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New Lineup For The Alun Parry Band
The Alun Parry Band has a new lineup this year, with a reluctant departure and some fab additions.
First of all, 'bassface' himself Chad Draper is sadly no longer with the band. Chad has been with us for most of last year, and played bass on the Liverpool 800 EP. You'll also hear him tinkling the ivories on the Coming Home track, and he pitched in with some guitar work and additional engineering on True Love Of Mine too.
Reluctantly on our part and his, Chad has moved on in order to focus on his studies. We all wish him well. A good mate and a hugely talented musician.
Happily, we have been very fortunate to find Stu Thompson so quickly, who is the new bassist for The Alun Parry Band. Stu is an excellent bassist with many years experience who has learned the songs quicker than any of us expected him to. He's also very quickly become part of the band in an offstage sense too. It's always important in a band to play music with people who you get on with.
Thankfully, Stu is a top bloke as well as a top bassist. So this is his official welcome aboard. Stu played his first live gig with the band last night at The Dry Bar in Manchester. For pics, visit the gallery
In addition we have two new additions who will be guesting with us at as many gigs as they can make. Barry Briercliffe is joining us on backing vocals. Barry is an accomplished singer songwriter in his own right, and has recently released an excellent album 'When All You Need Is Answers.' My voice and his seem to blend really well, and he's good fun too!
Gina LeFaux is a fiddler of such ability that no superlative would do her justice. An exiled Scouser who we have managed to lure back for gigs and rehearsals, Gina is another who adds to the fun inside a practice room, and again is a singer songwriter in her own right too.
You'll be seeing a lot of Barry and Gina at forthcoming gigs, and of course you'll be seeing Stu at them all, so I felt it was time to formally introduce you all. "How do you do."
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Awwww hope all goes well for Chad, enjoyin the albums... downloaded em they are fantabulous - ma supaman!
Look forward to listenin to em with stus bass playin.
Hope this yr brings in some good STUnes (haha great hey - a fast-un)
All the best guys,
much Liverpool-Lurve-KATHY X
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