Welshman Geraint Watkins served his musical apprenticeship playing with Red Beans & Rice but having moved to London he worked on seminal recordings/tours with the likes of Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, The Stray Cats, Carl Perkins, Graham Parker, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Shakin’ Stevens, and many others.
He had long and important spells in the bands of both Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe. He also managed to be a keyman in The Balham Alligators for fifteen years while a lot of this was going on and now performs regularly again with his own band….The Mosquitoes.
Bill Kirchen – the Telecaster master from Austin, Texas, former member of Commander Cody’s Lost Planet Airmen – will be making a special guest appearance with Geraint’s band for the last part of the performance.