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PETE PRECOTT - VOCALS

I have been singing since I was 15 mostly in bands and, through the 70s and 80s, mainly rock. I've recorded 3 albums with the Swiss/English band - Sergeant in mid 80s (the first 2 albums, 'Sergeant' & 'Streetwise', have just been re-issued by Stormspell Records in California). I sang on one album with Forcefield with Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Ray Fenwick & Mo Foster. I've made 2 albums with Paul Sinden 'Turn it Up' & 'Mean Business'. Now & Then Records issued them as one complete album 'Passion Play'.

MIKE MONDESIR - BASS

Having studied at the Bedroom School of Music, I began my professional music career in 1983 playing bass guitar with my brother Mark on drums. Since then I've appeared on over 50 albums and have performed with artists such as: Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Questlove, Annette Peacock, Grant Nelson, Eddie Harris, Hermeto Pascoal, David Garibaldi, Shubha Mudgal, Billy Jenkins, Jan Hammer, Ronnie Wood, Des'ree, Keziah Jones, Nikki Yeoh, Jhelisa, Ronny Jordan, Colonial Cousins, Jim Mullen, Arturo Sandoval, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Imogen Heap, John Serry, Steve Williamson, Hayedeh, Andy Summers, Usher, Django Bates, Gary Husband, Chante Moore, Mano Ventura, Lenny White, Julian Joseph, Thijs Van Leer, Chad Smith, Bill Nelson, Shahram Shabpareh, Orphy Robinson, Shohreh, Carleen Anderson, Sir George Martin, Courtney Pine, Jocelyn Brown, Mervyn Afrika, Cheryl Alleyne, Mekaal Hasan, Jason Rebello, Brigo, Vivienne McKone, Lord Nelson, Brice Wassy, Whitney Houston, Neneh Cherry, Oumou Sangare, Deborah Jordan, Bernard Purdie, Iain Ballamy, PPArnold, Billy Cobham, Clem Clempson, Crazy, Bill Bruford, Leni Stern, Mory Kante, Keith More, Ginger Baker, Marque Gilmore, Ty, Ron E Carter, Siavash, Trilok Gurtu, Aster Aweke, S-Club 7, Talvin Singh, Lulu, Mike Del Ferro, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson, Lewis Taylor and many more... Between touring I teach at the Royal Academy of Music, the British Academy of New Music, the Rhythmic Conservatory

JOHNNY COPLAND - BASS

Johnny Copland is a bass player, producer and songwriter from the UK. At home in a wide range of styles from RnB to Jazz, Funk to Soul, as a performer, in the last 3 years Johnny has emerged as an exciting talent on the UK scene. As a sideman he has since played and worked with several of the top musicians from this country and beyond to increasing acclaim, including: Frank Gambale, Jim Mullen, Pierrick Pedron, Zoltan Dekany, Sebastiaan Cornelissen (Gary Willis), Paul Mills, Malcolm Macfarlane, Sandro Ciancio, John Burgess, Kevin Mackenzie, Jim Whyte, Konrad Wiszniewski, composer Stuart Mitchell and many others. Originally from Scotland, Johnny is now based in London, working and playing there, throughout the UK and beyond.

ROY SMITH - GUITAR

Guitarist working in a live duo for ten years, Roy has also worked with Johnny Warman, King Reg, Henry McCullough, Johnny Fean, etc . Roy is a tone fanatic, and vintage amp enthusiast, so nailing the Kossoff vibe comes naturally for this noisy little fellow.

GABOR DORNYEI - DRUMS

The "Drummer of the year" in his country | Won the "Golden Drumstick" Award in 2004 | Played many times for Walt Disney Co. in studio sessions | Worked 3 years as the drummer of the Hungarian National Radio's big-band | Big experience in studio work | Two contracts completed on cruise ships, around the world | Played in the "Jazzband of the year", 2005 | 12 years expertise in Musical Theaters | Played on golden and platinum sold pop-rock albums | 15 years of experience in private teaching | Recorded two multimedia solo albums, and the 1st dvd is coming soon! | International endorser of Sabian cymbals | International endorser and distributor of Veiger instrument cases | and many more... | For more information, CV, more music and videos, photos, etc. please check out: www.dornyeigabor.hu :-) Cheers: G.