!Crooked House - UK's premier tribute band to Crowded House, Split Enz and the music of Neil and Tim Finn

<body bgcolor="#422121" text="#C8C450" link="#FF6600" vlink="#FFCC33" alink="#FF6600"> <CENTER><H1>***</H1></CENTER> Crooked House - UK's premier tribute band to Crowded House, Split Enz and the music of Neil and Tim Finn. <ul> <li><strong>Dale Minaker</strong> - Main vocals, Acoustic & Rhythm guitars.</li> <li><strong>Tom Gale </strong>- Electric guitars.</li> <li><strong>Guy Richarson</strong> - Vocals, percussion.</li> <li><strong>Dave Wigins</strong> - Bass & Backing Vocals.</li> <li><strong>Jim Knowles</strong> - Drums & Backing Vocals.</li> </ul> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>Crowded House to reform?</strong></font><br> <br> <font size="5">W</font>ell, not exactly but it's the next best thing since they split up in 1996.<br> 24 yr old Dale Minaker (lead vocalist & rhythm guitarist) decided that as soon as Christmas 1998 was over he was going to form a tribute band to the wonderful New Zealand/Australian pop act that was Crowded House. Dale, of course taking the lead role as the groups prolific songwriter & front man of the band, Neil Finn.<br> <br> First on board without any hesitation was the local T.V. celebrity Gut Richardson (26yrs old), who takes on the role as Tim Finn (Neil Finn's older brother). Guy having a good vocal range fits in perfectly as the bands 2nd vocalist/backing singer & percussionist to boot. (oh, by the way, conveniently he also plays harmonica!)<br> <br> Next to recruit was the ever enthusiastic Jimmy Knowles (drums & backing vocals). With this, just turned 21yrs old takes on the bizarre personality as the Crowdie's drummer & clown - Paul Hester.<br> Jimmy was picked due to the fact that he was a long time friend of Dale's & one of the hottest drummers around (if you pardon the rock cliché).<br> <br> The lads needed a Bass player who could also sing backing vocals & luckily who should have just moved to town from the south but 35yr old rock walrus "Dangerous" Dave Wiggins. Dave takes on the job as the band's bass player & album sleeve artist Nick Seymore. Dave has the unique skill of being able to learn any song in 5 minutes flat, guess it must be the extra years he has on the other guys!<br> <br> Warm & fairly content, but still not satisfied, Dale took it upon himself to find the missing ingredient, a lead guitarist who was versatile enough to take on the demanding role of the bands mulit talented musician, Mark Hart. Who should offer to join but his best friend Tom Gale (22yrs old), who fitted in perfectly with his guitar style.<br> <br> In the space of 5 weeks the foundation of a soon to be tribute was built, but they needed a name luckily Dale remembered one he came up with six months before the band existed<br> Crooked House.<br> <br> So there it is, what was just drunken meanderings between Dale & Guy at closing hours at The Boars Head on a bleary eyed Saturday night was now a full bodied, fully functional, screaming, crying, breathing, emotional roller coaster of a soundscape that is Crowded House. All the hits are there: Weather with you, It's only natural, Distant sun, 4 seasons in 1 day, Instinct, Don't dream its over, Locked out, & not forgetting the odd gem that the Finn brothers wrote back in Split Enz & the odd surprise lying here & there including some of the more recent solo work of Neil & Tim Finn.<br> Don't be foolish, come & see them because remember,<br> <br> <font face="Comic Sans MS">You know more Crowded House songs than you think!</font></p> <P>You are entering a site with a browser that can not view frames. <P>Please visit <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/"><B>Netscape</B></A> or <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/"><B>Microsoft</B></A> and download the latest browsers to get the full benifit of this site. <P> Thank you for visiting, please come back soon.<br> <center>Mr. Tracy Gill - Webmaster</center> <hr> <p> <a href="dale.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="dale.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="dave.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="tom.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="guy.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="jim.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="gallery.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="living.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="studio.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="study.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="hall.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="frame.htm"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="http://www.cdnow.com/"><font color="#422121">.</font></a> <a href="http://www.mp3.com/"><font color="#422121">.</font></a></p> </BODY>