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Bill Guntrip's site. About me |
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On This Page You Will Find A Bio Of MY Self . welcome thankyou for visiting my
site here is a little info on myself , i have been in the rockin scene since i was at school, the usual applies
to rockin people my age growing up listening to modern bands in the late 70s, although the 80s such as the ,The Polcats, The
Stray Cats , The Jets, and many others that were on the scene at the time of whom in my later years i have had the
pleasure of booking some of these, and becoming i hope friends of these guys. My influence came from like most, my parents
and Grandparents. From an early age i would hear Rock N Roll tunes being played partically Elvis. My mother is
a big Elvis fan and Tommy Steele fan, my father was more of a country fan I would have to say the person that
gave me most of my insperation for music and who i owe a great deal to is my late grandfather who i lived with in my teenage
years, after my father died this man was constantly playing Country music morning, noon, and night, artists like Johnny
Cash, Hank Williams, Jim Reeves, Charlie Rich, and as you can imagine my passion grew and grew for great music. I had many friends that took me to the rockin gigs at an early age in the 80,s to many
to mention so if i miss you out i apologize, there was a lot of local gigs at the time and my friends took me to these mainly
Mick Wilson who has become a life long friend & was at a later date my best man. I think my first real experience
of rockabilly outside of my area was the Head Stone at Harrow where friends Gill and her partner took me at just
14/15 years off age, I was let in as a favour, 'what a gig' another friend who took me places like the Kempston Rovers
at Bedford was Rick Burgess (rockin rick).He used to take me every where as he
was a dj this happened from the age of 13 to 16 he would pick me up from my grandparents i even used to practice dj,ing
then on Ricks Danset Decks. Through the years i went to many gigs never out of the scene, places like the Horn of Plenty
St Albans, Silks London, various weekenders and many others. I am now married and have been since 1989 and have a great wife & 3 great children. Jumping a few years i started promoting gigs in about 1989 at local clubs for various pubs,clubs
ect then i starting hiring venues out myself and promoted these from about 1994 i have had various clubs,Western Union
(two venues) The Rec, Rushden Diamonds, The Cock Tavern,(London) Ashton ,gigs in & around the London to
Mk area I really started djing by accident i was promoting a gig and cat talk Lee Russell was my resident dj which he
done a great job of but after a while the club was struggling and my wife Sharon said to me we cant afford to keep paying
a dj, you have the records so why not have a go, so when we moved our club i brought myself some record decks and that how
i became a dj.Over the years i progressed to cd however i do prefer vinyl
but cds are easier less weight to carry ,plus i dont really wont to risk getting them damaged. I have played many
clubs aside from my own venues ,for example Resident at Thunderbird, 100 Club London, Ace Cafe London, Brighton
Beach allday events Hemsby rock,n,roll weekenders,various festivals, The Rhythm Riot Hillbilly Hop London, The
Cock Tavern London, Dingwalls London various corparate gigs i have worked for univasal music along side lookalikes,comedians
ect as i do have a resemblence to ricky gervais so iam told and hey if they want to pay me for playing rock,n,roll and
for acting the fool trying to dance like david brent who am i to complain. My favorite bands on the circuit today are Nick Willett, No9,Go Getters,Blue
Flames, Gene Gambler & the Shufflers,The Infernos,Darrell Higham, The Railmen,Hank 111, Slim Slip & the Sliders,jack
baymoore,hot boogie chillun,John Lewis,drugstore cowboys,smokestack lightning,Jack Rabbit Slim,and many more My main musical influences are Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Sonny Burgess,
Eddie cochran, Billy fury, Jerry lee lewis,Roy Orbison,Johnny Burnette ,Little Richard, Buddy Holly,Bobby Darin,Mac Curtis
,Glen Glen,Joe Clay,Charlie Feathers,johnny Carroll,Hal Harris,Sleepy La Beef(i even like Sinatra & Dean Martin).there
is loads more that i like and enjoy playing and listening to from Rockabilly to blues, to many to mention. I believe that as a dj my job is to entertain the audience and play a variety of rock,n,roll/rockabilly
to cater for all so if i havnt bored you to much and and you would like to book me for an
event whether it is to dj,compare ,stage managment please feel free to contact me, many thanks to you for taking the
time to visit the site & many thanks to my friends & family that have supported me thanks to Alan Mills(lead singer
of Coast to Coast * remember them*)for all his advice over the years. Many thanks to the Ace Cafe Mark,Linda,Kitty,Claire.
Many thanks to everyone who reads this for keeping the music and scene alive.I
hope you enjoy the site take care bill |
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