Biography

Brian Inglis is a very experienced musician. He was born in Northampton, but has move around the country. Brian's musical influences are wide ranging from The Beatles, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Peter Green, Jimi Hendrix to Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Spyro Gyra, The Eagles, Wilson Pickett, Robert Johnson, KT Tunstall, The Killers, Maroon 5, and many more.

His interest in music first started at school  under the guidance of his music teacher Mr Gailsthorpe who as Brian says, "was about a subtle as a shot gun, but he had a real passion for what he was doing and I guess I picked up that passion." 

 

Brian's musical career started soon after he left school he moved to Oxfordshire where he joined his first band, 'Central Park'. Following that he continued playing bass and guitar in various bands and eventually he moved into close harmony and cabaret work with a band called 'Winters Tale.' They appeared on ITV's very popular show of the time, 'New Faces' and following their appearance had some success appearing several times on another TV show of the time, 'Summer Time Special', eventually they released an EP. The band was based in Oxford but toured the country, playing the Mecca / Top Rank and college circuits, they worked extensively in major London hotels and enjoyed some good summer seasons in the South West.

 

In his time Brian has worked with artists such as Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Charlie McKraken (ex-Taste), Duane Eddy, Supertramp, Frankie Vaughn, Morecombe and Wise, Des O'Connor, Little and Large, The Baron Knights and many more.

In the early 1980's Brian devoted more time to working in industry as an engineering project manager, this was to form his career for the next twenty years. However, by the early 1990's he had started to develop his song writing skills and has since worked with songwriters within the UK, USA and Canada. To support the songwriting Brian set up Mystic Recording Studios now Mystic Music Support (M²S). He has produced two albums and an EP, examples of which can be found at www.myspace.com/bryangraytnt and written a musical based on H G Wells' 'Time Machine.'

But the pull of performing is very strong and it was only a matter of time before Brian started performing again and In 2001 he had an opportunity to become a freelance musician and be able to devote a major part of his time to that, working part time as a management consultant. He experimented with backing tracks but decide that he did not want to be a human jukebox.

As a solo artist he uses an electro-acoustic guitar, vocals, and a couple of SFXs, which can provide a full band sound. He plays an eclectic mix of music much of which his own material thus providing that little bit extra and different. He has used this to good effect when playing to all sorts of audiences.

Brian also plays in his quartet RB Jazz and sometimes puts in an appearance in North Somerset's big band 'Mendip Swing' a seventeen-piece jazz/swing band. He is also a Support Artiste and has recently finished filming a new TV series staring Jane Horrocks called 'Trollied.' Previous work has included 'Casualty' and two films.

Brian is also an active member of the Musicians' Union and is also a regional committee member and union learning adviser. This work takes him to various colleges in the South West of England to talk / lecture to music students, sometimes as part of their course work, about life in the music business. Brian is also a MusicLeader and publishes a quarterly music ezine entitled 'The Note.'

 

To book Brian Inglis just Contact  M²S to check out availability and cost. Pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, concert halls, private parties, house concerts, summer seasons are all catered for.