3am Introduce their new bassman Phil Evans: Phil Evans grew up on a well balanced diet of rock, blues and punk listening to everything from The Sweet and Slade to Chelsea, The Jam and The Ramones, to Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and Thunder. His influences include Philip Lynott, JP Jones, Neil Murray, Billy Sheehan and…
Like so many other musicians from the era, Tim learned to play guitar by listening to The Shadows. Played his first gigs aged about 14 in local community halls and schools in and around Winchester, where he grew up. In the 60’s he abandoned his course at Brighton College of Art to play bass and help form…
Learned to play drums in the school cellar – surrounded by cobwebs and huge, but quivering spiders… Gigged around Hampshire before heading to London– still in contact with school friend Mike Batt; where he was soon in demand as a session drummer. Worked with a wide variety of bands and musicians, from Barbara Dixon to…
On keyboards, the other founder-member of 3am, and still a professional session musician. Studied art at Cambridge (with Pink Floyd!), but came to London to join an English version of Blood Sweat & Tears in the early 70′s. Then got involved in the first of what would become many West Endtheatre productions – with Jack Good and…
Somewhat of a vocal chameleon, Laura Long has fronted bands in genres varying from country, folk-rock, soul, jazz and blues. As a regular on the London jazz scene, she has performed with some of UK’s top jazz instrumentalists – but would confess to bending it wherever possible towards blues and soul. For several years she…