NEIL SIMPSON

NEIL SIMPSON

Place of Birth:
Under a gooseberry bush

Educated at:
The School of hard knocks

First Musical Memory:
Being made to stand in the corner at nursery school age four after repeatedly singing “yeah, yeah, yeah” from the Beatles “She Loves You”.

First Serious Music Hero:
Stanley Clarke

First Public Performance:
Playing at a  school morning assembly – terrified!

First Professional Band:
Are you talking about attitude or actuality? The two rarely go together!

First Album Performance and Age:
Wax cylinders only allowed for a couple of minutes recording time, therefore it was only a single not an album.

Favourite Decade for Music:
1967-1977