WORKING WITH THE THEN POPULAR SOUTH WALES BAND "HOLE IN THE WALL GANG", I WAS STANDING IN FOR HANK HILLMAN ON A SHORT TOUR DOWN THE SOUTH COAST, HANK HAD LEFT TO GO SOLO, AND PURSUE HIS SONGWRITING, I STOOD IN WITH THE BOYS FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS UNTILL THEY FOUND A NEW FRONT MAN. LEFT ON BASS WAS ALAN AND ON LEAD WAS KENNY.MID 90,s
HERE,S A PHOTO TAKEN IN THE SHETLAND COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB, THE OTHER GUYS WERE THE RESIDENT BAND, ALL GREAT MUSICIANS AND
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN A PUB IN THE VILLAGE OF STOCK CROSS, JUST OUTSIDE NEWBURY BERKS, I HAD BEEN INVITED DOWN THERE TO DO A GIG AND WAS JOINED BY KEVIN BARTHOLAMEW IN THE WHITE JACKET ON PEDDLE STEEL GUITAR. KEVIN IS A CRACKING STEELIE WHO HAS WORKED WITH MANY LEADING COUNTRY ACTS OVER THE YEARS. THE GENT IN THE CHECK SHIRT IS PETER THE VILLAGE BOBBY, HE WAS THE ONE WHO BOOKED ME FOR THE SHOW, THE BAR NEVER SEEMED TO CLOSE AND THERE WERE NO POLICE TO WORRY ABOUT, AS MOST OF THEM WERE THERE IN THE PUB HAVING A DRINK AND A GOOD TIME. OF COURSE THE LADY IS BONNIE.
THIS IS AMERICAN COUNTRY ARTISTE JERRY HANLON,, JERRY HAS BEEN PERFORMING IRISH AND COUNTRY MUSIC SONGS FOR MANY YEARS AND IS A GREAT FAVOURITE IN IRELAND AND EUROPE. HE HAD A HIT A FEW YEARS BACK WITH THE SONG "A BOY WITH A FUTURE" WROTE BY THAT GREAT COUNTRY SONGWRITER HARLON HOWARD. WE BECAME FRIENDS BACK IN THE EARLY 90,s , WHEN HE INVITED ME TO SING ON ONE OF HIS ALBUMS CALLED "JERRY HANLON AND SPECIAL FRIENDS", I ALSO WROTE TWO SONGS ON ONE OF HIS OTHER ALBUMS" CALLED "AN IRELAND DREAM" ONE CALLED "THE RATCATCHERS CAT" THAT I SANG, ( an Irish fun song), AND THE OTHER ONE WAS CALLED "NOREEN DELANEY" THAT JERRY SANG. JERRY IS A TRUE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN AND I AM PROUD TO BE HIS FRIEND, LOOK AT MY LINKS PAGE FOR MORE ON THIS COUNTRY/IRISH ARTISTE