to go back and relearn his song-writing techniques by completing an MA in Songwriting at Bath Spa University. This has enabled him to re-capture his writing muse and has compelled him to complete an album of all new songs for late 2010, with plenty of songs remaining for another one in 2011.
His speciality is to write and perform his own material with passion and expression along with imaginative covers of great songs from the last 40 years. Accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar held left-handed and upside down is a feat that never fails to challenge any musicians in his audiences.
He has performed at festivals all over the UK including Sidmouth, Bridgnorth, St Ives, and Birmingham Artsfest while his travels abroad have seen him playing in Germany, Ireland, Corfu and the Canary Islands.
His voice has recently been compared to Chris Rea, Sugs from Madness, Clive Gregson, Clifford T Ward and Gary Moore – they would make an interesting choir!
With Barrys’ material varying from gentle ballads to rocky blues, and including a delicate splash of humour, you are guaranteed a highly entertaining experience.
“ ….. a writer of rare insight and a performer of some note ….. sharp and incisive lyrics ……. songs of the first order ……. a gem of observation …. “
John O’Regan – Rock’n’Reel
" It doesnt come much better than this" - folking.com
Barry is available for songwriting workships and various music lessons in the Midlands
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Helping out Mike Silver & Johnny Coppin with bookings as well. Mike and Johnny are available as a duo or individually. Both awesome singer/songwriters with great testimonies from the likes of Ralph McTell and Steve Knightley. Seeing them live as duo Coppin & Silver is a double whammy! Mike and Johnny really need no introduction! Both of them hold songwriting and performances workshops periodically too.
Black Jack Davey - Irish multi-instrumentalist, lists himself as celtic/comedy/folk. A gig watching Davey is a unique experience! Guaranteed to have the audience hopping and bopping. A few years ago Davey left the band he was in – Wylde Green - to follow his dream of surfing, which he did for several years all over the world supported by performing his songs. Davey now plays seven instruments which are guitar, mandolin, mandola, bazouki, bodhran, tenor banjo and the highland pipes which he includes in his solo performances under the name BLACK JACK DAVEY. At the moment Davey is recording a new album of modern celtic classics called FOLK, DRUGS AND SAUSAGE ROLLS. featuring songs by some of the best celtic acts from the past 20 years. Davey owns Black Jacks on Plymouth’s old quarter – The Barbican and regularly guests there