The Gary Fletcher Band

THE GARY FLETCHER BAND

The Gary Fletcher Band (GFB) has had several line-ups that have played with Gary since it's inception.

Firstly playing in a semi acoustic guise it consisted of Gary playing acoustic guitar, Rob Townsend on congas, Jack Fletcher on bass and John Evans on lead guitar.

The second incarnation, playing in a more electric form consisted of Gary playing acoustic guitar and electric slide, Pick Withers on drums, Steve Ling on lead guitar and Jack fletcher on bass once again.

More recently a further line up has seen Gary playing acoustic, slide, banjo, and ukelele, Dave Kelly's son Sam Kelly on drums, Steve Simpson on lead guitar, Tom Leary on violin and Jack Fletcher on bass.

An occasional acoustic line-up has been Gary playing various acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin and ukelele, Hughie Flint on djembe and bodhran, Alan Glen on harmonica, Tom Leary on violin and, sometimes, Jack Fletcher on bass.

The current (as at summer 2022) of the band is GF with Tom Leary (Lindisfarne, Feast of Fiddles, etc) violin, Alan Glen (Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero etc) harmonica, Andy Billups (The Hamsters) bass, Nick Ritchie (Canto, Mud) and Sam Kelly (Tom Robinson, Circulus) drums.

The GFB has also benefited from other fine players joining the line-up from time to time - Paul Jones joined us at the Wickham Festival on one occasion, old friend Bernie Marsden stepped in for the band in Southport on one occasion whilst Tom McGuinness sat in with the band at the Eel Pie Club. Mark Feltham has not only featured on GF's albums but has also joined the GFB line-up for shows from time to time.