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, lots of slide and plenty of rhythm.
Geoff Everett (lead/rhythm guitars and vocals) - joined in 2006.
Geoff has has worked with: Lord Sutch, Alan Lancaster( Quo ), Dave Knopfler( Straits ), Bob Henrit ( Kinks/Argent ) Jim Russell ( Stretch ), Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neil ( Rory Gallagher/Nine Below Zero ), Jim Leverton ( Steve Marriott/Savoy Brown ) Kim Beacon ( String Driven Thing etc ) Wreckless Eric, Ian Paice ( Deep Purple), Gordon Huntley ( Matthew's Southern Comfort ) Bobby Miller (Supertramp)
Andy Jenkins (drums and vocals) joined the band in 2006.
and Deps. Bredan o,neill (rory gallagher/nine below zero) Steve Andrews,
simon jeffries (ledz Zepplin) russ wilson, Thierry Rousseau
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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. The Sharpee's - Telephone
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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.
The Sharpee's - Album: Strangers download for £7.99 at the best world download sites.
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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I hope you'll stop by www. davidshelbymusic. com to hear a sampling of all the tracks from my debut CD, I Came to Play. I look forward to hearing what you think.
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Hi everybody, We've finally moved the repair workshop from Jamaica Street to Otago Street in Glasgow's West End. We'll be open for business again on the 21st of June. Check the website for more details.Thanks for all the support,
Good evening! I'll be starting a tour in the UK next week, and wanted to let you know.
You may have heard my guitar playing and not even realized it was me. I played with Buddy Holly, and when you listen to "It's So Easy" or "Heartbeat"...well, that is me.
We will play some of the Buddy Holly songs that i played on so many years ago, and a few more! I might even sing a couple.
I hope you can make one of the dates?
Best,
Tommy Allsup
Salut les cocos, merci pour la requête et bienvenidos dans le cercle super-hype des amis du plus grand groupe de tous les temps du Nord/Pas-de-Calais ;) A+ S
Hi Good To Meet You Guys At The Brewery,Great Gig,"What A Trio",Great Guitar Playing, Superb Bass, & Dynamic Drumming,A Real Power House, Respect Where Due My Friends Hope To Catch You On The Circuit Soon Cheers, Melv Chicago 9!
Hello and thank you for including me on your list of friends. I'm always grateful for the thoughts of players, Industry reps and music lovers in specific when it comes to what I do.
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