Peter Sellers is my main influence, then in no order some others, Jimi Hendrix, the Strokes, the Meters, Kool and the Gang, James Brown, George Clintin, Bootsy Collins, Aretha Franklin, Frank Zappa,Wes Montgomery, Django Rienhardt, Miles Davis, the Beatles,Pixes,Breeders, Rolling Stones,Dave gilmour, Paco de Lucia, Angus Young, Ritchie Blackmore, Billy Gibbons, Ray Charles, Jimmy smith, James Burton, Albert Lee, Chet Atkins,Ian Dury,Ringo Starr, Sex Pistols, Motorhead, Quincy Jones,Led Zepplin,the Doors, League of gentlemen,
BILL HICKS, Peter Cook and Dudley moore, Cate Blanchett, Woody Allen, Brian De Palma, Stanely Kubrick, "Some like it hot", Walter Mathau, Jack Lemon, Only Fools and horses,Rory Gallager, Jeff Beck, John Barry, Henri Mancini, ALAN PARTRIDGE,the Sopranos.
Sounds Like
Rock, Country Rock, Blues Rock, Flamenco, Dirty Guitars, Funk and Soul.
Born in Dunfermline Scotland.
I started to play guitar when I was 17, in a Punk band then moved on to playing in Metal Bands before moving to London at the age 0f 20.
Changing clothes ,hairstyles along with experimenting with different styles of music, trying to find my way, finally realising that I'm best at playing Rock music, but I love playing Flamenco and classics like "Cavatina" and all those cliché guitar pieces because I teach more now and am obliged to play"Stairway to heaven" along with "Tears in heaven" most weeks.
I have played in lots of bands and Artists including Mark Morrison"Return of the Mack", Dylan Howe, James Hunter,Tony Kylie(Blow Monkeys) John Whiffin (Underwing), Dave Bronze (Eric Clapton,Art Of Noise, Bassist) Nick Morgan, Neil Conti (David bowie,Prefab Sprout) Andy Couglan (Gary Numan) Emily Barker, Bap Kennedy, Jane Winiberg, the Arlenes, Garrison, Phil Chill (Nehna Cherry, Mark Morrison,Massive Attack) Emma Tricker, Regg Webb(Lenny Kravitz,Keyboards) Dave Morgan(Weather prophets, Rockingbirds Drummer) the Rockingbirds and Coolhand (with Pat McGarvey ,Andy Monroe) and Jamie Fisher(Samantha Fox drummer) to name But a few.
I've played live at most good Venues in London, the Forum(town and country club) Palladium, Jazz Café, Mean Fiddler,100 club, Borderline, Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival and also in Belgium ,France and Holland.
Radio shows with Andy Kershaw, Johnathan Ross, Mark Lamar, Loose Ends.
I have played on "Border Café" and "Being April" soundtracks and more recently on the soundtrack of the Australian movie "look both ways"
I am essentially a Rock and Flamenco guitarist but have played with Pop Artists, Country,Blues and Soul.
I'm living in Geneva and I'm really looking for something here, but if the money is right I'm willing to go anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=greCg3uMHSE
Salut Al ! De rien pour l'ajout... Oui, ça marche le petit avion, disons même que ça va décoller sec d'ici quelques temps la saison prochaine en tout cas ! Quand à toi ? ça joue ?
Morning Swiss Al... Yes, banjo still not been stepped on... Debs and Johnny and me are listening to your flamenco song & they think it's very beautiful, really lovely...not me though - I think it sounds like some dustbins been cleaned out by a hungover elephant with only one eye... Cheers and Cheese! Pat
Magnifique, quel plaisir de passer sur votre page et baigner dans la douceur de votre musique, merci de me compter parmi vos « amis », en plus en voisin. I don’t see why I’m writing to you in French, after all you are Scottish. If you should ever be playing in or near Geneva please let me know.
Thanks for the add request. Dawn isn't able to respond personally right now (please see Blog & Bulletin) but she welcomes you and wishes you a happy Christmas, Great music by the way - I know Dawn will love it & will want to play it on her station when things improve for her. Best wishes, Wall of Sound (for Dawn) www.live365.com/stations/radiowallofsound
Salut Al Christie!
Je suis Cristiano, chanteur du groupe Iyexá, de Salvador-Bahia-Brasil. Nous serons en Suisse la première quinzaine d'août pour faire plusieurs concerts et ce serait l'occasion pour que vous puissiez voir notre concert!
05/08 - Open Air Tropical Festival - Zurich
08/08 - Westside Music Café - Zurich
09/08 - Café Central - Altdorf
À très bientôt,
Cristiano
iyexá
Hi Al :)
Just popped by to listen and say hi.
Your tracks are excellent. Since I've known you your playing has just simply got better and better...and it was really good to start with!
I hope you are well and that life is treating you well. Regards to you and your family.
Electronically Yours,
Sheer Zed
PS: Arse.
