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Concerts Special Concerts AR at the Paramount - Ken Nicol
Concerts Special Concerts AR at the Paramount - Ken Nicol
| AR at the Paramount - Ken Nicol |
Wednesday 21st October, 8pm Paramount Theatre, Courtenay PlaceKen Nicol is an exceptional musician. As a guitarist he is one of the most skilled and exciting playing anywhere today; as a singer he is capable of evoking a wide range of emotions in his audience; and as a song-writer he demonstrates these abilities in his clever and well-crafted material. He is a veteran of Al Stewart’s band (as lead guitarist) and more recently the highly acclaimed British folk-rock unit, The Albion Band, after a long and esteemed solo career in the US.In 1977 Ken joined The Albion Band as lead guitarist and singer, writing much of the material himself and co-writing with Ashley Hutchings. They produced four albums in this time; “Happy Accident”, “Before Us Stands Yesterday”, “The Christmas Album” and “Road Movies” on the Topic record label. Touring both nationally and internationally from Festival Venues to Arts Centres, The Albion Band’s classic line up of Ken, Ashley Hutchings, Joe Broughton, Neil Marshall and Kellie While has won many rave reviews. Ken left The Albion Band in September 2001, and continues to write, record and perform, now as a solo artist. “Ken Nicol’s return from the United States is one of the best things to happen to the British music scene. An immaculate guitarist and a fine lead singer, with the heart to put it together and raise the standards of our circuit.” – Isaac Guillory “He seemed comfortable with whatever style was tossed at him - …[He] had decided, for better or worse, to come home to Preston. Not the most brilliant career move, but he is however intelligent enough to have taken such formidable and painstakingly acquired skills on both acoustic and electric guitars where he feels happiest and that was where, apparently, Preston (home) utterly eclipsed LA. His more recent appearance as a member of the Albion Band has galvanised that mob in no uncertain terms, but this is him on his own. I think that he’s a very good player indeed.” – Martin Carthy “I know talent when I hear it. Ken is an exceptional player and the consummate professional. He was a credit to our entourage” – Al Stewart “Ken has a winning vocal style and is a guitarist par excellence. My own first cassette of Ken’s music was donated, at special request, to Stevie’s own collection of ‘noteworthy’ artists” – Ben Bridges (guitarist with Stevie Wonder).
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