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Dominic Harrison sings, plays guitar and bass
with an authority few musicians ever achieve. Dominic grew up
in a musical family and his first performances were as the 'boy
wonder' in the family band, Strange Relations. Dominic moved
to Bath in the early 90's to play bass for Southern Exposure,
a band led by North Carolinian singer/songwriter, Randy Gambill.
Dominic and S.E. banjo player Leon Hunt went on to form the very
first incarnation of Daily Planet.
Harrison also co-founded the band Madigan with Harpist Jenny Crook and Henry
Sears and has more recently been spotted working as a sideman to various touring
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Henry Sears is an amazing fiddler; his career
to date has crossed many musical borders. Rooted primarily in
Irish traditional music, for which he first made a name for himself
in the 1980's with the highly acclaimed 'Afterhours', he has
since been called on to tackle styles from Eastern Europe to
Nashville.
With a lightning fast ear and natural flair for improvisation, Sears has been
in constant demand as a session player for TV and commercial album releases for
artists such as Sting and Alison Moyet and most recently with Malachi Cush, from
the BBC's Fame Academy. Visit
Henry's Website |
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Leon Hunt is deservedly the UK’s best-known
5-string banjo player. A former student of American banjo virtuoso,
Bela Fleck, his exploits with Daily Planet and Southern Exposure
have been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic.
His trade-mark has always been a healthy disregard for the banjo’s traditional
boundaries, experimenting with techniques, sounds and technology and using his
earlier musical influences (both of Leon’s parents are jazz musicians)
to ultimately make it a more versatile instrument.
Seasons playing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at The New Vic and also
composing the soundtrack for a production of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’,
also at The New Vic has kept Leon very busy however he still managed to find
the time to record his first solo album Miles Apart to rave reviews. Visit
Leon's Website |
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