Biographies

The sound of Albany Down is stripped-down-to-the-waist no nonsense rhythm and blues with a bit of jazz-funk to mix it up.

Paul Muir is the band's excellent front man - delivering powerful vocals with just the right balance of arrogance and angst.

The bruiser in the porkpie hat is bassist, Billy Dedman -his bass play fast and deadly. He has a prowess for solid bass lines - but demonstrates the aptitude and dexterity for a higher vision and pulls off some nifty bass solo pieces.

Drummer Jonny Bescoby is as fast as the white water at the Grand Rapids, after a heavy downpour. Often the funky beat needs a drummer with loose wrists and an understanding for rhythm with a grooving back-beat. Jonny is prescient enough to provide reliable and thunderous percussive downpours in the more conventional blues settings.

Paul Turley on lead guitar makes most of the magic happen on stage. He puts on an accomplished performance with a few daring and flaring Hendrix-style licks but reverts down to a sensible chug-a-chug chord or two when things are brimming.

Albany Down can be counted on for insistent guitar hooks, stripped down licks and rattling good-time rock.

Paul Muir Vocalist	Paul Muir Why Vocals? I have been a performing singer/songwriter since the age 18 with masses of Gigging experience. I also play guitar. My main vocal influences are Richard Marx and Steven Tyler, whose songwriting is a hybrid of classic and contemporary rock. I love performing live; the bigger the crowd, the better!
Paul Turley Electric Guitar	Paul Turley Why the guitar? I played several different instruments when I was younger, but never felt fully comfortable until I took up the guitar at the age of 14. I try to keep a strong sense of melody in my playing and am greatly influenced by blues music.
Jonny Bescoby Drummer	Jonny Bescoby Why Drums? One of the earliest memories I have is of stealing my mum's chopsticks and breaking them on pots and pans in the house. As soon as I went to school I started learning to play the drums. when I was 16 I started getting into dance music started DJing and making music on my PC. Then in the last year have started to pick up the sticks again. My main influence is Travis barker who's hardstyle has put some excitement back into drumming. I listen to lots of different styles of music and enjoy drumming to Hip hop Drum' n bass, rock and blues.
Billy Dedman Bass Guitar	Billy Dedman Why the bass guitar? Coming from a very musically inclined family I naturally gravitated to the bass guitar as its just such a great instrument. I love playing the low end sound on songs and creating solid bass lines. When I first learnt to play I tried to emulate my favourite players like John Paul Jones and Flea and I hope that's reflected in my own playing.