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The core line up of The Ploughmen includes an unusual mixture of instruments, including guitar, banjo, bass, saxophone, sometimes a clarinet, another guitar, drums, all manner of whistles, percussion and bird calls, maybe a harmonica and possibly the occasional mandolin or ukulele thrown in [literally] for good measure
These are wielded by the following offenders, in alphabetical order:
- Barry (AKA Bo Widdley):
Guitar, transcendental meditation, mercenary tendencies, heartless betrayal
- Ben (AKA Bo Lowly):
Bass
and arriving in the nick of time.
- Gordon (AKA Bo Piddley):
Guitar, vocals, forgetting words, sound FX, fag and bathroom breaks, banjo-player jokes
- Keith (AKA Blow Diddley):
Saxophone, clarinet, tin whistle, recorder, tambourine, occasional hat, Benny Hill tribute
- Phil (AKA Bo Hillbiddley):
Banjo, vocals, bass, Butlins-style compere duties, leaving early to watch Celebrity Love Island
- Trevor (AKA Bo Paradiddley):
Drums, shaky things, half a dozen carbines
Past members:
- Billy (don't be a hero):
Mandolin and occasional vocals
- Boyd (AKA Boyd Diddley):
Sleazy lounge vocals, timing errors, fag breaks, extreme leaning, wandering off, cider
- Colin (Fred Scuttle):
Benny Hill impression
- Eric (The Dustman):
Skiffle vocals and extreme rhythmic variations
- Mary (as "Mary" in The Green, Green Grass of Home)
- PJ (AKA P Diddley):
Double bass, bass guitar, vocals, demented laughter, mandolin, fag breaks, Stella
- Rick (AKA Bo Fiddley / The Deserter):
Mandolin, ukulele, tin whistle, solo-ducking, mistakes, additional mistakes, Guinness
- Robin (AKA Elbow Diddley):
Guitar, mandolin, string-breakage, late-entry solos, sick notes
Other guests and members come and go seemingly at random. Occasional and former contributors include: Kenny, Kris, Pete, Lyn, Russell, and Martin... all in various capacities.
It should be noted that at least two former members even went so far as to emigrate in order to escape involvement.
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