We aspire to use the best available equipment. In addition to the individual kit below, we use active Mackie PA speakers with an active DAS 18” sub. Peavey desk, outboard fx and compression. Monitors are active JBL Eons which double as emergency foh cover. Our own modern 8 can LED light rig looks great and only consumes 75W power in total.

Jo Bowley Vocals:

Jo Bowley  grew up in the West Midlands singing but when her career stalled in Birmingham after the incident infamously known as 'the banana split', she moved East in the 80's to get into the vibrant music scene that was the Farmers boys and Kathy Dennis.

Soon after arriving, she met up with the mighty Rob Huckfield who took her under his wing and developed her talent to the level it is today. She puts her success down to the quality of musician she works with and her purple mic lead.

Likes Red wine, small cars and large man (aka Martin)

Rob Huckfield Guitar and Backing Vocals:

Rob Huckfield, originally from Birmingham, moved to Norfolk in the early nineties where he continues to teach the guitar. A tutor for more than 33 years   he is still hoping to land a proper job one day!

Still playing his  '76 Tele and early '80s boogie.  He also uses Carl Martin pedals from Denmark and a gorgeous reverb pedal made by Lee Jackson In Austin Texas called the Mr Springy. Pickups are by Jason Lollar.

Henry Lascelles Drums and backing vocals:

Having studied with Max Abrams and John Marshall, Henry turned professional in 1972 and over the years has worked with many different bands playing rock, funk, blues and jazz. Highlights included gigs with Lene Lovich, Paul Young, and Alexis Korner. (He also jammed with Keith Richards at a wedding - but keeps quiet about his role on a hit by Marmalade!) In 1999 after a break away from drumming, Henry was coaxed into playing with the reformed Global Village Trucking Company with musicians who had worked with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, the Pretenders, Eurhythmics, and Steve Harley, and discovered that the urge to perform was still very much alive. On relocating to East Anglia (for love), he started teaching drums and the Lascelles Drum School now has a waiting list of students. As well as The BBs, Henry also currently plays with News of the Victory (with Uli Schwabe), Mark Fawcett Band, The Kesh, and after a gap of over 20 years, Lene Lovich.

Gear: The old Camco Kit has finally gone into retirement. Henry now has a shiny new set of Sonor Delite drums with Zildjian cymbals, which he attacks with Vic Firth sticks and cocoons in Protection Racket cases.

Simon Ransome Piano, Hammond Organ and Backing Vocals

Nerdy "computer geek". Works in Cambridge and has been playing piano since childhood. Previously played in the Arnewood Jazz Orchestra (in which he appeared twice on T.V.), blues at The Green Dragon pub in Bungay, occasional appearances with the Front Porch Blues Band in Ipswich, cocktail piano at the Park Hotel in Diss and odds-and-sods around the area. This is his first regular band appearance. He also plays guitar, bassoon, a bit of trumpet and a few tunes on the bagpipes.Gear: Yamaha P-60 Digital Piano; Technics PX55 Digital piano; Edirol PCR-50 MIDI controller keyboard; Roland KC-500 Amp; Apple powerbook with Native Instruments' B4 Hammond emulator

Max Bellingham Bass Guitar, backing vocal and site builder!

Max has been in various bands, Paradox, Agur's Wish, State Secret and redroque (with which he achieved 'album of the week' on Radio xlfm). He touched the big time in the late 90’s in a sound engineer/co-production role but couldn’t make it stick! He has gigged in the UK and Europe in bands and as a hired hand. He's been with the BBs since April 2003 following a stint as the band's sound engineer.Also plays with the rock band Great and as a duo with the legendary Geoff Sharkey (Sammy, Ginhouse, Alibi and others).

Gear: ACG Recurve, Peavey Cirrus, 5 string bass guitars, DHA-DI-EQ, DHA VT-1 compressor, EBS Octaver, [sfx] thumpinator, Warrior 600W power amp, BFM Omni10 and 10.5 horn loaded cabs, Also has a very funky LED KAM Parbar light rig and a Mackie PA.

Needs: a bigger car! Likes: a nice hat

Made by Max on his Mac!