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Gerry
McNeice
Gerry fronts the trio, band and orchestra that bears his name but
doesn't see himself as a band leader. 'We all have an equal part to
play' says Gerry 'and I'm incredibly lucky to be surrounded by
such wonderful and talented people'
Click here for Gerry's full bio. |
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Hannah Bunyan
Hannah has been playing violin with Gerry on and off for the last five
or so years and has recently become a full-time member of the band.
Formerly with her own band, Entropy and as a member of The Hall
Brothers Band, Hannah also adds to the vocal sound of the GMO. |
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Dave
Turner
Flautist and harmonica player Dave is new to the
band and indeed new to Otley. Joining Gerry as a regular at Otley Folk
Club Dave has found himself in demand for both live work and
recordings and has appeared on albums by Wendy Arrowsmith, Michelle
Howell and Martin Francis. |
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Liam McNeice
Liam was raised in a household of musicians and surrounded by many instruments
and players. It was therefore more-or-less inevitable he would become a player
himself. Proficient on electric guitar and bass, his acoustic - primarily in
alternative tunings - guitar work blends seamlessly with Gerry’s guitar creating
a subtle yet powerful guitar base on which the other instruments are layered. |
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Chris
Bunyan
Chris is a percussionist and drummer par
excellence and is equally at home on the cajon as he is on the
full drum kit. He has the ability to lock into any rhythm and can go
from a subtle rolling beat on the cajon to full on rock drums. Chris
was a founder member of Entropy with his sister Hannah and plays with
Gerry in The Resurrection Men, fronted by Nick B. Hall |
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Ruth Wilde
Ruth is a Devonian and now resident in Leeds.
She is also a member of Leeds-based country rockers, The Durbervilles and also
tours with Kit Holmes. Majoring in Jazz studies and further gaining Masters
degree in Musicology, Ruth’s smooth, jazz-tinged playing underpins the sound of
the band with a rock-solid feel with an added touch of fluency. As a teacher of
the double bass she is much sought after. |
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Katriona Gilmore
Originally from Knebworth and now living in Barnsley, Katriona -
nominated for a 2010 BBC Horizon Award for her work with Jamie Roberts - has
co-produced Gerry’s album as well as adding her multi-instrumental and vocal
skills to the record. She is well known on the UK folk scene and her fiddle
playing has been described as
‘intricate, shifting seamlessly from sensitive to fiery and back again in the
blink of an eye.’ She has just joined the new Albion Band and is also, along
with Gerry and Jamie, part of the modern country band,
Sweet Dixie Dreams. |
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Tim Yates
Tim is another extremely talented and versatile, multi-instrumentalist whose
melodeon wizardry adds colour and depth to the GMO palette of sounds. Also
working tirelessly with Blackbeard's Tea Party and THe QP, Tim can be found at sessions and ceilidhs at festivals up and down the country. Tim
is also a member of the Albion Band who begin touring in 2012.
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Dom Howell
Dom provides percussion in the form of bodhran, cajon and more-or-less anything
he can rattle! Coming from the musical hotbed that is Barnsley, Dom is a student
of music who looks set to have a long healthy career in the business. Although
very much at home in the folk world, he has very eclectic tastes in music. His
unique style of bodhran playing can be heard on many records; he is also much
sought after. |
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Niamh Boadle
BBC 2009 Young Folk Awards Finalist Niamh is the
youngest member of the band but has talent and skills way beyond her years. She
is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist and adds much ‘icing on the cake’ to the
GMO. She performs regularly with her band ‘Tri’. She is a star performer in her
own right and looks set to have a long successful music career. |
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Jude Rees
Jude is best known for her work with Midlands-based trio Isambarde. Classically
trained at the Birmingham Conservatoire Jude is proficient on many instruments
and in many disciplines. She is an advocate of early music and plays many
historic instruments. Her role in the GMO is primarily as oboist and vocalist
but expect to see and hear her many of her collection of instruments making an
appearance. |
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