GERAINT WATKINS, ROBBIE McINTOSH BAND
A Rare chance to catch both unique talents of Geraint and Robbie together!
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Support from STACKRIDGE front man:
“MUTTER SLATER”
An opportunity not to be missed!
Biography:
Geraint Watkins
“Discerning music lovers have long known that Watkins is not only an artist and
entertainer of the very top drawer but also, bafflingly, an all too well-kept
secret. Being so individual his style is hard to define -– I would file him as
the missing link between Paulo Conte and Howling Wolf.”-Nick Lowe
Everyone who has seen Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, or Mark Knopfler
in recent years may not have known it, but they have enjoyed the musicianship of
keyboard/accordian player Geraint Watkins.
Geraint has played his R&B/jump style piano and Creole-flavoured accordian with
some of the great names in popular music, both live and as a session player for
nearly 30 years. His new solo collection, Dial W for Watkins, will be his
stateside debut and will appear on his fellow band-mate Lowe's label, Yep Roc
Records. Despite a career that would make even the most road-weary rock veterans
blush, Geraint is not content to rest on his laurels. Dial W for Watkins
captures his finest solo recordings and plenty of collaborations with his mates,
including Lowe on bass and harmony vocals. His ability to make the simplest
musical statement into a sublime moment of entertainment still manages to baffle
even his closest friends.
Robbie McIntosh
Recently returned from extensive touring and recording with John Mayer, Nora Jones, and widely regarded in the industry as one of the finest guitarists around following an illustrious career outlined below:
The Pretenders
Sometime in 1977/78 Robbie met and became friends with Jimmy Scott (James Honeyman-Scott). It was this friendship that led Jimmy to contact Robbie in 1982 with a view to him joining The Pretenders as an extra member to help fill out the sound of the band live. Jimmy sadly died in June '82, and Billy Bremner took over initially; but Robbie was auditioned and joined The Pretenders in September '82.
He toured extensively and recorded two albums with the band (Learning to Crawl and Get Close) before calling it a day in September '87.
Paul McCartney
He Carried on doing session work through 1988, including some sessions for Paul McCartney, which led to Robbie (on Chrissie Hynde's recommendation) joining his band. He played with McCartney right through to the end of 1993, doing the two world tours plus smaller excursions, and two studio albums (Flowers in the Dirt and Off the Ground) and three live albums (Tripping the Live Fantastic, Unplugged and Paul is Live).
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