Phil

Phil started to play guitar at 13 and formed a band called Crisis with his school mates and put on a show in his local village hall.  With a ‘make do stage’ of tables, the first gig went down a storm.  The highlight being the bassist disappearing between tables mid-act.

 

At 19 he played with a Leicester based group ‘Storm Charmer’: a Rock/Metal outfit. The group experienced reasonable success appearing  as wide a field as Birmingham.

 

At 21 Phil hung up his guitar and settled into other hobbies.  But the twang of steel against wood didn’t really leave him.  Just around mid-life crisis time he started to play again and in 2005 he tried out for the Roadhogs and  that as they say is that.

 

If you hear Phil play you will quickly tell who his musical influences are, they include: Steve Morse of Deep Purple, Gary Moore, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy and Angus Young of AC/DC.