Wheeler Street (the Band)manage to combine all the excitement and enthusiasm of youth with terrific musicianship, great vocals and imaginative arrangements of both original and traditional songs and tunes. The 7 members are all still in their teens and came together to form the band in March 2007. They had all played music from an early age and had all been in various bands with Toby over the years. In fact the recording of Pete and Toby singing and playing Let It Be in Toby's dining room at the age of 9 still exists. Although all the members of the band now live in the Maidstone area they bring to the sound influences from all around the UK and further afield. Ben comes from Newcastle and is of Irish parentage, Toby and Jon both have Scottish as well as English blood and Sophy was born in Australia and is also half Scottish. The band works so well because each and every member is fiercely passionate about the music they play and are commited to playing and singing with integrity and with utter respect to the tradition, but they also LOVE a good time and they are one of the most entertaining and fun bands that are currently on the folk scene. Influences au, Spiers and Boden, Bellowhead, Martin Carthy,Eliza Carthy, The Watersons, Bob Fox, Rory Mcleod, The Copper Family, John Tams, The Mars Volta, Coope Boyes and Simpson, Kadril, Lonnie Donegan, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Radiohead, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Nic Jones, George Formby, Everyone at the Greyhound Folk Nights. All our parents, grandparents and anyone else that we have heard sing and play great music.
