Millibobs
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Yorkshire-based guitarist with many live appearances and a few album recordings behind him and who knows what is still to come? Rather busy with work and family these days but still manage to knock out a new tune now and then.
There is a sort of plan to start doing live shows again but it seems to always be 'sometime in the future'. That's the trouble with old codgers like me - we start off doing something and then forget what it was we were supposed to be doing.............and we drool....
I'm a big Robben Ford fan and I love a good outbreak of hard/classic rock - I'm a child of the 60's, 70's and 80's, so that covers a lot of ground when you think about it. In fact, there is a fantastic range of great music from the 60's onwards, so why is it that covers bands all play the same bloody material with so much to choose from?!!!!!
There is a sort of plan to start doing live shows again but it seems to always be 'sometime in the future'. That's the trouble with old codgers like me - we start off doing something and then forget what it was we were supposed to be doing.............and we drool....
I'm a big Robben Ford fan and I love a good outbreak of hard/classic rock - I'm a child of the 60's, 70's and 80's, so that covers a lot of ground when you think about it. In fact, there is a fantastic range of great music from the 60's onwards, so why is it that covers bands all play the same bloody material with so much to choose from?!!!!!
Why this name?
Millibobs was my nickname at school
Do you play live?
Occasional live work with the emphasis on making audiences smile, dance and consume enough alchohol so that the landlord will pay us a bit on top! played a live gig on BBC Radio Leeds around 1980 with A New Opera and played with Guy Manning at the Cambridge Rock festival in 2009 - had a few pieces broadcast on ARFM Rock Radio (www.arfm.co.uk) on the Sunday Soundscapes show - those fellers must be starved of decent tunes!
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Yes, for the better - gets the music of us amateurs out there to a wider audience.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes, absolutely, no question, without hesitation, in a flash, immediately, you get the idea.......
Band History:
Very active around Leeds between 1978/82, playing with:
Stress/Rough Justice
Snoots
Luigi ana da Boys
A New Opera
More recently, played live and recorded with Guy Manning and played lead guitar with Viagra Falls, a band of a certain generation.....
Stress/Rough Justice
Snoots
Luigi ana da Boys
A New Opera
More recently, played live and recorded with Guy Manning and played lead guitar with Viagra Falls, a band of a certain generation.....
Your influences?
Joe Walsh, Bill Nelson, George Harrison, Geoff Taylor, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, SRV, Gary Moore, Larry Carlton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Mick Taylor, Mike Campbell, Dave Stewart, Ron Wood, Keef, Pete Townsend
Favorite spot?
Anywhere that my children are
Equipment used:
Les Paul Studio, Frankentele, Martin D15, Fender amps, too many pedals
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