The Alternative Jethro Tull Tribute:
Original acoustic music with a distinctly Tullish flavour
(and with a generous helping of Tull tunes thrown in for good measure).
Sossity is Paul Forrest and Marcie Schreier, two like-minded
musicians who joined forces to celebrate their love for
the music of Jethro Tull, with their own songs.
Paul Forrest..is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with experience in rock, folk, classical, new age and other forms of music. Born and raised in South East London, he moved to Sussex to study psychology at the University there in 1991.
Whilst appearing in numerous folk and rock bands, playing guitar, mandolin, bass, and flute, his main role for the last 11 years has been lead-singer, flautist, and guitarist for the UK’s premier Jethro Tull tribute band, The Dayglo Pirates.
The band has performed with
original members including Clive Bunker, Barrie Barlow,David (now Dee) Palmer, Glenn Cornick, and Dave Pegg. He has appeared on radio with Lead singer Ian Anderson.
Paul was introduced to Tull by a musician friend when he was 18. It inspired him to take up the flute and learn the songs of Jethro Tull. Once bitten, forever smitten!
"Marcie has given me faith and inspiration in my own voice and music and has added an amazingly rich, new dimension to it. She has also fuelled my interest in the subtler, acoustic Tull numbers. "
Newsflash: Paul has just appeared with Jethro Tull as a special guest at one of their shows in honour of their 40th anniversary. It was a magical experience and the audience was blown away by seeing the "younger" version of Ian Anderson performing classic Tull numbers. Paul's take on the event: "Surreal but nice!"
See our new photo album with pictures of the event as well as a new blog entry. Video footage has also been uploaded on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFDUC87pmh4
Marcie Schreier, an accomplished and versatile singer and flautist with extensive training, is American born, but has been living in Israel since 1980.
Having grown up on rock music, she later became enamoured with music from the 16th-17th centuries. As a vocalist, Marcie has studied and worked with distinguished musicians in the area of Early Music, in addition to performing her own program of Renaissance and Baroque songs from Spain with accompanist and guitarist Philip Griffin.
Marcie has appeared on TV, radio, at Israel's famous Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival and at several folk and night clubs in Israel, playing rock and folk music.
Marcie first heard the music of Jethro Tull back in 1972. From that point on, there was no turning back.
She cites Jethro Tull's music as her single most important musical influence.
"Hooking up with Paul has made it possible for me to really 'give something back' to the band whose music has meant so much to me over the years."
Watch this space for gig dates.
Contact us at sossitys@googlemail.com
Many thanks to our good friend Caroline Bloor, who took our beautiful new publicity shots. Visit her site at http://www.cbphotographic.co.uk/
Hi Marcie and Paul Loving the Sossity world tour so far! You never guess what, I invited those people from the Rose and Crown too!(Well they were mighty impressed) Love to you both, GNM x CAS&Ax
Hey guys, just to say come on over on sat to see me n Ron TB if you can.I have plenty of space if you want to stay over.I have a gig on the 18th, shame as we're clashing! Anita xx
Hooray! You are together again at last! Thanks so much for the add, glad you liked the Creepy Crawly video. Hope the CD recording is going well,looking forward to hearing it very much. GNM xxx
Thank you for the birthday greetings guys, appreciate you taking the time to that. Hope the big bad world is treating you both good and the music is sounding great!
Yes, a good one so far! Off to Glastonbury on Friday for the weekend of fun, friends and no sleep whatsoever. How many days have you got left lovebirds? Ah ah ah ahhh. C&Axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
