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Dave Marks is a busy London-based musician. His playing, recording and production credits span a wide rage of bands and artists, including:
Larry Carlton (born 2 March 1948) is an American jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and a singer, from Torrance, California. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands. Over his career, Carlton has won three Grammy Awards for his performances and compositions, including the theme music for the hit television series, Hill Street Blues (1981). (Wikipedia)
Stanton Moore is a drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut All Kooked Out!) and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity. He also travels internationally to teach New Orleans drumming, writes a regular column for drumming magazines, and releases instructional books and videos. (Wikipedia)
Albert Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire England is a Grammy Award-winning English guitarist known for his finger-style and hybrid picking technique.
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Carl Palmer (born Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer, 20 March 1950, Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English drummer and percussionist. He is credited as one of the most respected rock drummers to emerge from the 1960s.[1] In addition, Palmer is a veteran of a number of famous English bands, including the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia. He has also contributed to works by Mike Oldfield.
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D:Ream was a Northern Irish pop rock / synthpop and dance band of the 1990s. They had one UK Number One hit with the re-release of “Things Can Only Get Better“; two Top 10 hits coupled with four Top 20 hits: the re-release of “U R The Best Thing”, “Take Me Away”, “Party Up the World”, and the second re-release of “Things Can Only Get Better”; plus five other releases that all reached the UK Singles Chart.[1]
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Ola OnabuleThe Press say, he possesses “a stunning voice of enormous range and emotional clout“. His voice is “beautifully clear and appealingly textured, almost classical …with a range and elasticity to match his rich tonal qualities“. “The influences of Soul, Jazz and the West African music of his childhood come together in subtle and sophisticated melodies and time signatures. OLA’s songs feature lyrics that are layered with metaphor and allegory. Ola seemlessly documents the issues of the day with the universal subjects of love and loss.
Paul Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several others, and has enjoyed success as a solo artist as well. His distinctive voice appears on some of his affiliated bands’ best-known hits. He was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
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Chris Difford (born Christopher Henry Difford, 4 November 1954, Greenwich, London[1]) is a singer, songwriter and record producer. He has written lyrics for almost 30 years, most notably in partnership with Glenn Tilbrook. The two were primary members in Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook. Some of their best-known songs are “Tempted“, “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)“, “Black Coffee in Bed“, “Cool for Cats“, “Up the Junction” and “Annie Get Your Gun“.
Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984), is a singer from Bradford, England. He came second in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records.[1] He is also known for having a stutter, talking about his speech impediment publicly, and for dealing with his speech through the McGuire Programme.[2] Gareth was reported to have earned £6.5 million during his career by May 2009.[3]
Born into rock royalty, Rick Parfitt Jnr has accomplished rock star status in his own right. The RPJ Rock Band features talented musicians with a diverse touring and recording history, having worked with artists ranging from Robbie Williams to Lily Allen and James Morrison.
Combining these influences, Rick and the ‘RPJ’ Rock Band cleverly create their own rock versions of classic pop, indie, blues and rock tunes, making them the ultimate party band for real rock ‘n’ roll entertainment.
Thriller – Live is a near three hour long musical, celebrating 28 songs from The Jackson 5 and the solo work of Michael Jackson. It had already been performed in the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia before opening at the Lyric Theatre, London on 2 January 2009. The show was conceived by a well known Jackson family fan named Adrian Grant.
‘As soon as the opening track began and new addition Saint Saviour took the mic, there was no doubting the biggest change to what Groove Armada are about. She was in charge, and ruled the stage. Formerly of electro band The RGBs, the girl formerly known as Becky Jones strutted, posed and generally behaved like a pop powerhouse. We were treated to the emergence of a new star who might just be able to help Groove Armada back into the charts’
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also…. Richard Smith, Aled Jones, Jo Webb and the Dirty Hands, Rosalie Deighton, Boo Hewerdine, Sarah de Courcy, Hadar, The Judy Lewis Trio, The Rom D. Collective, Jack Mc Manus, Laura and the Tears, Jules Rendell, Loick Essien, Sarah Horley, Susan Blair, Flexie Muiso, Chantz, Julian Stringle, Martin Newnham and many others.
He has been the MD and bassist for the Guitar Idol 2008/09 world finals in London and represents the ICMP at a number of national and international events, including the UK Bass Day from 2007 -2009.
At the minute, his time is spread between attacking the bass with The Dirty Hands, pounding out 8th note rock with the Rick Parfitt Jr. band and producing for various artists at Clean Feet Studios. He also teaches at the ICMP in London, has been a longtime contributor to Bass Guitar Magazine (reviews, interviews and a monthly column) and maintains a heavy web presence, blogging on his own site and keeping his Youtube channel stocked up with fresh content.
