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C.'s Interests
General
Gigging, listening to music of all kinds, Alcohol (I mean it,man!), motorcycles, football(UK), fantasy novels.
Music
U2, UFO, AC/DC, Danny Vaughn, The Doors, The Who, Evanescence, All About Eve, Iron Maiden, Journey, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Free, Bad Co., Therapy?, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics...
Movies
Blade Runner, Braveheart, Goog Morning Vietnam, The Wicker Man (original), Highlander, LotR, The Commitments, Van Helsing, Much Ado About Nothing, The Italian Job, The Great Escape, Still Crazy, West Side Story, Red Dawn, Lethal Weapon, The Crow, Alien Trilogy, Hawk The Slayer, Contact, Risky Business, 9 Songs, 9 1/2 Weeks, Streets Of Fire, Almost Famous, Independance Day, MIB, A Time To Kill, The Bone Collector, Kiss The Girls, Quatermass and the Pit, Man On Fire, Star Wars, The Exorcist, Underworld, Little Shop Of Horrors, Stargate, The Matrix, The Doors...
Television
House, Lost, Wire In The Blood, Touching Evil, Supernatural, Buffy, Charmed, The Clangers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Not The Nine o'Clock News, M*A*S*H, Dark Angel, Time Team, Top Gear, Morse, The Professionals, Robin Of Sherwood, Star Trek (all series)...
Books
Anything by Tolkein, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, Raymond E.Feist, David Eddings, Anne McCaffery, Bill Bryson, Frank Herbert, James Herbert, Forgotten Realms, Michael Moorcock, Dan Brown, No One Here Gets Out Alive, Ballad Of A Thin Man, My Boy...
Heroes
In no particular order....Geoff Bruce, David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers, Fish, Steve Hogarth, Danny Vaughn, Danny Bowes, Steve Augueri, Steve Perry, Jim Morrison, Bono, Brian Little, Peter Withe, Tony Morley...and of course, my two grandfathers Thomas Samuel Wootton and Joseph Firkins for making my childhood years full of fun AND instruction.....and lastly, but DEFENITELY not leastly, my mum and dad Pat and Roy, who taught me to love life, and music in particular, and who continue to support me to this day and beyond.....
Each and every one of the above people have touched me in some way and shaped me into the person I am.....and for that I would like to thank them all......
About me: HOO HOO! HOW YOU ALL DOIN'?
For those of you who have found your way here thru the Whitesnake UK website, I don't need to tell you what I do.But for those of you that didn't...
GO CHECK OUT WWW.WHITESNAKEUK.COM THEN COME BACK 'N' SAY HI!!!
Where to begin? Now, let me see....
As a teenager I regularly attended a residential arts centre - Ingestre Hall, Nr.Rugeley, Staffs. There I studied drama at first, until one day a mate said his band was looking for a bass player, and so...
The band was called The Novelty Value, and we played original Indie/pop music written by our guitarist singer, Busby. He is still going strong (check out The Busby Babes - they're a great band!)
However,all good things must come to an end,and I moved from bass into singing with the ill-fated Turtle Z, a band featuring Tony, the drummer from The Novs. However, the band was tragically shortlived and eventually I answered an ad for a band called Nevada Smith who's influences were Thin Lizzy, UFO, Tesla...
After a few changes of line-up, the now-titled Rock Bottom enjoyed lots of local success playing Classic Rock at small venues such as The Littleton,Walsall, The Nags Head,Nuneaton and even The original Robin Hood R 'n' B Club in Merry Hill.
However, I got restless again, so left Rock Bottom and joined a band based in the Hednesford region called Lakey. Again, it was classic rock on the menu,although this time it was mixed with a side order of grunge/punk and rock 'n' roll. I have to say I really enjoyed my time with these guys, culminating with a new year's eve fancy dress gig at The Hen House,Hednesford, where the band all dressed as pirates.
Then, one day in spring 2005, I got a call from an old friend, Gary Reece, who had drummed with me in an earlier incarnation of Rock Bottom, asking if I fancied auditioning for a newly-formed Whitesnake tribute. I think it only took the time for him to ask the question for me to decide - "Yeah,Baby!"
The rest, as they say, is history.......
Throughout my music "career", I have also, at various times, teamed up with my two best buddies Brocko 'n' Rooster, to put on quite a few charity gigs as The Lizards, playing a right old mixture of crowd friendly covers. We only get to do this "once in a blue moon" as they say, but even though we don't get paid for it, we just love getting up on stage and having a blast for a good cause!!
Let's cut to the chase here. I love my music, I love my drink and I LURVE the laydeez!!!
I'm a peace lovin' man, who likes to have a good time while not rockin' the boat TOO much!
If I had a dream,it would be to wake up in a treehouse in Kenya on safari with the prospect of seeing so many wonderful species of animals. (oh yeah, that and being in a lap dancing bar - just me and a SUBMISSIVE jessica alba!!!).Of course,dreams tend to change as we broaden our horizons,so this paragraph will probably change on a regular basis!
Who I'd like to meet: (I take it it's a wish list) -
Jim Morrison,James Dean Bradfield,Ray Manzarek,Bob Dylan,Bono,Phillip Parris Lynott,Scott Gorham,Jane Seymour,Harrison Ford,Johnny Depp,Harold Lloyd,Bon Scott,William Shakespeare,Natalie Wood...Oh yeah,and a little known guy called David Coverdale would be nice!!!
And just one more time,for all time,my friend Geoff who taught me an awful lot,but not enough before his time was gone.My sun will shine a little less bright without you mate,I hope there's a Cuz in heaven for you to play crib with!
I'd give anything to meet you one more time....
Hi C!well am still waiting for a return compliment,lol...after posting that great comment about your voice on Sylvs page..remember??..'better than the real thing',ha ha!!ps,will def try & make a gig soon,S,x
and im sure as hell lookin forward to october...and equally the chance to prove that i can be well lol...last time was someone elses fault...im convinced lol
Yeah mate really pleased for him...he's got his mum's brains and my taste in music...a deadly combination....I'm ok...ish, considering...but ya can't let the bastards grind ya down....and as for Mr Barry....face it mate...if you're lucky, he may stay until January....but we WILL get him lol
