Northern Soul / Motown Night - Johnny Boy Pryers plus DJ`s to be announced Tropicana - Weston Super Mare, Somerset - Saturday 11th April ( Easter Weekend )
Born in Bolton, Johnny was destined for a life in music. Taking early influences from his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, Johnny was surrounded from a very early age by a wide variety of music from Rare and Obscure Soul, Tamla Motown, RnB, Mod, Punk, Reggae, Ska, Alternative Rock, Classic Rock , Doo Wop, and Rock and Roll. Johnny is also a Collector of Rare Soul Motown and Northern Soul Original Vinyl and sometimes DJs, He is also Scooterist being The Proud Owner of a Vespa PX and a Member of The O.D. Scooter Club - Johnny first learned of his love for being on stage as a teenager when he and friends formed their first band ‘The Shakers’ in which Johnny played Bass Guitar and helped out with the vocals. They would play at gigs anywhere and everywhere they could around their local area, entertaining audiences in pubs and clubs across Bolton and beyond -Slowly but surely Johnny found himself branching away from the band in his early twenties and started to grow the foundations of his solo singing career
From there on, word of mouth has very much taken care of the gigs! What started out as doing a few local gigs for friends, grew into other pubs and clubs wanting to book him, friends of friends on the scooter scene wanting to book him for scooter rallies and a whole host of other Soul venues from all over the UK wanting bookings for their events too.
Over the years Johnny has performed alongside some very well respected artists such as His Mentor Tommy Hunt, Johnny's Hero Dean Parrish, PP Arnold, La La Brookes, P.J. Proby, Marvin Ruffin, The Flirtations, Eddie Holman, Judy Street, Archie Bell, The Contours, The Velvelettes, Brenda Holloway, Prince Philip Mitchell, Kim Weston, Chris Clark, Tobi Legend, Martha Reeves, Madness, Sidney Barnes, Spyder Turner, Pat Lewis, Jimmy Thomas, Sheila Ferguson, Mary Wilson, Jimmy James, Drizabone and his great mate Diane Shaw.
