Our newsman and talented wordsmith,
who follows our every move, the mysterious Mr. Samuel Clegg wishes to start off
this new web site with a pen picture of the band, before he brings to you at
respectable intervals, news and events that may interest you or more likely bore
you to tears.
"TURTLE SHED are 6 ordinary members
of a law abiding public (except the guitar man who drove too fast recently), who
by sheer quirkiness of fate were thrown together to copy other people's music in
a way rarely seen (if you never get out).
Let me introduce these very special
people to you:
Mr. Tim,
a man whose vocal talents would, if he had to sing for his supper make him a fat
man indeed. Dedicated to his craft with a crazy need to make others happy in
their dancing, a man who is liable to jump from the stage at any given stage, a
man with the wildest of wild screams (when the mic wire gets caught round his
bits) and the mellowest of mellow voices who I'm afraid to say must leave the
building after the gig. With his catch phrases 'for you cats out there', 'this
one's by Abba', and 'has anyone seen my tonsils' you can ensure an evenings
entertainment will be dished out by Tim.
Mr.
Nicholas a jazz musician ('s son) who took to the drums at a mature age
like a duck to water and who generally keeps the timing of the music to a
danceable and generous pace. He may get lost in a car with satellite
navigation but when that boy has his sticks, we all get lost (in music....). A
purveyor of fine electrical equipment, ebay and car boot sales. This man keeps
the beat (and can get you anything at a price). An eye for for any bargain, his
trained drum sticks have been known to slip from his very fingers spin on the
floor and point toward the cheapest bus route home.
Mr
Tim
Mr. Christian
, reincarnated from a piano man at the silent movies in Chicago in
1924 Christian's keys add the drama to the set. Chris also adds the essential
TURTLE SHED funky rhythm guitar to some of the songs we stole and called ours.
He is a funk meister with all the panache of a sophisticated club where they
look after your coat for free. Christian is the appropriator for the band, a
man who sees the value within an ebay transaction and provides the band with a
new sound system to learn on a six monthly basis. An original Turtle with a
massively increasing shed!
Ms
Amy
Mr Neil ,
He spends lots of money on good guitars and can play the chord of C and talk
rubbish for the Southern Hemisphere after the ingestion of very few pints of
6X. He is sad and disappointed that his stomach complications are brought on
more from a gig at a conservative club than from extensive use of substance or
audience although he lives a rock'n'roll existence in his very lunch time. Neil
is not renowned for a positive view on life, he tries his best to smile and
manages it at times and with the help of St.John's Wort can produce a laugh it
has been said . Struggling against the loss of top hair and craving always for
more rhythm he can be seen in the reflection of most windows he is stood in
front of. This guitar man still can't quite quit his job down at the car wash or
leave his mama a goodbye note but by sundown he'll leave Devizes with his guitar
under his coat.
Looking forward to bringing you the very latest
on what's going on in the very special world of Turtle"
Sam