While Show of Hands take a sabbatical until September 2014, Phil Beer will be busy with a wide range of activities as befits his versatility and sense of adventure. He will play some 60 or so straight solo gigs, lead the first Phil Beer Band tour for three years, rejoin Feast of Fiddles for the first full tour in several years and take a whole bunch of people sailing on a gaff cutter during June, July and August and run music workshops and sessions on board. Oh, and he'll also release two live albums.
Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west country's award winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his own compositions and songs from his contemporaries.
All are songs and music of memory and significance sung in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style and interjected with musings and amusings to an almost personal audience. It is a treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit.
