Robbie Mcintosh: Guitar,Slide Guitar,Lead and Background vocals, Mandolin, Bass, Drums.
Paul Beavis: Drums and percussion.
Mark Feltham: Harmonica, Background Vocals.
Pino Palladino: Bass Guitar.
Melvin Duffy: Pedal Steel.
Steve Smith: Keyboards and Production.
Honoured guests: Matt Irving, Peter Hope-Evans, Chrissie Hynde, Alison Brown, Garry West, Wix, John and Linda Phelps, Paul Young, Drew Barfield, Jamie Moses and Oscar the dog!
Influences
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Chet Atkins, Duane Allman, Lowell George, Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddie King, B.B. King,Ry Cooder, Douglas Adams, Bob Dylan, Blind Boy Fuller, The Who, Morecambe and Wise, Marcel Dadi, Dr Feelgood, Jerry Douglas, Stevie Wonder, Tony Hancock, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, The Pretenders, John Coltrane, Theolonius Monk, ZZ Top, Vic Reeves, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Fairport Convention, Tull, The Beach Boys, Gordon Haskell, Henry Blofeld, Countdown and Bargain Hunt, Blind Boy Fuller, Larry Carlton, David Lindley, P.G. Wodehouse, Frank Zappa, Albert King, Steve Winwood, Oscar Peterson, Paul Kossof, Jimmy Page, The Beatles( as solo artists) Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, John Martyn, James Taylor, Johnny Guitar Watson, NRBQ, Monty Python and many others too numerous to mention. Isn't that enough! For God's sake!! I am also totally indebted to Michael Lewin and Graham Foster, also to My Ma and Pa and big sisters for all the music that surrounded me in my formative years. My listening menu is far too eclectic for my own good but I still enjoy listening to all music and am not influenced by fashion I hope. I listen to Mozart cos it's like giving your brain a shower and Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Delius and Percy Grainger and even Robert Farnon and Aaron Copland still make me feel very small indeed. And small is good! FZ once posed the question "Does humour belong in music?" I think it does, and yes, we still spell humour with a "u" in it in the U.K. So there!!
Sounds Like
4 hard boiled eggs rattling around in an old biscuit tin.
I have been band members of The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, Norah Jones and currently John Mayer. As well as recording with all of the above, have also recorded and worked with the likes of Talk Talk, Tears for Fears, Joe Cocker, Paul Young, George Martin, Kirsty MacColl, Paul Carrack, Carl Perkins, Diane Tell, Mark Knopfler, Thea Gilmore, Tori Amos, Eric Bibb, Alison Brown, Amy Wadge, Daryl Hall, Cher.
I have 3 solo albums to date; Unsung, Emotional Bends and Widescreen.
Hi, Robbie, I saw in the earlie's 90s, when you played with a Paul McCartney's band, in Santiago, Chile. I cryied because of the emotion!!! Thank's for being my virtual friend. Greetings from Montreal. Cristian Rosemary
Robbie, many and sincere thanks to yourself and Marco Rossi for agreeing to perform at the LUPUS FEST charity fundraiser at The Prince Of Wales on Sunday 11th October - we'll look forward to seeing you there if not before! Best wishes, Stewart & Carol Osborne
