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Rock And Roll Stew Music has a range of writers from all musical eras.
Rick Grech
Rick Grech, bass player and violinist of Family, Blind Faith, Airforce, Traffic, Gram Parsons, The Crickets and Eric Clapton fame. Rick played sessions for Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Eddie Harris, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane amongst many others. A gifted versatile songwriter he also composed songs performed by Family, Airforce, Traffic, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, The Crickets, Cowboy Junkies, Ryan Adams, Harold McNair and Rosetta Hightower.
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker, the supremely talented drummer of Cream, Blind Faith, Airforce, Baker Gurvitz Army and BBM. Although famed for his flamboyant rock playing Ginger was influenced by UK jazz drummer Phil Seaman and African drumming. He has also recorded a number of fine jazz albums of his own.
Josh Phillips & Dan McGrath
Josh Phillips & Dan McGrath are possibly the most talented TV theme writers today. I'd Do Anything, The One and Only, Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, Tmi, Eurovision Dance Contest, Keith Barry The Escape Live, Star Sale, The Big Finish, Holidays Undercover, All Star Mr and Mrs, For One Night Only, Your Country Needs You, Secret Fortune, Tarrant Lets The Kids Loose and most recently BBC2's Shooting Stars are just some of their works. 2009 saw them win their third consecutive ASCAP award for Dancing With The Stars the USA version of their enormously popular Strictly Come Dancing Theme. Musically versatile, professional and inventive, they are quality first call Composers for any production company seeking an instantly recognizable TV Theme tune.
Josh & Dan are available to produce music for your TV, Film or Advertising production.
Bryan Daly
Bryan Daly is best known as the composer of the original music for the phenomenally successful children's animation series Postman Pat. Translated into numerous languages and broadcast around the World, both the original Postman Pat TV series and later Postman Pat SDS TV series continue to delight and entertain children not least because of the instantly recognizable Theme tune. What is little known is that Bryan was also one of the most sought after session musician guitar players of the 1960's and 1970's, a first call studio musician for the likes of Burt Bacharach and his performances grace numerous classic hit recordings that have remained radio staples to this day.
Josh Phillips
Josh Phillips has a parallel career as a pedigree musician which began when he appeared in the film Quadrophenia aged fifteen and has recorded and performed with the likes of Pete Townshend, Big Country, Arthur Brown, Kenny Jones and Midge Ure. He currently plays keyboards and organ with Procol Harum. Golden Sunset is Josh's beautiful chill out piece and he has recorded Nothing Beats This Feeling with Jim Cregan of Rod Stewart and Steve Harley fame on guitar and Beckie Davies on vocals.
Dan McGrath
Dan McGrath, in a past life, worked as a Radio 1 producer for the Chris Evans Breakfast Show and has written music for The Big Breakfast, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, TFI Friday, Shooting Stars, Nokia, Truphone and the theme to Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
Brian James
Brian James is not only a founder member of The Damned but also of the infamous Lords Of The New Church. Composer of the classic songs New Rose and Neat Neat Neat; Brian was the prime musical architect of the original sound of The Damned. New Rose was famously the first Punk single and the albums Damned Damned Damned and Music For Pleasure, which both bear Brian's unique sonic imprint, remain influential modern classics. Influenced himself by the MC5 and The Stooges, Brian would later tour with both the mercurial Wayne Kramer and the irrepressible Iggy Pop and release several solo albums before forming his own band in the shape of The Brian James Gang. Released on Easyaction Records in 2006, The Brian James Gang album is available via iTunes.
The Only Ones
The Only Ones feature the exemplary musical talents of Peter Perrett, Mike Kellie, Alan Mair and John Perry. The band reformed, touring the UK to public acclaim and were awarded a Mojo award in 2007. Rock And Roll Stew Music worked closely with Neil O'Brien to successfully relaunch the group who appeared at the 2007 O2 Wireless Festival's in London and Leeds, The Connect Festival in Scotland and played an emotional, incandescent, sold out show at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.
Mark Brzezicki
Mark Brzezicki is one of the finest drummers in the UK. He has played and recorded with Big Country, The Cult, Pete Townshend, Arthur Brown, Procol Harum, Roger Daltry, Fish, Midge Ure, Joan Armatrading and on innumerable other sessions.
Mark is available for touring and quality recording session dates. Please use the contact form if you wish to enquire about his world class drumming services.
Marek Black
Marek Black is a gifted songwriter who along with lyricist Richard Alexander has also written a successful musical based on the Profumo Affair in the form of 'A Model Girl'. Black Is The New Blue, packed with pop hooks and lush harmonies and featuring a stellar cast of session players such as Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Simon Phillips and The Kick Horns; is now available for sale via iTunes.
"Marek is probably the most extraordinary musician I have met in thirty five years. David Bowie meets The Eagles on a very dark night and as good as both of them. There is an eerie haunting quality to what he does and a shameless love of beauty and excess in life and art. Inimitable." - Robin Millar.
Guy Dagul
Guy Dagul is the highly regarded composer of many TV Themes, Documentaries and Feature Films. A concert pianist and capable soloist and arranger, Guy became chief orchestrator for Trevor Jones and composing music of for films such as Mississippi Burning, Sea Of Love, Arachnophobia, The Last Of The Mohicans, Cliffhanger and In The Name Of The Father. More recently he has scored many TV Documentaries such as Challenger, Samurai Sword The Making Of A Legend and The Year the Earth Went Wild.
Guy is available for TV and Film music production.
Leonardo Di Lorenzo
Leonardo Di Lorenzo is a talented composer comfortable with numerous musical styles. Equally at home with classical orchestration as jazz pieces and operatic themes, he has also composed a number of works for television and feature documentaries worldwide. Leonardo was formally trained in musical composition and as a classical guitarist at the National Conservatory of Music by one of Andreas Segovia's former pupils Luca Marenzio in Brescia, Italy. Leonardo is available to produce beautifully crafted bespoke music for your production ranging from a piece for solo guitar or a jazz ensemble to a full classical film score for orchestra.
Leonardo is available for TV, Film and Advertising music production.
"Leonardo is one of the most interesting and assured new composing voices I know. The melodic and constant inventiveness of his pieces mark him as a highly original talent" Peter Kavanagh BBC Drama.
“Legs” Larry Smith
“Legs” Larry Smith still performs with the infamous Bonzo Dog Band which he co-founded with Vivian Stanshall in the 1960's at Art College and has toured with Eric Clapton, appeared on albums by George Harrison, Elton John, John Cale and acted in the Handmade Film Bullshot and in the Magical Mystery Tour with The Beatles. He is also a fine graphic artist and produced the cover artwork for George Harrison's Gone Troppo album. “Legs” Larry Smith's digital EP 'Call Me, Adolf!', produced by the late, great Gus Dudgeon, is available for download from iTunes.
Chris Cohen
Chris Cohen's uncommon ability to convert topical sports and news stories into comical ditties has contributed to his overnight success. With over half a million total viewings on YouTube, in just under three months, appearances on Setanta Sports News Live, and songs already being featured on Radio One, the future looks bright for this young, comical troubadour. Now a regular contributor to the Eamonn Holmes breakfast show on Radio 5 Live every Saturday morning; Chris also has his digital EP Off The Woodwork available for download from iTunes.
