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Born in East London, Tony is one half of the band's solid rhythm section
and he sets the pace for all the songs.  Tony has been playing bass
for nearly thirty years and has a sound reputation in both the London
and California playing with such names as Mark Knopfler and Art Wood.

Tony has been playing on stage since the year dot. He has performed
all over USA and internationally. Tony has also written and published
with many of his compositions receiving significant airplay

"I enjoy The Chevrons, ....nice blokes who can play!

Tony has three basses here with with him in London and plays bass with pumping
groove like Phil Hill's left piston

WHAT THE BAND SAY ABOUT TONY
Always asking about money' -" Have we been wedged up yet?"
talented bass player' ' Very nice guy' Great singing voice' Good all round musician

WHAT TONY SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF        I am a singer first - bass player second   

EMAIL:tony@thechevrons.com

DOB             He won't tell us

Food              Cajun, Red Wine,bourbon,pasta

Place           Seychelles, Soho ....wherever

Gig                  The last Chevrons gig

Film               The Godfather

Laughs         The Chevrons he says ' make mistakes I don't'

Babe              Julia Roberts any beautiful women

Book              His own autobiography( to be finished)






INFLUENCES  

James Jameson, The Kinks, BB King, Booker T and the MGs, Bel Airs

Basses         1967 Fender Precision and Jazz, basses

Amp             Mark bass amp coupled with SVT $x10 enclosure speaker