RD-700SX stage piano
VK-8 organ
XV-2020 sound module AX7 (The Device)
RD-550 Amp Roland KSV-7 V-Stand
Epiphone Les Paul Custom
BCB-30 Pedal Board
TU-2 Chromatic Tuner AC-3 Acoustic Simulator SD-1 Super OverDrive
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Roland (UK) for their continued support.
Influences
Ben Folds
The Beatles
Stevie Wonder
Paul Weller
Matchbox 20
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
Jamiroquai
Jools Holland
Christopher Holland
The Who
Tower of Power
Average White Band
» John Carson
Hailing from the small clubs of Glasgow, John Carson & The Granelli e.s.t broke into the indie rock scene in 2006 with their debut album, Mr Blue.
The band's latest album, Captain Strange, joins John Carson's wounded vocal narratives with smart production to somehow churn out a bevy of chart-topping concoctions. With standout tracks like "Thousands & Thousands Of Things," the music of John Carson & The Granelli e.s.t appeals to indie rock fans and non-indie rock fans alike.
» Horse
Horse McDonald is a unique talent. A musician all of her life, her career has spanned three decades, seven albums, eight singles, hundreds of live appearances, and the inevitable ups and downs of life in the creative spotlight.
She has performed alongside artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Robbie Williams, Burt Bacharach, Bryan Ferry, BB King, Aztec Camera, Nanci Griffith, Sir Ian McKellen, Lesley Garrett, Pet Shop Boys, All Saints, Kid Creole, Culture Club & Erasure .
» Sharon Martin Sharon Martin is an ex-Scottish model and now full time singer/songwriter from Glasgow, UK. She has been writing and performing for over 10 years as a solo artist and as lead vocalist in bands including Handsome Dan, The Kingfishers and more recently as frontwoman for Grammy winning record producer Stephen Lironi's latest project, Flesh.
» Alan McKim
The self-styled solo singer/songwriter IS GNARLING HIS WAY to the creation of a new acoustic genre on the back of artist-led foot thumping commercial chorus chants, nastily clever lyrics and seriously infectious hooks.
A live performance entrenched in heart, mind, body & soul commitment to the cause is enthralling at least, mesmerising at best.
Fury, angst, love, desire and loss are the tools but the craft is in the vitalised emotive delivery which challenges the audience to feel what he feels... this, is the connection, which sets him apart.
The Hussy's "We Expected" - Japanese release - (Released 2008)
Carol Laula "Answers in the Mirror" (Released 2008)
Horse "Red Haired Girl" (Released 2007)
Le Reno Amps "So For Your Thrills..." (Released 2007)
Carol Laula "Kitchen Stories" (Released 2006)
Kirkintilloch Brass Band "Angels & Demons" (Released 2005)
Live work
I have been lucky enough to work with a number of great bands and artists live including: GUN
Gwyn Ashton The Lynsey Dolan Band
Horse
The Hussy's The Kirkintilloch Brass Band
Carol Laula Maeve O'Boyle (as her MD in 2009)
Ted Mckenna and Chris Glen from The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Zuba
» Supports include...
James Brown
Eddi Reader
Martha Wainwright
El Presidente
Ian Brown
Inspiral Carpets
Deacon Blue
Hamish Stuart (Former member of the Average White Band)
Half Man Half Biscuit
The Levellers
Jill Jackson
Scouting for Girls
Little Man Tate
It Bites
Thirteen:13
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Venues played include...
» America & Canada...
The Whisky a Go Go in LA
The Troubadour in LA
The Urban Grooze Jazz festival in Canada
» In Scotland...
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut (34 times!)
The Barrowlands
George Square
ABC
Barfly
The Grand Ole Opry
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Glasgow Art School
The Garage
Nice n Sleazy
CCA
Bar Brel
Apple Store
Sloans Ballroom
The Renfrew Ferry
The Georgian Hotel
Paisley Town Hall
Motherwell Civic Centre
Live at Loch Lomond
The Wickerman Festival
The Belladrum Festival
Darvel Music Festival
Magnum Leisure Centre
The Jam House
Prestonpans Music Festival
The Liquid Rooms
Edinburgh Fringe
Studio 54
The Queens Hall
DCA
The Doghouse
Fat Sams
The Lemon Tree
The Tunnels
The Iron Works
The Loopallu Festival Hootenanny's
» In England...
Glastonbury Festival
The 100 Club
3345 Parr St
The Regal Room
The Bedford
The Little Civic
Market Hall
Purple Turtle
Engine Shed
The Plug
The Charlotte
The Citrus Rooms
Fibbers
Barfly (Various)
The Roadhouse
The Shepards Bush Empire
The Sheffield Octagon
The Stables - Milton Keynes
The Liverpool Carling Academy
» In Ireland...
Purty Loft, Co.Dublin
De Barras, Clonakilty
Whelans, Dublin
» In Wales...
The Coal Exchange
Brecon Market Hall
The Welsh Garden Festival
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TV & Radio experience
» Radio
2 BBC Radio 2 Janice Long Sessions
Xfm - Glasgow and Manchester
Revolution - Manchester
» TV
Channel M - Late Night Social - Manchester
stv - Nochd Gun Chadal - Glasgow
The Music Show - BBC
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