THE BAND

Bill Scobie - Guitars and Vocals

Bill discovered the blues when he was 12 years old on an album called The Blues Volume 2 with Muddy Watters, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf and Otis Rush and that was it. But he isn’t a blues purist and this shows in the band’s approach – “It’s hard to sing about cotton fields when you come from Cardiff”. This results in the band's wider view of what makes The Blues

Marcelle Stroud - Lead Vocals

Marcelle is the newst band member and brings a new dimension to the band. "I feel truly at home on stage” says Marcelle, and it shows! She is an outstanding vocalist and her effervescent personality really draws in an audience. She has trained with Jazz vocal coach Anita Wardell (Jazz Vocal Lecturer at the Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide University) and highly regarded vocal coach and blues rock singer Nikki Lambourn of Never the Bride.

Steve White - Drums & Backing Vocals

Steve started his drumming career in 1976, in a small mining village in the North East of England, like Billy Elliot, but with The Police and Blondie as the soundtrack, and Steve being an aspiring Dave Grohl rather than Rudolf Nureyev. By day, he is a full time music producer and studio musician. He runs Big Boys Studios in Witney recording and producing local artists, bands and singer songwriters. He also teaches drums, guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki & ukulele. He loves making music, pies and curry, and he rarely sleepsh


Chris Gardner - Keyboards

Chris' musical history is diverse: from piano lessons at the age of 5 and then a church organist at 15, he soon branched out into blues, rock and acoustic music, playing in several bands over the years. He has written and performed music for theatre, films and choirs, even music for babies, but has now returned to the fold to play the blues that grabbed his soul many years ago.

John North - Bass

Exposed as a child to a wide range of music, from jazz to classical, by his musician parents and grandparents, John had classical guitar lessons until he was hit by the Stones’ Start Me Up, and couldn’t get it out of his head. He decided then and there to switch to electric guitar. Playing in a band where the bass player was often away for work, he stood in on bass and just loved the relationship between bass player and drummer “It was really good laying down the groove with the drums”.

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