Gerry Colvin Band
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"Gerry Colvin is a writer of great substance who is able to give us something that has been largely missing in English Music for a long time. His subjects and characters are clearly defined and his songs create strong images and stories which can make us both laugh and cry in the same breath. This man is unique and unforgettable. The songs are brilliant. He should be a household name. Go see him.” Phil Beer, Show of Hands
The hardest act to follow since the feeding of the 5,000!' Keith Donnelly
In the 1970’s Gerry joined pop band ‘The Man Upstairs’. They released three singles and toured with ‘The Smiths’.
In the early 1980's he co-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC_uGq5bSA
In 2010 Cherry Red released ‘Let’s Get the Hell Back to Lubbock’, the definitive ‘Terry and Gerry’ compilation
In the early 1990’s Gerry worked in Nashville as a professional songwriter and back in the UK collaborated with Alison Moyet, co-
In 1993 Gerry formed the folk-
In 1995 Gerry co-
In 2014 Gerry released a self-
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In 2015 Gerry reformed ‘Terry and Gerry’ and was invited to support Status Quo on a nationwide tour. Terry and Gerry also appeared at Glastonbury that year following the release of their new EP ‘Dear John’.
As well as his new album Gerry’s book ‘The Rabbits of Zakynthos’ is due to be published later this year.
The Gerry Colvin band were delighted to be invited to appear at Cropredy Festival 2017 to celebrate 50 years of Fairport Convention!! They received a standing ovation!!
The CD 'Back and Forth' was launched at Cropredy and is available from
http://www.gerrycolvin.com/
The new CD for 2021 ‘Fully Functioning Wind-
The Gerry Colvin Band are: Gerry Colvin (guitar) Jerome Davies (double Bass) Trish Power (accordion) Michael Keelan (fiddle) and Lyndon Webb (guitar)
Gerry is immensely proud to be Patron of Wellcombe Radio based in Stratford Upon Avon http://www.welcomberadio.co.uk/ and
Banbury Folk Club, Oxon. http://www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk/
Listen to Gerry on https://soundcloud.com/search?q=gerrycolvin/
……and watch the wonderful film…