Bio

Age 5 – Played “Silent Night”on an organ in Woolworth’s (Andover) to the amazement of the gathering crowd

Age 8 – Parents bought me my first Bontempi Organ with 4 sounds and 4 rhythms!! Wow!

Age 15 – Played my brother’s Spanish Acoustic guitar every night and could not put it down (even though I didn’t know what I was playing! Played by “ear”)

Age 16 – Got £100 insurance money and decided to buy a motorbike instead of a guitar!

Age 17 – Bought my first electric guitar, an Ibanez Blazer for £80.

Age 18 – Bought my first rock guitar, a Charvel Model 5 from Denmark Street in London (£530!)

Played first gig at Clanville Village Hall with a band called “Testerossa” and we sucked!!!

Formed a writing partnership with my long-term friend Andy Woods. We formed Tightrope! We did one song for a charity in Bangladesh

Band evolved into the Unknown with Marcus, Steve and Ollie. Gigged for a few years but the attitude of the singer forced out the bass guitarist and I had enough of him and left.

Formed a Duo with Jayne Robinson and gigged that for a few years.

Formed My Pet Chinchilla with Marcus! I joined forces with Darren Chinny on drums and Nigel Nimmo on vocals. This was the best original band I was ever in, always such fun to play live! Changed our name to “Chinchilla” and recorded three cd’s but never got further than gigging.

Did another stint with the Wild Strawberries Duo (Jayne)

Joined a Gosport band called “Out Near Alice” with my “soon to be” close friend Craig Feltham. Gigged across the south coast and the singer was his missus!

The band split up after the singer/guitarist split up! My brother joined us on bass guitar and it became the start of BIZR!

Started in a four-piece band called Sahara with Andy Hart (Teak Needle), Rolf and Barry This did not last and became Teak Needle with just me Andy..

My brother left as the bass player of Bizr and was replaced by local lad Les Timmons. Stu Morley joined us on keyboards and we have been gigging ever since!

Stu Morley also joins teak needle along with Tim Huggins on Bass and the line-up is nearly complete.

Joined Mafia in September 2006 as their guitarist decided to move to France

Tried various singers for Teak Needle but have not found the right person yet, we still write songs but more of an instrumental type these days.

Present Day – So my life now involves gigging every week with Bizr/Mafia, teaching Guitar, Drums and vocals on weeknights and doing recording each Wednesday evening with Teak Needle.