Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Luther and Friends
I was delighted to be asked back to play on a new format of the ‘Luther Live’ show I played last year. It now includes ‘Velvet Voices’ covering repertoire from Alexander O’Neal, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Brown, Freddie Jackson and many more. It’s my kind of music and a total pleasure to play. Try staying in […]
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A Full October Schedule for the DSE
It’s always an absolute pleasure to tour France. Fantastic audiences, amazing venues and the best of crews made up of our guys and the French team. From the 2nd October for nearly three weeks we played 14 shows. Immediately after we made our way to Madrid for a one-off gig in the Plaza De Toros […]
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Orchestral ABBA comes to Portsmouth
A welcome diversion from the norm for me – I had the pleasure of working not only with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, but a fabulous rhythm section, 4 world class singers and a super conductor, Pete Harrison. The open air event took place at the Guildhall in Portsmouth on the 2nd August – no rain […]
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The Keyboard Chronicles Interview
Hat’s off to Mr David Holloway, the founder of the YouTube site – ‘The Keyboard Chronicles’. His tireless efforts interviewing keyboard players from all over the globe is fast making this the ‘go-to’ resource for professional 1st hand advice and experience, hopefully with a few laughs along the way. I was delighted and honoured to […]
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Britfest ’25 at Ashley Showground
A year later (almost to the day) on the 5th July, we were back for more 80s mayhem. Midge Ure, The Fizz (formerly Bucks Fizz) . Katrina, Hue & Cry and Cutting Crew were the artists. Once again I was lucky enough to have an absolutely superb house band – all stunning musicians in their […]
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Hommage to Elton
Following my Facebook Post on the ‘We Grew Up In Watford’ Group, I was contacted by journalist Panayiota Demosthenous. She was interested in knowing a little more about a letter I received from Elton John back in February 1978 , having written to him at Watford FC only a few days before. It was a […]
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Luther Live !
Well that was fun. Just a couple of stand-in gigs for a fabulous show featuring the amazing vocals of Harry Cambridge and his fabulous singers plus an awesome 5 piece band. The first at Central Theatre in Chatham at the end of January and the second at the prestigious Symphony Hall in Birmingham. If you […]
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Time Flies….
Wow – I cant believe it’s been February since my last post. Suffice to say I’ve been very busy and very grateful for it. Since March I’ve been to Slovakia, Czech, Austria and Sweden with the Dire Straits Exeprience. We had a tour of the Netherlands in May and various trips to France in June, […]
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Brit Fest 2024
It was a pleasure to revisit my 80s Pop roots for the Brit Fest 2024 Festival at Ashely Showground in Chesire on July 6th. I had a fabulous house band to MD. Artists we backed included, Nik Kershaw, Paul Young, The Real Thing , 5-Star , T’Pau and Owen Paul. Whilst the weather could have […]
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Back On YouTube
I must confess it has been awhile since my last YouTube video but I’ve revisited Final Cut Pro and got creating again. This time it’s an educational video looking at Orchestrating a piano piece using one of my Christmas tunes that I composed a couple of years ago – ‘All Aboard The Reindeer Express’. It’s […]
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