About Riley
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TUXEDO JUNCTION OR OLD SPICE AS WE ARE KNOWN NOW HAVE WORKED THE CLUBS PUBS HOLIDAY CAMPS,TV SPECIALS (OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, NEW FACES, SEARCH FOR A STAR AND FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE TYNE TEES, AND CRUISE SHIPS, FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. THEY STILL SOUND AS GOOD TODAY AS THEY DID THEN. HOWARD, BANDLEADER AND SONGWRITER WHO HAS WORKED WITH MANY FAMOUS BANDS HE WAS GUITARIST FOR CLIVE MCPHATTER OF THE ORIGINAL DRIFTERS, EDWIN STARR AND HAS JAMMED WITH THE LATE STEVIE MARRIOTT(SMALL FACES). THESE SONGS ON THIS ALBUM ARE ALL PENNED BY HOWARD AND HIS SISTER
WENDY. WENDY IS GUEST SINGER OCCASIONALLY AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE BAND WHEN THEY STARTED IN THE WORKING MENS CLUBS OF THE NORTH EAST. A GREAT GROUNDING FOR ANY BAND.
DALE WARD. lEAD SINGER AND HOWARDS SON RECENTLY JOINED THE BAND HAS BROUGHT US A YOUNGER FAN BASE. DALES STYLE OF SINGING SUITS "SATURDAY MORNING BLUES" A GREAT TRACK ,RYTHMN AND BLUES INFLUENCED.
LINDA OUR FEMALE LEAD SINGER. HAS SUNG WITH ALL THE LEGENDARY BANDS IN THE 60'S. SEARCHERS ROCKING BERRY'S TOM JONES DUSTY SPRINGFIELD. SHE BRINGS HER OWN STYLE OF SINGING IN TRACKS SUCH AS "THE FLAME" AND "ALMOST IN LOVE" WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR HER BY HOWARD ( HER BROTHER IN LAW).
BRENDA KEYBOARD AND VOCALS LINDA'S SISTER HOWARDS WIFE AND DALES MUM!!
ADDS TO THE FOUR PART HARMONIES ON THE TRACKS AND IN OUR STAGE SHOW. WE ARE YORKSHIRES ANSWER TO THE VON TRAPP FAMILY!!
WE SING LIVE AND NEED NO GHOST VOCALS. WHAT YOU SEE AND HEAR IS WHAT YOU GET.
ENJOY THE TRACKS, IF THERE IS ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO NEEDS A GOOD SONG CONTACT HOWARD ON HIS email HOWARD_RILEY@SKY.COM
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