| Wheeler Street is the location of the Greyhound pub in Maidstone.The
pub holds regular singaround nights that the band go to as many times
as possible and was also the place where they did their very first gig.
Wheeler Street (the Band) manage to combine all the excitement and
enthusiasm of youth with terrific musicianship, great vocals and
imaginative arrangements of both original and traditional songs and
tunes.
The 7 members are all still in their teens and came together to form
the band in March 2007. They had all played music from an early age and
had all been in various bands with Toby over the years. In fact the
recording of Pete and Toby singing and playing Let It Be in Toby's
dining room at the age of 9 still exists.
Although all the members of the band now live in the Maidstone area
they bring to the sound influences from all around the UK and further
afield. Ben comes from Newcastle and is of Irish parentage, Toby and
Jon both have Scottish as well as English blood and Sophy was born in
Australia and is also half Scottish. The band works so well because
each and every member is fiercely passionate about the music they play
and are commited to playing and singing with integrity and with utter
respect to the tradition, but they also LOVE a good time and they are
one of the most entertaining and fun bands that are currently on the
folk scene. The
description of "folk rock" is not really accurate but it avoids the use
of the word fusion which is possibly worse. There are elements of rock
music but also you can hear influences of funk, jazz, pop, reggae and
all types of dance music but all firmly rooted in the folk tradition.
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