Nick Bold Vocals, guitar
Nick Bold first came to prominence in the late 80's with his rock band Virginia Wolf who, after signing a $1.2 million deal, recorded two highly acclaimed albums for the legendary Atlantic label. The eponymous debut was produced by Queen drummer Roger Taylor and was recorded in Pete Townshend's London studio Eel Pie, Ibiza and Musicland, Munich. The album featured songs written by Nick and some collaborations with vocalist Chris Ousey.
A 6 week U.S. stadium tour followed supporting the great Led Zeppelin genius Jimmy Page and his then band The Firm playing to crowds of 20,000 people a night. “It was mind blowing”, says Nick “like going through a black hole into a whole different dimension”.
The second album, Push, was produced by Kevin Elson (of 'Final Countdown' fame) over a 3 month period in Berkley, San Fransisco and once again showed Nick's strength as a writer and also a highly accomplished guitarist.
Though both albums sold very well, particularly in the U.S., 'grunge' was beginning to raise its ugly head and V.W.'s days at Atlantic were numbered. The band agreed to disband and move on.
Nick concentrated on his songwriting and played the acoustic circuit for a number of years. He collaborated with various artists including the late Mike and the Mechanics frontman Paul Young and had writing stints in Nashville.
On a lighter note Nick even appeared in 2004 as one of his early heros, George Harrison on (ahem), Stars In Their Eyes!
“The time feels right to get back to my roots and play some killer blues rock in a shit kicking rock'n'roll band featuring some knockout songs and blistering guitar!”
Watch out world..... The Nick Bold Band is COMING!!!
Linda Jennings Bass, backing vocals
Linda Jennings AKA 'The Electric Landlady' started playing the guitar in 1980 as well as singing in school concerts. It wasn't until 1987 that she was in her first major band, 'Magic Roundabout', penning all the original music. Regulars of The Boardwalk she played along side Inspiral carpets, The Cud, Loop, The Darling Buds and Spacemen 3 rubbing shoulders with The Happy Mondays and James.
Linda took herself off to Nottingham playing in a number of outfits, Rock, jazz and pop. Touring Holland and Belgium with rock and roll band 'The Casbahs'. She took up the bass whilst studying on a Btec national diploma owing to the lack of bass players on the course. She went on to study Access to He in jazz ending up with a BA (Hons) in popular music and recording technology from Salford University.
TV appearances include Nottingham arts shows as well as Channel M. She has sung and played as a session musician and starred along side Bobby Davro, amongst others, on the variety circuit. At the moment she plays with Yossi Yoffe and the band, Libra Rising, Mostly blue and does regular solo gigs around the north west as 'The Electric Landlady'.
Rick Lacey Drums
Rick Lacey is widely regarded as one of the North West's finest Blues drummers. Rick plays with The Roach Twins Band who play the National Blues Club Circuit and prestigious festivals in Europe. He has his own Chicago Blues project called Ov8 and also plays with Stone Park, a rock/blues originals band from Manchester. He is constantly in demand as a session drummer and is expert at stepping in for let down gigs. He started his drumming career by playing the old time strict tempo ballroom dance halls, progressing through a series of covers bands playing around the North Manchester circuit.
Rick's first break was when he gigged with Robert Lucas just before he joined Canned Heat. He has since played with some of his 70's hero's, has played in some top quality local bands and most recently toured with Joanna Connor, a fantastic guitarist from Chicago. Rick met Nick and Linda when the band played at a pub local to where he lives and was delighted to be asked to review the album for BluesMatters! Rick loved the material and when he was offered a place in the band he jumped at the chance.