Godfather (band)
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Formed in 2002 by guitarist Real Deal (Tom Bainbridge), Godfather released their debut album, Money Shot, in February 2002. The majority of the songwriting is from Real Deal who is also their recording engineer.
Tiny Monkey, or Steve Allsworth, provides the backing vocals and backing guitar. He has frequently played lead guitar for Ronan Keating
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Jellyroll (Joe Cole), studied under Archie Shepp
and plays keyboard and piano for the band.
Bassman, A.K.A Fabian Bonner, plays bass guitar for the band and has previously played in Horace X and Fully Funktional.
Also known as Ian Pickering, Colonel plays drums for the band and has previously played with Fully Funktional and Rob Jackson
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Biography
Otherwise known as Tom Bainbridge, Real Deal is the lead vocals, lead guitarist and the creative driving force for the band. Note, he tutors none other than Sam Elliott.Tiny Monkey, or Steve Allsworth, provides the backing vocals and backing guitar. He has frequently played lead guitar for Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
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Jellyroll (Joe Cole), studied under Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
and plays keyboard and piano for the band.
Bassman, A.K.A Fabian Bonner, plays bass guitar for the band and has previously played in Horace X and Fully Funktional.
Also known as Ian Pickering, Colonel plays drums for the band and has previously played with Fully Funktional and Rob Jackson
Rob Jackson
Rob Jackson born 4 September 1981 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England is a rugby league player for Whitehaven in National League One.Rob Jackson's position of choice is as a centre and he can also play on the wing....
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Group members
- Real Deal - Lead GuitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
Lead Vocals (2002 – present) - Tiny Monkey - Backing Guitar backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
(2002 – present) - Jellyroll - KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(2002 – present) - Bassman - Bassman (2002 – present)
- Colonel - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2002 – present)
Studio albums
- Money Shot – 20032003 in music-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
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