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The band consists of the following members: Howard Birchmore

Howard Birchmore - Bass Guitar and Harmonica.

  • Howard joined the band in the mid 80s. Until Dave joined we still thought of him as the new boy. Howard was inspired to take up harmonica on hearing Sony Boy Williamson's single 'Help Me'. This lead to the guitar and on into the folk scene. Howard played a leading role in the Folk/rock bands Motley, Trouble T'Mill and Summit in the Windsor and West London area in the 1970s. The big time always managed to avoid them so he was reduced to following an almost normal 9-5 existence where he is developing a career as an artist.
Paul Critchfield

Paul Critchfield - Drums and percussion or Bass Guitar

  • Paul plays bass for various blues bands and was introduced to us by Fran Wood. He has played for us since start of 2003 and is now settling down as a regular player. Paul also plays Bass so when Howard is unavailable he can substitute.

 

 
Dave Fenner

Dave Fenner - Electric Guitar, Accoustic Guitar, Mandola

  • Dave having sat in on a few gigs when we were caught short, joined the band in June 1994. He has a musical pedigree which includes a variety of bands, duos, solo work etc. including a period as a duo with Andy Lavery in the late 80s and with his wife Alison. Dave used to dance with Crendon Morris until he damaged a knee dancing on uneven pavement slabs.

 
Richard Holland

Richard Holland - Keyboards

  • Richard Holland provided all the keyboard parts for our current CD. He is primarily known for being a mean Banjo player, member of the duo Footloose and organiser of the American Music concerts at Nettlebed.

 

 
Rex Morrey

Rex Morrey - Whistles, Recorder and Alto Sax

  • Rex is one of the founder members. Rex digs out most of our material although the arrangements are strictly a team effort. He also engineers and mixes all our studio recordings. Rex's musical pedigree includes a period playing whistle and recorder with Kennet Morris, sound engineer for Scotch Measure and he engineered and mixed all the Geckoes albums.

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