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Kevin Tonks (Barry) was born and grew up in Coventry in the West Midlands and started playing classical guitar at the age of seven. During his school years he began playing other instruments too, including violin…

Rob Childs has been “messing about” (his words) with guitars since 1964 when he was 3 and had an early obsession with The Beatles. He didn't get properly into guitar playing till he was 12 or…

The G Force members, Glenn Rogers and Glyn Long will be well known to everyone.Glyn Long has a very long history in Country music having been singing since the age of 11. He joined a beat…

Unlike many British Country artists, Kayleigh Dawn Larter (now Shaw) wasn't influenced by her parent’s choice of music. Instead she discovered Country music by chance after watching the Judds life story film, Love Can Build A…

When I first started visiting Country music clubs in 1990 there were many good bands on the circuit and some included a fiddler. Thirty years on, everything has changed, bands are only occasionally seen in clubs,…

The bubbly Julie Dawn sings as well now as when I first saw her way back in 1991 in the newly formed New Dawn Trio.Julie was born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1967 and has lived in…

Cliff Weston was born into a musical family and it was probably inevitable that he would end up with a career in the music industry.He formed his first band, Questionnaire with members of his family, including…

Memphis Roots were formed by Jon Keys and Barry Westbrook in 1987, the first line-up was Barry Westbrook (vocals), Lee Hodgson (lead guitar), Frank Boswell (bass guitar) and Jon Keys (drums).Barry knew Lee and Jon knew…

James & Wood was formed five years ago. Prior to getting together Steve James had been playing Country music since the early 90s. After fronting his own Steve James Band for 19 years he then played…

Bob Keeley's dad was a country and western stalwart and Bob was a regular visitor to festivals and country music clubs in the Essex since his teens. As a youngster, he always watched the bands and…

Billy Curtis is a self-taught musician who started playing guitar at the age of five. He first played Country music when he was lead guitarist in a band he was in with his school friends.  At…

Ray Peters joined is first Country band in c1987 when he was 34. He was the bass player in The Mavericks (this was 2 years before Raul Malo’s Mavericks were launched in the US!). a 4-piece…