North drive *Artist spotlight *
Introducing bluegrass roots ensemble: North Drive
This Hampshire-based play some very fine bluegrass, Americana, and roots. Blending original songs with carefully chosen covers, they create a fresh and distinctive sound.
Think four souls and twenty three strings spanning guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass – and lots of magic!
Please give them a warm welcome to The Music Baa!
BAND MEMBERS
Sally Watson
Vocals, percussive Mandolin and song writing. Sally has been singing for some time, and really enjoys the Bluegrass genre. She brings a fresh outlook to the bands approach to material, and is also half of the song writing duo. She has great voice control, and interpretation of her material, and is by far the best looking member of the band - but we won’t go into that!
Rick Tarrant
Vocals, guitar and songwriting. Rick is well known on the local folk scene around Southampton having played numerous venues and festivals, both as a solo performer and with Contraband. His flat picking is heavily influenced by Doc Watson and Tony Rice. Rick is also a lead vocal in the band. Like Sally, his song writing is of the highest quality as is his guitar work!
Richard Holland
Vocals, banjo and guitar. Richard has been playing Folk music for many years. His involvement with Bluegrass started around 1987 when he found out what a Banjo was! He has played with Richard Collins (Joe Brown's Band / Hayseed Dixie), Joe Hymas (Hayseed Dixie) Jack Lawrence (Doc Watson’s Guitarist) Home Territory / Blossom Hill / Dalebilly and Contraband.
Tim Bousfield
Bass. Tim’s love affair with the bass began at age 14 when he took a pair of wire cutters to the top two strings of a junk shop guitar. Since then, he’s been through many basses and many bands from punk to funk; rock to jazz, but it’s Rootsy, Bluegrass and Folk where he’s most at home these days. Generally to be found low in the mix, liberating his band mates, with more strings, to do their things.
Check them out on socials
Website: https://www.northdrivebluegrass.site
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/north_drive_bluegrass_roots
I’m Goin’ Up On A Mountain music video: https://www.northdrivebluegrass.site/rick