BIG SKY
FOLK/ROCK BAND
Band Members
Julian Marchant
Name: Julian Marchant
Home Town: Newport, South Wales
Instruments Played:
Lead vocals, Accoustic guitar, Bazouki, Mandolin, Harmonica and Bass guitar.
Musical Influences: Anything from Folk to Metal. Favourite bands would be; Kinks, Rush, Genesis, Jackson Browne and probably one of Englands finest unknown song writers Boo Hewerdine.
Other Interests: Building my own camper van, cooking, gardening, watching sport from the comfort of my arm chair and brewing my own beer!
Phil Davis
Name: Phil Davis
Home Town: Pontypool, South Wales - (Originally Bristol)
Intsruments Played: Guitar, 12 string guitar, Bass guitar. Banjo and Clarinet
Musical Influences:
Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Credence Clearwater revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free, Bad Company,Fred Wedlock, Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, Tom Waits and Neil Diamond and many others!
Other Interests:
Woodland management, bodging, building, gardening, Land Rovers and Llamas!
Steve Smith
Name: Steve Smith
Home Town:
Pontypool, South Wales
Intruments Played:
Cajon drum, Djembe drum, Bodhran drum and other percussion. Occasional mandolin and backing vocals.
Musical Influences:
Scottish folk/rock band 'Runrig', Jethro Tull, Wolfstone, Martin Oneil ( Ace Bodhran Player), Most Celtic folk music; Mike Oldfield, Seth Lakeman, Big Country and the rest of Big Sky of course!
Other Interests:
I have my own small flock of Hebridean sheep, Ornithology, the countryside in general, football and Guinness!
Steve Jenkins
Name: Steve Jenkins
Home Town: Pontypool, South Wales
Intsruments Played: Electric guitar, Accoustic guitar and Bass.
Musical Influences:
Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, BB King, Jimi Hendrix and John Schofiled.
Other Interests:
Steve has been a tutor for the Gwent Music Support Service since 2008. In August 2013 Steve accepted the post of Musical Director of the Borough Blues Workshop Band.