THE BEETROOT KINGS are a Mansfield based five piece folk/rock/pop band who formed in the may 2007. Gary Armstrong lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in THE BEETROOT KINGS states, "Its taken a lot of hard work to find the right musicians to build a band with as the stuff i write isnt exactly mainstream (at the minute!!!) I met Dan Booth 7 years ago, he was playing fiddle in warsop based band FEROCIOUS DOG, I was fronting ollerton based band MILE HIGH MOVER. Ever since we've met up regularly and jammed ideas and songs. He fits so well into what i write. Tomo is my cousin and taught me guitar when i was fifteen, wicked bassist. I originally planned to work as a solo artist but soon realised that because we all work so well together, i don't need the solo directing control thing. And as we are all reading from the same sheet, I scrapped the solo idea and THE BEETROOT KINGS were born this year in may. Shortly after the decision to form a band we all met Benny through friends locally, being so young his talent for all things in music made us feel sick with envy, so he was in straight away" THE CALLING E.P is the first studio release from THE BEETROOT KINGS, They are currently finishing off thier first album which will be self released in august. Keep an eye on the gig dates to see when THE BEETROOT KINGS will be playing THE CALLING e.p and songs from the new album IT IS I...LE' CLARE plus there extensive back catalogue at a venue near you. See you all at the gigs.... THE BEETROOT KINGS 2007
Genre(s):
Rock, Indie, Folk
Influences:
Everything Rock, Folkey and Indie from all generations! In other words too many to name!
Members:
Gary Armstrong - Vocals/Guitar/Songwriting
Dan Boothe - Fiddle
Graham Scott - Guitar
Ian Thompson - Bass
Ben Haynes - Drums
Website:
www.myspace.com/garyarmstrongmusic
Page Manager(s):
Gary Armstrong