Here are my boys. I’ve had the Stratocaster on the right for 40 years. Back in the late 90’s my good friend Dave Black recommended a guitar technician to me. He also suggested bumping my string gauge up from 9’s to gauge 10. Well, Peter, I think his name was, in Cramlington did a great job. … Read more
In the New Year, there’s a lot that’s new in our new show. Some new faces, new singers. Some new songs, new stories and some new old songs too. Plus a new venue. Ok so The Georgian Theatre, Stockton is 250 years old but it’s brand New with a fabulous refurbishment. And we’re trying something new at … Read more
The Guest of Honour at our March 2018 show @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton will be the former Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland Cllr Barry Hunt. The ST Band backed Barry on his Charity CD featuring Steve massive hit Hurry Home. The CD helped Barry achieve the highest donation to Mayoral charities or Obviously (£24,000.00) … Read more
Yesterday I walked from my home in Norton to my studio in Stockton. I figured if I keep this up in no time at all I’ll be mega fit and save a load on car parking. To prove this fact to non believers I video’d my feet doing said walking. Interestingly YouTube then auto-played “Walking … Read more
Yesterday saw the culmination of a lot of hard work. This was the premier show of Jobling The Musical which my collaborator Tom Kelly and I began several years ago. Relatively recently an opportunity came up to stage the musical at the National Centre for the Written Word (The Word) in South Shields. Shortly after … Read more
I’ve finished writing all the songs for Jobling The Musical and Lee Morris is busy arranging them for the Westoe Brass Band. The show will take place at The Word, South Shields, June 24th. To whet your appetite I thought I’d share the demo for one of the songs here. (Health warning: my own vocals … Read more