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The Will Johns Band, Was formed in 2011 and is based in Brighton, UK. Performing Original Sizzling Rockin Blues and many blues/rock Classics. Their sound melts raw blues with 60's psychedelic rock delivering crafted, imaginative songs to raise your spirit level!
Currently the boys are rehearsing material for the forthcoming album, "HOOKS & LINES" Recording is due to start in the new year and the band are looking forward to cutting it live!


The Will Johns Band are :
1. Will Johns : Vocal + lead guitar
2. Craig Hudson : Drum + backing vocals
3. Christopher Scott : Bass + backing vocals
4. Lee "The Deal" Spreadbury : Keyboard + backing vocals


   
Craig Hudson


 
 

Craig HudsonCraig has been playing the drums for 20 years, picking up the sticks at the tender age of ten. His father played guitar so picking up an instrument was inevitable. The lure of the drum kit became too much, so with much hesitation his parents bought him his first drum set. At the age of 16 he joined a Who Tribute band, mimicking Keith Moon is his speciality.

Craig's music taste is mainly classic and legendary bands such as; The Hollies, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Craig HudsonThe Who. He would play along to these bands and mimic the styles of Bobby Elliott (The Hollies) and Keith Moon (The Who).
Craig was brought into the Will Johns Band by Christopher Scott. After jamming with Will and Chris, Craig knew this band had something different, the songs had that spark, the music was played with such loose abandon…this was it!


 




   
Christopher Scott

 

Christopher ScottChris has been playing guitar since his teens. His attention steered towards playing bass in recent years after finding there were numerous bands requiring the need for a bassist...

"I found I went back to some serious musical roots when playing bass to old Blues numbers for the first time".

Chris was introduced to Will by Dave Barnard after hearing that Will was looking for a great bass player.

"A few years ago, I started going to a bass music workshop run by Dave - A real bass supremo!, a wonderful music teacher and one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet!
I learnt more in an hour with Dave than I ever could playing at home my entire life! This really opened me up to the bass. Playing the four string has really stuck".Christopher Scott

Chris and Craig have been in a few bands together over the years. "The Runes", "The What" and the renowned "Ivy Brothers"
"Craig would always get in with a new band and I just used to go along and help him lug his drums about. He'd always promise me beer or something. We'd spend his band earnings in strip joints and sleazy bars on the way back from his gigs".

"I was hesitant to suggest Craig straight away as I'd only just met Will, and Craig is an all out lunatic, but soon it just happened and I knew Craig would blow Wills socks off as soon as he heard him play... And he did! The rest is history and the best is yet to come!"

 

   



 


Lee Spreadbury
 

Christopher ScottLee "The Deal" Spreadbury

A.K.A "Cosmic", Lee is the mesmirizing Piano and Hammond B-3 player, hailing from the North-East of England.

He has spent the past decade exploring venues across every square inch of the British Isles, and Europe, playing his unique mix of Blues, Jazz, Psychedelia and Soul, stopping off at the studio along the way to record solo/collaborative albums and 7" singles, and recording a BBC Radio 2 Live Session with Mark Lammarr.Christopher Scott

His musical introduction began with the piano works of Mendellsohn, Chopin and Haydn; but it wasn't long before this Classical upbringing was to blend with the heavy musical and cultural influence of the1960's Hippie Psyche/Acid Rock/Blues-Jazz movement, with bands and artists such as The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver becoming a major focus.

"After a series of Jams with Will. I was invited to play at some of the local Blues Joints in Brighton. It was clear we had the spark and the dynamics were dynamite!"

Lee was then invited to join the Band and is working on the material for the forthcoming album.

 

   


   
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