Mick Collopy
A multi-talented pianist, guitarist, singer and composer, Mick has played in a number of rock and soul bands in Melbourne, Australia. His six-strong soul band reached the stage of selling out venues on a regular basis, with queues stretching down the street to get in.
A highlight for Mick was playing to 7000 people in Melbourne Sports Arena, in support of the great BB King.
Some of Mick’s preferred listening: The Vines, 60’s Soul, The Rolling Stones.
Martin Dyster
A season-ticket holder and sound installation manager for television, Martin has a small collection of expensive guitars including a Paul Reed-Smith which you hear on 'Cooking up a Storm (Reading FC)'.
Martin played in a covers band for about five years, gigging regularly up and down the Thames Valley. With a repertoire of over 80 songs they played twice at the Henley Festival to an audience “of a few thousand”. So he says….
Guilty Pleasure No.1: 80’s pomp-rock outfit, Journey (!!)
Contemporary likes: Muse
Neil Sadler
Neil has run nomachine studio in Wokingham for more than 12 years (0118 9793921). He also has a rehearsal complex with rooms available at competitive prices. As well as running the studio, Neil is a musician of no mean ability and plays in two semi-pro blues bands.
Paul Mumford
Paul returned to playing the sax on this song after a seven-year absence from music. Having said that, if you had spent ten years on the road with a ska punk band, you would throw in the towel eventually! Here’s an insight into Paul’s past, from a review of one gig during his time with the Long Tall Texans:
“One gig I was at, the curtains went back and the cry went up- ‘Who the f*** is the hippy?!’
Standing stage right with hair down to his a*** and black skin tight trousers … stood new Sax man Paul Mumford….I thought it would never work, but it did”.
Guilty Pleasure No1: anything by Hawkwind
Hugh Spalding
A fan of loud shirts and long nights, Hugh spent most of his disposable income on vinyl records and concert tickets in his formative years. He started writing songs four years ago. One of those songs has become ‘Cooking up a Storm (Reading FC)’.
Song to live your life by: “Be young, be foolish, be happy” – The Tams
Last saw a star shining brightly: October 2005, KT Tunstall in London
Trish Nawacki (‘Navatski’)
Trish has been involved in singing and theatrical work for the last 20 years and has
sung in various rock, pop and folk bands in the West Country and the South East.
Trish runs her own business (www.madacademy.com ), teaching music and dance to over 250 children every week in the Reading and Newbury areas.
Favourite music: the great Women of Soul such as Aretha, Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James although she 'does the house work to Salsa and listens to Classic FM every night'.
The Backing Vocals
Alex Spalding, Freddie Tomlin, Harvey Allpress, Josie Allen (front), Josie Dyster (back), Dan Allen, Robert Dyster
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