Gary Fletcher

Gary Fletcher

http://www.garyfletchermusic.co.uk/

Gary was born in London in the early ‘50s and is probably best known as the bass player in The Blues Band, although his songwriting talent is respected by many. The band’s encore anthem, his song Green Stuff, has been a constant in their live set since the Ready album was released in 1980, and has been covered by bands throughout Europe.

T band’s latest (17th) album, Stepping Out, features Gary’s song Stepping Out On Main, another big winner with audiences.Gary met Dave Kelly in late ’78 when they both played in a band put together by Wilgar Campbell, the ex Rory Gallagher drummer, called The Wildcats. He then played bass on a track on Dave’s Willing album and was suggested by Dave for the bass job when, together with Paul Jones & Tom McGuinness (ex of Manfred Mann), plus ex John Mayall drummer Hughie Flint, The Blues Band first got together.

The success of The Blues Band was almost instantaneous and they were soon playing to packed houses, releasing their first album, appearing on TV and radio regularly, including the celebrated Euro-wide Rockpalast, and headlining at Glastonbury. Seventeen albums & countless tours later the demand continues to grow for their special & personal interpretation of the blues, thousands of excellent reviews have appeared in a variety of publications - The Times referring to them as a 'top flight group of seasoned professionals' - and early editions of their first album are now collector’s items.

The band enjoyed the celebrations for their 25^th anniversary in 2004, and new chapters are still being added to their story. Gary's latest studio project is the recording of an album featuring a collection of his latest songs performed by his eclectic new semi-acoustic band, The Gary Fletcher Band, which features Gary on acoustic & electric guitars, his son Jack primarily on bass, his fellow Blues Band rhythm section partner, the superb Rob Townsend, on congas (and full kit as required), and new to the wider blues scene, the sublime John Evans on lead guitar.

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