About The Band
JimmyUnique was formed last summer, shortly after Sam Hughes returned to Tisbury.
He had been singing for over 20 years, and as a professional, living and singing abroad while performing virtually non-stop for six months at a time. Not only has he played with some of the South’s finest Rock Bands, he has had a long-running musical history with the Band’s current members, which made the creation of JimmyUnique a quick and painless task.
First to join was Oliver Turner on Drums.
Sam and Ollie had previously played together in another local rock band called The Big Easy.
Ollie is a natural and gifted player, devoting his life to his instrument, and he passes on his knowledge to others by teaching, full-time, many, many students, eager to learn the Drums from this maestro.
Next to join the fold was lead guitarist Justin Wakely.
Justin is a really accomplished guitarist, after learning his terrific skills from studying at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in London.
Sam Hughes then asked Nick Stone to play bass and it was incredibly lucky to find such a high calibre player, especially since good Rock bass players are nearly impossible to find.
The icing on the cake, to finally bring JimmyUnique together, came in the form of rhythm and lead guitarist, James Turner, Ollie's Brother. He is a well-endowed, solid player with an inborn sense of rhythm and timing.
All members have been friends since childhood, having been born and bred in Tisbury.
From day one, JimmyUnique’s aim was to become the South’s best Rock Band.
In fact, with so much talent at their fingertips, coupled with their endless enthusiasm and optimism, and backed up with twice weekly rehearsals, they could actually become one of the best bands in the Country.
JimmyUnique’s strength is in the ability to transform songs which were not originally rock ones, into ones which are, by adding a clever JU twist. It is like a magic formula that enables them to successfully Beef –Up tracks from such diverse artists as Elton John and Abba. This is what makes The JimmyUnique Sound so unique.
The JU website www.jimmyunique.co.uk is currently under construction, so keep a look out on this blog to find out when it is completed: the site will show you the Band’s progress, its coming gigs and other interesting updates, as well as allow you to download new songs which are currently being recorded.
Why JimmyUnique?
It is a tribute to Jimmy Hughes (Sam’s Father), who although is no longer with us in person, is so in spirit, when Sam sings.
“At the moment we are concentrating on recording original songs written by Sam and myself. We have recorded one song recently
and have a few more to do! The biggest burden we have had is recording good sounding drums, but a couple of weeks ago we
managed to mic up Oli’s drum kit and were surprised with how good it sounded tone-wise. With the nature of recording drums
and the area we used(Great Western rehearsal area)we had to record the drums on their own with no guitars as they would bleed into the drum mic,s but Oli did a fantastic job of laying down the drums from start to finish; leaving other band mates the chance to record their own instrument parts later.
Sam has been ill recently, so this has prevented us from recording a few more tracks.”
