Profiles

The quiet man, Peter Riley, bursts into to life the moment he hits the mike.   Founder  member of the band, he plays his unique rhythm guitar in his own individual style, interwoven with a more traditional double bass, but is best remembered for his superb voice and magnetic stage presence. An aficionado of Western Swing, he has now emerged as one of the most charismatic front men on the Country, Swing and Jazz scenes and relished the chance to take the first ever British Western Swing band to  the Legends of Western Swing Festival in Wichita Falls, Texas in 2008, which took the traditional Western Swing venues by storm and included the band's first appearance on US national television.

Still there is the girl with the wild hair and Texas fiddle, former classical violin soloist, Gaynor Sutcliffe. Founder of the Sutcliffe String Quartet, electric jazz duo, Sparx and the Laverne Sisters, she uses her wide musical experience and expertise to bring a unique slant to the band’s Latin, Swing and Country styles.  When not leading the dancers on the floor, her powerful vocal harmonies, piano accordion solos, keyboard backings and double bass extravaganzas have added a dynamic impact to their live performances.

Harmony vocals, keyboard, violin, double bass - not to be outdone is Naomi Koop.  Another glamorous, classically trained violinist, she now contributes the main fiddle input to the band's newly extended Country repertoire.  Her wide experience in the gypsy jazz style allows her to add a new dimension to Country fiddle and of course is a central element of the band's triple fiddle versions of some Western Swing classics.