ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Tattooed bloke who likes birds & booze and supports a shite football team? Must be a Potteries lad then.
Was in Take That, then went solo.
If you really need to know anything else, his website is the place – second thoughts, don’t bother, it’ll only encourage him.
http://www.robbiewilliams.com/

KEVIN WILKINSON

Local born lad who left the Potteries in his youth. and played with a number of successful bands. Full information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Wilkinson

BOB WEBB

BOB WEBB started playing with blues bands and pop bands in 1965. Turned professional in 1967 playing with soul band STEVIE’S FIX (THE FIX). Only started to write his own songs from 1975 writing with SNELSON & CULLEY for a band called MILLERS THUMB, which was a folk band. He then started to write rock songs for local bands and for his own band (A BAND CALLED DORIS) in the eighties. Then back into the folk world again writing for a band called FERNERY FAIR, writing pretty modern folk songs (1988). From 1990 to 2000, He’s been writing for a band called INVISIBLE PEOPLE and THE BOB WEBB PROJECT, and also WEBB AND PEACH.
His latest project has been to write for his recently formed band THE HORLIX BROTHERS, also now working with BAK-A-GEN. Plus working on solo album with a number of solo gigs
Live work over the years has seen him work with lots of American vocal bands on tour in the UK, plus working as support to many top bands here and abroad.

UXB

GARY CHELL vocals (ex DEDKATZ, BREADLINE), DARRELL GREENHALGH, bass (ex BREADLINE), MARTIN SOLOMON gtr (ex VERDICTS), and NICK on drums.

TWO’S UP

Songwriting duo from the late 60s/early 70s. Released a 4-track E.P. in 1981.
More information required.

JACKIE TRENT

Born YVONNE BURGESS in Chesterton in 1940.
Co-wrote THE POTTERS song We’ll Be With You in 1972.
Full info: http://www.jackietrent.com/

TIME OUT

Based somwhere in Cheshire, these pop/disco/funksters were: SEAN ‘ALBATROSS’ COLLINS – gtr & vocals, PHIL ‘ALPHONSO’ JOHNSON – bass, MARTIN ‘ SUGAR LIPS’ BROOKE – gtr, GARY ‘G-MAJOR’ MINOR – percussion. Contributed the track Still On Ice to the Stoke Musicians Collective’s album CRY HAVOC.

TAILORMADE

Crewe based pop band, released a single in 1981 called Sallyanne.
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THE SUTHERLAND BROTHERS

Folk rock duo from the early 70s. GAVIN & IAIN SUTHERLAND, although based in Blythe Bridge, were in fact natives of Scotland. Originally known as THE SUTHERLAND BROTHERS BAND, they released a number of albums for Island Records, which sold moderately. One member during the early days was Bruce Thomas, who went on to play with Elvis Costello & The Attractions.
In the mid-70s, the brothers collaborated with folk-rock group Quiver, the highlight of this union was the Top 5 hit The Arms Of Mary in 1976.
THE SUTHERLAND BROTHERS are probably best known for writing the song Sailing, which was a Number 1 hit for Rod Stewart.
Check out this website for more information:
http://www.gavinsutherland.net/
GAVIN played bass with DEMON, and pub rock band THE DRAGONS for a while in the nineties.

STRANGE FOX

DES PARTON – vocals. TERRY FOX and MIKE STRANGE were also members. The band were taken under the wing of Tony Hatch in the early 70s.
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