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The Persuaders
The Persuaders - About the band - Booking information
The Persuaders are a four-piece music band specialising in
sixties music from the years 1958-1969.
The sound you hear is the raw live sound of the sixties with no backing tracks.
They have an 8OO watt self-contained PA system, EX88O Drum Rise and five large
backdrops.
The band comprises:
| Derek Telfer |
bass/lead vocals |
Burns, De-Armond
1967 Semer Valve 50 |
| Paul Fallon |
Rhythm guitar/vocals |
Burns (Hank Marvin style)
Tanglewood Memphis
Laney Combo |
| Nathan Futo |
Lead/rhythm guitar/Backing vocals |
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| Paul Tilley |
Percussion |
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They play in clubs/ pubs and larger venues, and are available for any
private function (indoor/outdoor). They can play a selection of sixties
music between sets. They normally play two sets of 45 minutes, in
duration, this can be adjusted by prior arrangement. There is an
eighteen minute taped introduction to the band, which includes sounds,
news items and snippets from the sixties.
Derek Telfer (bass/vocals)sad sixties nut, formed The Persuaders in
April 2000. It is his vision to recreate the sound, look and feel of the
sixties. Derek started out as a drummer in Return Ticket where he swears
blind that Chris Rea came to one their gigs (a likely story). They wrote
their own rock music and Warner Brothers offered them a recording
contract - then wisely took it away again. Disillusioned with the life
of a rock star, Derek stopped playing altogether until he auditioned as
a drummer with 60's band Striking Back in 1989, supporting bands like
Freddy and the Dreamers and the Swinging Blue Jeans. He found he could
sing like Frankie Valley but hidden behind the drums no-one realised it
was him. This prompted Derek to learn bass and sing at the same time so
he could stand at the front and sing ridiculously high notes. He started
up several bands: 'Hysteria', Strange Bru' (now known as 'After Dark')
and 'Matchbox'. Then he birthed 'The Persuaders', bought incredibly
tight 60's style suits, lava lamps, guitars, wigs and the rest is
history.
Paul Fallon (rhythm guitar/vocals) began his love of music
with a Christmas present at the age of six - a record player and some
old Beatles Parlophone singles. He continued this love affair with music
through school and college and discovered he was rather good at it. From
1996-2001 he played drums with various bands but continued to learn
guitar. In the Spring of 2002, Paul co-founded Beatles tribute band The
Beatlemaniacs who were successful in the UK and played many performances
at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool, home of the original Beatles.
He left the Beatlemaniacs in the winter of 2002 to concentrate on solo
projects.
Paul loves the music of the 60's so Derek blatantly took
advantage of this and press ganged Paul into joining his 60's tribute
band, The Persauders in April 2004. Paul has been brainwashed by Derek
into thinking that The Persuaders are 'a great little 60's band,
performing a mixture of the top pop records from 1958-1969, with a few
extras thrown in'. Had he known in advance what the 'few extras' were
going to cost him he'd be a richer man today
Nathan Futo
"I had just turned eighteen and left music college when I came across an
advertisement in the local paper."
SIXTIES SHOW BAND HUNTS FOR LEAD GUITARIST
"Wow!" I thought.
Poor unsuspecting Nathan turned up for his audition dressed in a Beatle
outfit his mother had ironed only half an hour before and clutching a
guitar he had borrowed from a pal because the one he really wanted still
had two days left on EBay.
"It was the best thing I ever did," states Nathan. "It really was the
best thing I ever did."
A hissing noise spits from the tape machine.
Nathan yelps and then quickly adds: "I don't know what I would have done
if I hadn't passed that audition."
There is muffled silence on the tape followed by a tiny voice pleading
"Can I go home now?"
Derek hits the stop button and continues: "He really did look the part.
A good job really because he was absolute rubbish on the guitar. Well
we took pity on him and a large non-refundable deposit before showing
him how to sit wedged between the Tardis and the PA speakers so as not
to fall over when we went round sharp bends."
After eight weeks Nathan's parents reported him missing. At about the
same time a young man answering Nathan Futo's description entered a
music shop in Stockton and bought a genuine Gretch Tennessee Rose
guitar. He already had two Fender Stratocasters (due to some
administrative error) but when he played that excessively polished
rosewood Gretch through a VOX AC 30 and Boss GT-8 effects pedal - he
effectively sealed his fate.
And let that be a stern lesson to any musician wanting to join The
Persuaders!
Paul Tilley (drums) uses his own words to describe
how he fell into the hands of The Persuaders: "I was told I was an
ugly baby. In fact I was so ugly my Mother used to feed me with the aid
of a catapult. My Grandmother used to tie a piece of meat round my neck
so next door's dog would play with me. My father would take me down the
docks to teach me how to swim. The swimming bit I found quite easy, but
getting out of the sack was a nightmare. We were a poor family, at one
point we could not afford clothes. I well remember saving my meagre
pocket money and sending off for a hat for me to wear so I could look
out of the window. It was at this point that I decided to shape my
future. I started playing the drums at ten, by half past I had mastered
them. This was also about the time I heard the voice of God.
"Make yourself ready. A great band are in need of a drummer."
"I am ready my Lord," I replied. "Show me the
way." "Not you yer snivelling TIT," he said. "You're
going with the Persuaders."
And so it came to pass twice weekly that thousands
hundreds dozens 9 sixties fans (and two of those were
roadies) were transported back in time by The Persuaders to enjoy a
truly groovy experience.
Set One
Hippy Hippy Shake
Baby Come Back
Keep On Running
Don't Throw Your Love
Get Back
You Got Your Troubles
Diamonds
Yesterday
You Really Got Me
Apache
Wonderful Land
Heartbeat
Sugar And Spice
Sweets For My Sweet
Walk Right Back (Acoustic)
Groovy Kind Of Love
Tambourine Man
Love Potion
Wimbaway
Just One Look
Look Through Any Window
Set Two
Move It
Walk In The Room
Needles And Pins
Young Ones
Honky Tonk
Last Time
Have I The Right
Spirit In The Sky
Substitute
No Particular Place
Jumpin Jack Flash
Glad All Over
Back In The Ussr
Twist And Shout
Caroline
Hey Jude
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