BEDROCK 
 Created: Cognac, France. September 2007 
 
Andy Porter (Lead vocals and rhythm guitar, van chauffeur!)
Bob Todd (Lead guitar and vocals)
John Culligan (Bass guitar, vocals and sound engineer)
Jean-Lou Bargain (Drums, assorted percussion instruments and vocals)
Steve Coley (Keyboards, vocals and recording engineer)
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ANDY PORTER (aka White-Finger) - Lead vocals and rhythm guitar.

Andy is married to Jen and they live just North of Cognac from where Andy runs his building company. 

Microphone: Shure SM58  
Guitars: Indie semi-hollow with GR8 humbucker pick-ups, a Gould semi-hollow with humbuckers and an Hohner solid-body with zebra humbuckers. 
Main amplifier: 1970's H//H 100 watt transitor amp (type used by Marc Bolan of T.Rex)  
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BOB TODD (Bluesman) - Lead guitar, vocals & backing vocals



Bob has lived just outside Cognac since February 2003 with his wife Jane. They run four self-catering holiday gites.

Guitars: 1991 USA Fender Stratocaster and 2005 Ibanez AS83 semi-hollow. 
Main amplifier: Mesa Boogie Express 5:50 valve amp.

Culli has lived with his wife, Susie, and 2 huge retrievers in a small hamlet  between Cognac and Saintes since 2005. He is an Architect by profession.

Main guitar: Epiphone EBO short-scale bass heavily modified and personalised by Bix Guitars. 
Main Amplifier: 1980's 250 watt H//H Bassmachine amp.
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JEAN-LOUIS BARGAIN (Jean-Lou or JL) - Drums and vocal



Jean-Lou lives in Jarnac with his wife Sylvie. They spent their first 25 years in Paris before moving to Britanny and finally to the Charente in 2009 where they run a small marketing business. Jean-Lou has been a drummer for over forty years playing virtually every conceivable style of music along the way (Pop-rock, Jazz, Blues, Jazz-rock and even Trip-hop).

Main acoustic drum kit: Pearl Session Custom SRX vintage sunburst, including 22 x 18 bass drum, 14 x 11 hanging tom, 12 x 10 hanging tom, 10 x  9 hanging tom, 5 x 14 snare, and a "small" set of Zildjian "K" series cymbals.
Main electronic drum kit:  Black Roland TD20, with a snare, 4 toms and 3 cymbals.
Extras: Bongos, congas, derbouka, djembe, roland handsonic, korg wavedrum and other percussion instruments.
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STEVE COLEY - Keyboards, vocals and recording engineer

Steve lives near Brizambourg in Charente-Maritime with Moira his wife and labrador, Ollie.
He has a recording studio set up in his house.



Keyboards: Kurzweil PC88 with VGM expansion board, Viscount DB3 Hammond 'clone' through Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere Leslie simulator.
Amplifier:  Barbetta Sona 41 combo (imported from USA)
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