Bob Whiting
Bob Whiting grew up near Stowmarket, Suffolk in a country loving household. His mum and dad often used to go to country dances on a Saturday night. There were no country clubs near their village so…
Derek Darby
Derek Darby was born in 1970. His mum and dad used to run Leisure Time, a big cabaret club in Liverpool and, as a teenager c1984/5, Derek got his first job there as a glass collector.…
Martin Boyd
Martin Boyd was born in 1994 and grew in Middlecroft in Derbyshire surrounded by country music. His grandparents were the lovers of country music in the house and especially Irish country. His grandad loved singers like…
Mervyn J Futter
Mervyn Futter has been playing music all his life joining his first band, a rock and blues outfit called Black Mood in the early 1970s. He started as a roadie for the band but when someone…
Black Steel
Black Steel duo was formed in early 2011 although both Bob Schwarz and Jim Martin were already familiar faces to many Country fans. Jim Martin first started playing electric guitar in 1968 when he was 16.…
Mick Sweetman
Mick Sweetman’s love for country music started when he was a boy helping out on fairgrounds when they came to his village on the south coast blasting out country music alongside rock n roll. His record…
Tony Rouse
Tony Rouse
Tony Rouse has American roots; his father was a Cajun resident of Golden Meadows, Louisiana. He has spent much of his life in the UK although he often returned to the States and still does. He…
Nadine Somers
Nadine Somers began her musical career when she was just six years old playing keyboards in London clubs. By her early teens she had started singing Country songs mainly at comedy clubs working on stage alongside…
Joe Keeley
After being raised on classic Country music and heavily influenced by his musician father Bob Keeley, it is no surprise to anyone that Joe Keeley is now following in his father’s footsteps. As he was growing…
Rancher
Steve Lovett first played guitar when he was nine, joining his father’s band, The Convoys, in 1978 when he was 11. In 1983 the lead singer left the band and Steve stepped up front as lead…
Billy Bubba King
It was good to catch up with Billy at his first Country gig since lockdown at the Snodland CMC in Kent on 8th August. The John C King Family Band were firm favourites at clubs and…
Chris Harris
In his early career, he was a prolific songwriter and quickly came to the attention of a number of producers and record labels. He set up his own studio where he recorded numerous musicians while working…
