The Sharpees + The Skylarks

Double bill from The Sharpees, a high energy Power Rockin Rhythm & Blues band, and the Skylarks who are Rockabilly, Jump-Jive & 50's Trash-style specialists.

The Sharpees

In the line up two Irish top musicians ( former Nine Below Zero):
Brendan O'Neill - Drums ( Nine below Zero - Rory Gallagher)
BillyBoy Miskimmin ( Nine Below Zero - The Yardbirds) on blues harp and vocals.

The Sharpees is a London based band, formed from the ashes of the 70s band Rebel, who mostly played in and around the London and Kent areas. At this time the Sharpees were Bill Mead, Pete Goodey and John Smith until the band suspended activities in nineteen eighty four, which wen on to be a twenty year resting period.

Bill Mead reconvened the band in two thousand and three, but this time with Baz Payne on bass, Brendan O"Neill on drums and of course Bill Mead playing guitar and lead vocals. This is the current band line-up with the exception that Brendan O'Neill (Rory Gallagher/9 Below Zero) is now the permanent drummer.

About 6 months ago Billyboy Miskimmin joined the Sharpees, he's a vituosa on the bluesharp and a very good addition to the band.

The Skylarks

More than a covers band – but we that's some of what we do.
More than sheer dance infection – but that's what we spread.
More than archivists of forgotten classics – we bear the flame.
The Skylarks trawl the dark underbelly of Rock and Roll history.
Blues, R'n'B, Dirty Country, Voodoo swamp music and Burlesque.
Calling to mind the rocking funky stuff you know and love deep down.
Uncovering a path less travelled.
Where lyrics deal in barely submerged sexuality and sly wit.
The Skylarks weave a narrative into their music – an inscrutable subtext.
We borrow freely from the 50's and 60's for our visual style and our music source.
And We bring it all kicking and screaming into contemporary life.
If you've visited the subterranean clubs and Shabeens of Soho.

You may have clocked a few gorgeous teens and their sexy mothers on the dancefloor –
... all grooving to amazing sounds ... like this .....
The Skylarks.