The Wesley Centre in Maltby welcomes back the award-winning musician, singer and composer Phil Beer on Sunday 17th May for a special matinee show. With a professional career that started in the 1970s, Phil is best known as the founder of the West Country’s award-winning acoustic duo Show of Hands. He has also been a member of the Albion Band and has toured with Mike Oldfield, Johnny Coppin, and played sessions for acts as varied as Steve Harley, Jackie Oates, Pete Townshend, The Rolling Stones. He has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his own compositions and songs from his contemporaries.
A vocalist and dazzling multi-instrumentalist, Phil is a highly accomplished fiddler and also plays guitar, mandocello, mandolin. His songs and music are full of memory and significance, delivered in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style, interjected with musings and amusings. It is a treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit.
Advance tickets are £20.00 and available from the Wesley Centre reception on 01709 811118 or online (with booking fee) at http://www.wegottickets.com.