Born under a good sign (Scorpio) on the cusp of Mercury rising in Uranus, I was obviously destined to enter the world of the blues at some stage in my life, albeit later.

My early musical memories revolve around the early 70's and in particular one Mr David Bowie as well as all other things Glam Rock based. From there, I moved on to punk and then into classic rock and a stint with a local rock band named RIFF RAFF playing stuff from the likes of Paul Rogers / Free, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and others.

I enjoyed this time immensely but was also in the early stages of work with THE BIG HEAT so something had to give, namely RIFF RAFF.

My introduction to the blues came relatively late in the form of my last band, the rippin', stompin' THE BIG HEAT who introduced me to the joys of what was mainly jump blues a la Lois Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Amos Milburn etc, etc. From hearing the first bars of tunes by these musical giants I was hooked!

Unfortunately and due to nothing other than a natural progression, THE BIG HEAT became to laborious to continue, hence the next chapter.

My previous introduction to the blues obviously opened my ears to the joys of other blues masters from more recent times in the form of Johnny Winter, SRV, Clapton etc, etc, hence my latest incarnation as singer with Fade2Black. It may be a different type of blues, but I'm enjoying it just as much.

Sparks, Skins and The Doc have made the transition period easier with their laid back approach and despite having to learn a ridiculous amount of songs in two weeks, I feel things are coming along nicely. Only you can be the Judge of that!

Long may it continue!