JULIAN BAILEY : THE TONEMASTERS
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Full Name: Julian Andrew Bailey
Date Of Birth: September 1971
Family: Married to Sarah and we
have a boy and three girls.
Lives: Kingswood,
Bristol
Pets: None
Hobbies: Golf, sailing (although I
haven’t been for a while now)
Car Driven: Espace
Previous Bands: TJ and the Jive
Giants, Tyrone Hibbs and the Hipshakers, Buick 55, King Wazoo and
the Sasperellas, The Toppkatz
Best ever gig performed:
International weekender, Balaguer,
Spain.
Best ever gig attended: My first,
an Iron Maiden concert, I was 14 with long hair (sorry all photos
have been burnt!)
Worst ever gig and why: VJ day 50th
anniversary, the promoter booked us, a rockabilly trio, and the
audience were all ex-servicemen/women. They spent the whole first
set with their hands over their ears, and two old dears screamed
blue murder at us.
Most amusing story from gigging:
Well all I can say is it involved the drummer of
the band I was in, a blow up doll and some muscle relaxant.
Biggest Influence on musical
career: Willie Dixon, his timing and bass lines are fantastic.
Musical Equipment used: I use a 16
year old German laminate ¾ Bass, with steel Spirocore strings, an
Armstrong pickup, a transducer for the click, backline is a 400 watt
Ashdown Head, driving, 4x10 Ashdown cab and a 1x15 Ashdown cab.
Favourite gig venue: 100 Club, Oxford Street.
Favourite Holiday destination:
Antiqua, Caribbean.
Favourite food: Beef Wellington,
with all the trimmings.
Favourite drink: Guinness, Stella Artois, Red Wine
Favourite restaurant: Le Monde,
Clifton,
Bristol.
Favourite website: Ebay
Favourite colour: Blue
Favourite film:
Brother Where Out Thou.
Favourite actor / actress: Johnny
Depp
Favourite artiste:
Hard to say, there are so
many.
Favourite Record: All by myself,
Johnny Burnett.
Dream job:
Craig’s job!!!!!!!!!!!!
Likes: Cooking, having
friends/family get togethers, building/ fixing things.
Dislikes:
Marmite, peanut butter, not being able to speak another
language.
Best Musical achievement: Having
Johnny Powers trying to sign the band I was playing in, sadly it
never came about.
Musical Ambition: Do more
recording, I’d love to have one track that I could listen to and say
“We couldn’t have played that better.” There’s always something that
you’re never happy with.
If you had one wish: I don’t really
know without getting too heavy, the same as most people I guess,
health and happiness to family and friends, (plus the odd lottery
win!!!!)
