Chris Hamblin & Adrian Underhill
Tuesday 17th March 2009 celebrating St Patrick's at the SENLAC Inn :: Battle 8.30pm on admission free!
Sunday 6th September 2009 at the Queens Head :: Icklesham 4.00pm on admission free!
BARN
DANCES
Celtic
String Band can play for many types of events including Barn Dances
with Caller :Vivienne Hamblin. Special arrangements of "First
Dances" can be made for Weddings with Country Dances
".....hearing the music on the video
afterwards, we couldn't believe what beautiful sounds had been going on
in the background !!" Sue & Brian
An incisive guitarist who refined his instrumental work in its role with folk, jazz, improvisation, poetry and story telling. He played in folk music bands in London in the 70's. Joined the Dave Holt Swingtet in Hastings, then formed his own jazz band "Eddie Ferret" with bassist Roger Carey. Formed Jazz Duo with sax player Pete Burden in 80's.
Since then he has played Celtic and world music in Hastings, London and many places abroad. He played for ten years with the Stag Band and in other line-ups, and has now formed "The Celtic String Band" with Hastings fiddle player Chris Hamblin.
Chris Hamblin :: Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar & Bodhran
A fiddle player with a driving celtic style. Featured as a soloist in
Celtic Music Festivals throughout Italy, touring Switzerland, Spain
with Gruppo
Folkloriquo Whisky Trail, see CD Miriana recorded '79 ( track 9 Dargai ) appeared as part of an art
installation in Milan & Zurich.
Chris has created many scores and live performances for contemporary
dance and in 1989 was a founder member of the Elastic
Band, a band praised in the Harare International Festival of the Arts 2000
for their "devastating violin music!!". He now lives in St
Leonards-on-Sea and is building a thriving music teaching practice
there.
Celtic String Band was formed in 2003
