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The Band


Past Members

Ben Granfelt
Ben Granfelt
After having played with numerous groups, critically acclaimed Finnish guitarist Ben Granfelt formed his own band in 1993. Ever since the Ben Granfelt Band was formed, the trio has toured Germany, the more...
Ray Weston
Ray Weston
Drummer RAY WESTON was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As a young boy, Ray knew he wanted to be a drummer after watching Buddy Rich on TV. “I saw this drummer perched high on a podium leading an orchestra more...
Ted Turner
Ted Turner
David Allen Turner was born in Birmingham, England on August 2, 1950. He started playing the guitar at 17, and two years later he was playing in a local band. In 1969 Ted answered an ad in Melody Make more...
Steve Upton
Steve Upton
The drummer is usually the most important band member when it comes to the rhythm, tempo, and groove of a song, but most of the time he plays almost unnoticed. From a non- musician's point of view, th more...
Martin Turner
Martin Turner
Martin Turner was born in Torquay, Devon on October 1, 1947. He began his career as a member of a semi-professional band in Torquay. In 1969 he and Steve Upton formed the band which became Wishbone As more...
Laurie Wisefield
Laurie Wisefield
Laurie Wisefield was a founding member of the band "HOME", which played with Al Stuart. Andy saw them in New York and was impressed by Laurie's guitar work. They played together, and developed a rappo more...
Claire Hamill
Claire Hamill
British-born Claire Hamill has been in the music business all of her adult life. She was signed to Island Records before she left school, and released her first album for them, "One House Left Standin more...
John Wetton
John Wetton
John Wetton was born in Derby, England, and began his musical career in Bournemouth. He originally played keyboards, but soon switched to bass. His brother was a church organist and needed him to play more...
Trevor Bolder
Trevor Bolder
Trevor Bolder's credits include work with David Bowie and Mick Ronson, and he was an authentic Spider from Mars. He followed John Wetton into Uriah Heep when John left in 1977, and played with them fo more...
Mervyn Spence
Mervyn Spence
Mervyn "Spam" Spence hails from Larne, Ireland, where he once worked in a hotel. Every Saturday night the hotel had live entertainment, and Spam learned to play the guitar by practicing with the gear more...
Jamie Crompton
Jamie Crompton
Of his background, Jamie Crompton says,"When I began, I played the drums with New Wave bands, just high-energy rock 'n' roll bands basically. That was about 1978. Then I started getting into the guita more...
Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle was born in the south of England, and bought his first bass at the age of 15. He left school six months later, and has been playing ever since. He has been influenced by the Memphis and Nash more...
Robbie France
Robbie France
Born in Sheffield, England in 1959, Robbie France has become one of Britain's leading musical educators, clinicians, recording artists and touring professionals. Robbie taught at the Australian Ac more...
Roger Filgate
Roger Filgate
Roger Filgate grew up in Connecticut, in a musical family. His mother was a concert pianist, two of his brothers play pop and rock music, and the third plays bluegrass. As Roger describes the househol more...
Tony Kishman
Tony Kishman
Tony Kishman comes from Tucson, Arizona, where he was already playing local clubs in his teens. From 1973 through 1978 he played guitar in a group called Cheap Tricks, which did Wishbone Ash songs and more...
Mike Sturgis
Mike Sturgis
Mike began drumming about the age of ten. His father was a band director, and his uncle a drummer, so he comes by his music naturally. His early influences included Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Deep Purp more...
Mark Birch
Mark Birch
Guitarist Mark Birch was born in Kidderminster, in the Midlands, and realized at a very early age that all he wanted to do was play music. He formed his first band at the age of 15. After playing and more...