Tim was a drummer with Irish bands in the Trades Hall in Leeds.  He also played in various pubs and clubs around Leeds in several Country bands. Aiden would regularly go along and see him play, especially at the Smyths Arms in Leeds on Sunday afternoon where there was always jam session with many local Country artists coming in to play. He became friendly with many of them, especially Don Binns (AKA Don Allan) who had his own band called Sundown.
Long before Aiden thought about going on stage himself he decided to learn how to play an instrument. One of the musicians he got to know at the Smyths Arms was bass player Ronan Fitzimons. In 1976 he bought a bass guitar for £30 and taught himself to play. One evening he brought it to the Ancestor pub in Leeds where Don, Tim and Ronan were playing and he stood in with them and did a few songs.
In the early 1980s he was a regular visitor to the Yorkshire Dales CMC in Leeds on a Monday evening. The club was run by Kaz Hassani who went on to run the popular Yorkshire Dales festival at Harewood House. He saw all the major bands of the time there including Pete Naden and Honest Truth, Stu Page and Remuda and John McCane and The Last Of The Breed etc. At that time, Tim was playing with Sundown (Don’s Band) and Don had previously played in bands Tim was in.
In the late 1980s, Aiden suggested to Tim that they should form a Country duo. Aiden could play bass and Tim could play keyboards and guitar as well as playing drums so it seemed like a good opportunity for them to play together. The duo was called Me N R (and our) Kid. Before getting together as a duo it seemed a natural progression for Aiden to change from bass to acoustic guitar. He bought a Takamine guitar and taught himself to play with the help of a friend, Country musician Mick Winterburn.
The duo worked in Country music clubs but by this time Aiden also had ideas of working on the cabaret circuit as a comedian. The duo did well with regular bookings mainly in the north of England but after 18 months, Tim was offered a job as drummer with the busy Bradford based band Dillinger and Me N R Kid folded to allow him to take up this new role.  Tim stayed with Dillinger for four or five years and went to play in a number of established Country bands including Wild Country, Squirrel Tooth Alice and Wrangler.
Aiden carried on as a solo Country singer but by now he was getting busy on the cabaret circuit working as comedian Aiden Jay. It wasn’t long before the pressure of work began to take its toll. As well as working in cabaret he also had a full time day job. He originally trained as a welder and in the 1970s he worked in Saudi Arabia. By this time however he had a good job working as insurance assessor. He would often get up at 6am and go to work. He would then have a shower at work before going on to the evening job in cabaret or country clubs. He had regular midweek evening gigs and often didn’t get home till 1 in the morning. Something had to give so after six months he gave up the day job and became a full time entertainer.
He decided to separate the two parts of his career. As a comedian he remained as Aiden Jay but when he was working as a Country singer he became Aiden J Daniels taking his name from what he was drinking that evening! (Jack Daniels). He was still a relatively new name on the Country circuit when Roger Wild asked him to do a showcase at the Skipton festival. He only did six songs but sold 72 cds so he was clearly the unexpected star of the festival with his rich Country voice and light hearted presentation.
Despite this success as a Country singer, it was comedy that soon began to take over his career, so much so that he eventually dropped out of Country altogether.  In 1998 he embarked on a 16 week tour of the comedy clubs all over Britain working with some of the big names in British comedy and in 2000 he picked up the prestigious Comedian Of The Year award presented by one of his idols, Charlie Williams. Aiden received this award twice more in later years. He has appeared on television and radio and amongst the highlights of his career Aiden lists joining the Thomson Gold stable of comics back in 2004 becoming a regular on the circuit with his clean non aggressive brand of comedy with no swearing. When he wasn’t performing to Thomson Gold audiences he could be found sailing the world with his unique comedy vocal show being a regular performer for many of the major cruise lines. He particularly liked singing his own songs many of which had a distinct Country feel.
In 2008 Aiden was asked to perform for the troops firstly in Germany then all over the world returning time and time again.
In 2018 the bubble burst when Aiden fell out of love with the cabaret circuit and comedy.  He decided to give up comedy altogether and relaunch his career returning to his first love of Country music. He quickly knew this was all he really wanted to do. He agreed with the various agencies to fulfil all the bookings in the diary but not to take any new bookings. By the time covid hit in March 2020 there were no comedy bookings left and he was once again a Country singer.
He has gradually been travelling further afield and although he has been singing Country for over 40 years he is still considered by many as a newbie. He now arranges 90% of his bookings and already has a very full diary for 2025 with 2026 filling up nicely too. Having reached retirement age a few years ago he only sees himself playing for another three or four years. He loves the gigs but hates the driving although he does have a touring caravan to keep travel costs down and often travels with his wife Kerry.
He has released 7 solo albums which are sold at gigs, these include Best Of British which features songs by British songwriters.