On guitar vocals- Bill mead
On lead guitar & slide- Little Stevie Smith
On Bass guitar - John R Scott
On Drums - frank dymor Billy Mead - (bass /guitar and lead vocals) is a very talented and original bass player /guitar player with his own style, he has now after the last few years put together a band that has a unique sound, after the last two years playing in france / holland / belgium and greece.Bill is the remaining core member of the Sharpee's who along with former members brought their music to the masses of fans for numerable years.
Band members who have played with Bills sharpees Brendan o,neill (rory gallagher), Sam Kelly (gary Moore) Berni Torme (ian gillan/ ozzy osborne)
The Sharpees A North Kent based band made up of three ex-members of Rebel who played at most of the Kent and London circuit in the late 70's and early 80's. They released their first single "Rocka Shocka" with the well known East London label Bridgehouse Records.. Billy's long history of differing styles which mesh with the band' strange aggressive mix of Blues/ rock/country/classical styles so well, ensure that the band is always exciting and fresh with much improvisation.
Pre April 2009
Billy Mead (bass guitar and vocals) - original member. started the sharpees back in 1980/84 with pete goodey / john smith, bill had a 20 year layoff from music only to get back in it in 2003/4. played continuously through 04/05 until pete and big malc left to do their own thing.
Geoff everett and andy jenkins stepped in at the last minute to fullfill date in january 06. The first date of what was to become a more permanant band and a complete change of musical direction. The band went more up tempo blues style. ie. gallagher/thoroughgood. .Simon Jeffreys (ledt Zep), Drew Murphy
and Deps. Bredan o,neill (rory gallagher/nine below zero) Sam Kelly (gary moore)
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Influences
From Rory Gallagher to Tom Petty / Robert Plant / Dr Feelgood / George Thoroughgood / Paul Kossoff / Paul Rodgers / Andy Fraser / Simon Kirk
Sounds Like
The Sharpee's meet Rory Gallagher and George Thoroughgood.
The Sharpee's are a top Blues/Rock Guitar Stars ReCovered band, delivering a professional, no compromise performance of some the best blues and rock music from the eras. Due to personnel changes in 2006 the range of heroes re-discovered has expanded to include Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Small Faces, The Rolling Stones.
Even Cliff Richard and Buddy Holly get the Sharpee's R & B treatment.
New original material in being added gradually.
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Up to the end of 2005 The original Sharpees performed their own material with a few favourite covers thrown in to compliment this Their 1983 album was re-released on Red Admiral Records
Previous History
Originally a North Kent based band made up of three ex-members of Rebel who played at most of the Kent and London circuit in the late 70's and early 80's. They released their first single "Rocka Shocka" with the well known East London label Bridgehouse Records.
In the early Eighties they started to record all original material at Graham Q Jones' Oakwood Studios in Herne Bay. The recordings were sent to various management companies and the band were offered a contract with Fischer Z Management in London and European tour as support to FischerZ plus a singles deal with A&M records. Everything was in the right place including an albums worth of material ready to go but the band unfortuanately split up on the eve of signing all contracts.
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The Sharpee's name was derived after an eating and drinking spree in the "Mad Chef" seafood restaurant, Broadstairs, Kent, while Bill and Pete were entertaining their other halves. It actually means a rather unsavoury chap in Sydney, Australia, i.e.; spiv, thug, but Bill and Pete just loved the title!
They drafted in John Smith on drums, the most logical choice as he had been with Bill and Pete for the last 5-6 years, and was also up for the challenge.
Gig's were played all over the south coast, but most notably, some prestigious venues in London. The Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho.
Dingwalls, Camden Lock. The Nashville Rooms, Kensington (Where Motorhead's Lemmy liked the band so much he tried to buy Bill's Rickenbacker! Pete also had a Pernod contest with Steve Jones from the Sex Pistol's, and Gary Holton from The Heavy Metal Kids joined in the fun!
The Golden Lion, Fulham. The Greyhound, Fulham Broadway. The Hope And Anchor, Islington.
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