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What is it about this biz which keeps seducing those who've flirted with success? This singer/songwriter might embody the essence of the never say die musician. His own flirtations echo back to heady days when as lead man in rock outfit Saints Believe Us, he recorded album 'Invalid if Detached' in NYC's once mighty Power Station. A single release attracted heavy airplay before a classic industry kick in the nuts came to pass & 'Invalid' never really getting the release it deserved. Disaffected,he embarked on a lengthy sabbatical. Fast forward a dozen or so years to a conventional day job & an insistent daughter who hassled him into playing ukulele at a school charity event. A spontaneous rendition of Beach Boys classic God Only Knows was exuberantly received prompting him to record the song for his daughter, along with original Lost in Your Life. Surprised by the hybrid result & feedback to it,he speculatively sent the recordings to Roy Sakuma, one of the worlds foremost proponents of the ukulele. Some months & a midnight phone call later he found himself on Waikiki beach,meeting the Mayor of Honolulu, performing live on KSSK FMs prime time Perry & Price show, & becoming the first European to appear at Starbucks Ukulele Festival of Hawaii. Prestigious endorsements followed from premier manufacturers Kanilea & KoAloha providing insipiration for his debut solo album 'Songs from a small guitar.'

So, the lateral acoustic rediscovery for this accomplished journeyman from West London continues; his pop/rock origins still so very evident in the crystal clear vocals, emotive lyrics & massively infectious melodies that continue to win more & more admirers all of the way from Wimbledon, thru' West Coast USA, to Waikiki..... naturally..

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