Old men need applause too.
Don Everly
Meet The Band
With a combined age exceeding that of the remaining Rolling Stones, we're not exactly the youngest Frogs in the pond but what we lack in youth, we make up for in enthusiasm.... just as long as we're home before the curfew, otherwise Matron gets cross and locks the gates.
James Byatt - Lead vocals / rhythm guitar
Musical Experience
Self-taught Guitar
Down & Out 1990
The PR45's 1995
The Shrinky Dinks 2007
Musical Inspiration
Elvis, Clapton, McCartney, Bonamassa,
Jagger, Franklin, All the Kings: (B.B, Freddie, Albert, Carole)
Weller, Bowie, Joel, Holland...
My Dad
The Wombles
Top 3 Songs
Night Owl Blues - The Lovin' Spoonful
Trouble - Elvis Presley
Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones
Best Gig Attended
The Rolling Stones, Wembley 1990
Musical Mantra
I'm OK as long as I only need to hit all 6 strings at the same time.
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john zinn - saxophone
Musical Experience
School orchestra – clarinet (7 years)
RN Volunteer Bands - clarinet, side drum, bagpipes (20 years)
Dixieland Jazz Band – clarinet, tenor sax (2 years)
The Chanelers Folk Rock band – tenor & alto sax (6 years)
TimeOut Covers Band – tenor, alto & soprano sax (15 years)
Cadbury Wind Band – baritone sax (3 years)
Cadbury Saxophone Band – tenor, alto & soprano sax (23 years to present)
No Strings Attached Sax Band – soprano sax (2 years to present)
Sax in The City – tenor (occasionally)
The Frogs – tenor & alto sax (4 years to present)
(and if you add all those up JZ, that makes you about 82...?!?!?)
Musical Inspiration
Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Eagles, Rudimental, Clean Bandit
Top 3 Songs
You Belong to the City – Eagles
Will You – Hazel O’Connor
Baker Street – Jerry Rafferty
Best Gig Attended
Beth Hart – Bristol
Musical Mantra
Practice, practice, practice!
Dave CleAve - Bass guitar
Musical Experience
Classically trained piano from age of 7 to 17
Played bass in Mum and Dad’s dance band (Melody Makers) age 12
Contentment (4 years)
Cliff College Music Team (1 year)
Volcanic Donkey (one night only!)
Final Frontier (5 years)
The Edge Band formerly G.N.C Band (20 years)
Dark little rooms (U.S.A.) (3 Years)
South Chard Church Worship Team leader (8 years)
Locking Castle Worship Team Leader (1 year to present)
Musical Inspiration
Mum (the best sight reader on the piano I know)
The Carpenters
Mark King and Level 42
Abraham Laboriel
Martin Joseph
The Police/Sting
Gungor
Iona
Top 3 Songs
Close to You - The Carpenters
Fragile - Sting
Running in the Family - Level 42
Best Gig Attended
Cliff Richard - Cornwall Coliseum
Musical Mantra
I love all music done well
(....and yet you still joined The Frogs Dave...?)
ray breakey - drums
Musical Experience
Taught to read music and play by a leading session drummer
UK touring drummer for:
Del Shannon
The Platters
The Drifters
The Paper Dolls
Sarb show band
(That's just showing off Ray....)
Musical Inspiration
Buddy Rich
Brian Bennett
Bobby Graham
Bobby Elliott
Kenny Clare
Clem Cattini
Top 3 Songs
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Morning Dew - Episode Six
We’re Through - The Hollies
Best Gig Attended
The Buddy Rich Orchestra 1969
Musical Mantra
If as a drummer you make a mistake turn around and glare at the bass player!
Martin Thomas - Lead Gutar
Musical Experience
· First gig with a professional band 2ndApril 1960 (see Pic)
· Gave up Tambourine and started playing guitar in 1971
· Started playing real gigs around North London
· Has Played solo and with several function and blues bands including Wolverhampton based ‘The Gastric Band’ and W-s-M based ‘Jackawahwah’.
· Worked for global music company Roland in Pro Audio & Video.
· Recorded live albums and performance video for artists as diverse as The Joy Formidable, Osibisa, and Bernie Marsden (M3 Whitesnake).
· Various video & audio recordings and compositions used for radio & TV
Musical Inspiration
· Buddy Holly/Paul McCartney
· Santana, Eric Clapton
· Jazz, Funk, Soul, Blues Gospel.
Top 3 Songs
· Rave on – Buddy Holly
· Clean Up Woman – Betty Wright
· Whirring – The Joy Formidable
Best Gig(s) Attended
1. Led Zeppelin at Wembley Empire Pool Nov 1971
2. Black Sabbath at the Festival Hall London 1970
3. Paul McCartney Millennium Stadium June 2010
Loads of great A list gigs attended professionally, too many to list here!
Musical Mantra
Tune up and make sure the strings point outwards
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Shairon Lloyd - Backing Vocals
Musical Experience
Classically trained then jazz major at uni.
Solo professional in the early years.
Experienced in a range of music genres.
Plays violin, guitar, piano and drums but loves to sing.
Bands:
Scythia
In The Groove
Thornbury Swing Band
Lloyd Cooks and Burns
Two Blues
Musical Inspiration
Bill Haley and The Comets
The Doobies
Ella Fitzgerald
The Cure
Top 3 Songs
My Father's Song (Barbra Streisand)
Automatic (The Pointer Sisters)
Roof Garden (Al Jarreau)
Best Gig Attended
Tina Turner at the NEC Birmingham
Musical Mantra
Preparation is everything
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Jon Hollier - Keyboard
Musical Experience
Various MD Roles in Theatre and Musicals
1988 - Dayson
1992 - Slingshot
2009 - Jebo
Musical Inspiration
Ben Folds (Five)
Stevie Wonder
Incognito
Genesis
Yes
Top 3 Songs
As - Stevie Wonder
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
(Yes, that's only 2 Jon - that's why we get Ray to do the count-ins)
Best Gig Attended
Ben Folds Five - Some cellar bar in Camden
Musical Mantra
Start together, finish together - everything else will work itself out.
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