Music Behind the Lines. Gulf War 1991 part 2   Part two, Entertaining the Troops    The Band, all dressed up to play for the troops. The morning after we had played for the first time I had a phone call in my cabin from the cruise director.  Could I come up and see him. …

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Music Behind The Lines. Gulf War 1991 – Part 1   So, my band and I were playing a gig in Newport, South Wales on the 17th January 1991. It was a prestigious job, in the Hilton hotel, backing all the other artists represented by our agent in a showcase designed to sell his acts …

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I am often asked what brought me to this tiny, little island in the sun.  The honest answer is that I didn’t really have any choice.  By that I don’t mean I was forced here, but the choice was certainly made for me.  I was the youngest in a rock covers band by ten years …

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Artwork by the excellent and very talented @GillJeffery13 at www.pinmandesigns.com  Sacrifice has a price I was planning an article on getting out whatever it is you have inside of you, be it learning an instrument or writing the book you feel you have inside.  I use the past tense “was” as the rather excellent James Rhodes has …

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PIANO: PERFECTION -1 Thanks to Gillian Jeffrey for the fantastic stick-man graphic. If you would like to see more go to www.pinmandesigns.com This is a guest post from my friend, the multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wight from saxaxeman.com Do I detect a pang of envy that he didn’t start out on the piano??   Both my children are coming to an …

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