THE GEOFF EVERETT BAND 

 

The Geoff Everett Band is a power R & B trio from Kent/South East London.

 WARNING - This is the very best blues/ r and b that money can buy. After attending a gig by this band, nothing else will satisfy you!

 

Lead Guitar and Vocals -  Geoff Everett

Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals -  Kevin Dore

Drums -Darren Lee

Drums when Darren is unavailable -

Andy Jenkins (Dorian Gray Band)

Sam Kelly (Gary Moore Band)

Brendan O'Niel (RoryGallagher/Nine Below Zero)

Johnny Clark (Hawkwind/The Pretty Things)

Geoff Nichols (Rockschool)

Bob Henrit ( Kinks/Argent)

Russ Wilson ( Let's Zep )

Les Binks (Judas Priest/Eric Burdon)

Tony Natale ( John Fogerty)

 

Guest Harmonica - Alan Clark

 

Geoff Everett (Guitar, Slide Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmonica,Mandolin )

 

GEOFF EVERETT – Is a guitarist and vocalist with stunning style. His playing is aggressive and beautiful with imaginative dynamics and articulate grammatical soloing. His performance is gutsy and very exciting. In addition to powerful vocals, Geoff also offers up stunningly exciting slide guitar work as well as mandolin, keyboard and harmonica. Geoff believes that a good personality and sense of humour on and off stage is essential. He writes and records in his own professional studio. 

Geoff has worked with: Lord Sutch, (replacing such notables as Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page) Alan Lancaster(StatusQuo), Dave Knopfler(DireStraits), Bob Henrit (Kinks/Argent), Sam Kelly (Gary Moore), Jim Russell ( Stretch/Scotty Moore ), Carl Palmer( ELP and Atomic Rooster) Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neil ( Rory Gallagher/Nine Below Zero ), Jim Leverton (Steve Marriott/Savoy Brown ) Kim Beacon ( String Driven Thing etc ) Wreckless Eric, Ian Paice ( Deep Purple), Gordon Huntley ( Matthew's Southern Comfort ) Bobby Miller (Supertramp) etc, etc ,etc . He has written for Nine Below Zero, as well as members of T’Pau and Spandau Ballet. 
Geoff started playing guitar and singing aged 13 and started gigging straight away at parties, local dances, etc. with a little group, The Reminiscents formed with school mates, Gary Pantry and Lee Abbott ( now with international folk rock outfit Magna Carta )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aged 16 Geoff joined the Chicago Line Blues Band a semi pro band (nurtured under the auspices of Blue Horizon's Mike and Dick Vernon) and played at prestigious clubs such as the Eel Pie Island blues venue in Twickenham supporting and sometimes jamming with the likes of Keef Hartley, Art Wood (Ronnie's brother),Ritchie Blackmore, etc, etc. When he asked an almost unknown Rod Stewart at Eel Pie for career advice the answer was to give 100% to wine, women – Oh - and don't forget the music either !!
A band from Earls Court came next but their lack of ambition caused Geoff to split and try a project with Alan Lancaster from Status Quo. Quo had a sudden change in fortune when they switched from pop to rock and Alan was whisked off. The rest of the band were taken under the wing of George Young and Harry Vander from theEasybeats. George and Harry's time and energy, though, had to be consumed by a band formed by George's brothers - Angus and Malcolm now a household name – AC/DC.
To survive, Country music filled the musical gap and Geoff travelled the UK and abroad with several country bands. When at home he taught classical guitar privately and at adult education classes. Unfulfilled with all this, he formed a funk blues outfit. More UK and Scandinavian tours followed and Geoff was asked to join the CafeRacers, an early Dire Straits led by Dave Knopfler. 
During Geoff's sessions he met Gerry Mc Avoy and Brendan O'Niel who when they weren't playing with Rory Gallagher, joined Geoff in a three piece called The Mosquitos playing pubs and clubs in and around London. Geoff is currently busy with The Geoff Everett Band performing in UK, Greece, France and Holland.
Geoff is widely regarded in Europe and the UK as one of the finest performers and most innovative blues guitarists around today. 

 

 

Kevin Dore ( Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals )

 

Kevin is a world class professional bassman who has graced stages in UK and Europe in addition to the USA with his exciting driving bass figures and riffs, for some 25 years.
Kevin has always been in demand on his home turf in the UK performing with bands such as The Federal Agents and was the resident bassist at the Tunnel Club, London backing up acts such as Sad Café and Zigue Zigue Sputnik.
Kevin was based for a while in New York and Miami and was kept busy there with his band Magic supporting the likes of The Hot House Flowers and other notables too numerous to mention here.
Returning to the UK, he formed Dr Sinn, a blues based rock outfit and busy as he was, he found time to perform with Micky Wynne ( the respected blues man who taught Julian Lennon to play guitar and who brought back the song Hey Joe from the States, persuading Chas Chandler from the Animals to offer it to Jimmy Hendrix ! ) Kevin is on Mickey’s current and next album.
Aspiring bass players should do themselves a favour and check out Kevin’s no holds barred yet sympathetic prowess. His driving bass style sits with the drum kit and forms a solid blues backline machine with The Geoff Everett Band.
For the technically minded, Kevin uses a Status graphite active headless; a Fender reissue 1952 P Bass and a Dean Playmate semi acoustic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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