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TONY WATKINS - BIOGRAPHY Tony Watkins (Singer/Songwriter) hails from Co.Tyrone, N.Ireland and spent most of his youth in the town of Dungannon and farmlands of Carrickmore. He has lived in a number of different locations since leaving Ireland at the age of 18yrs. These include Stirling in Scotland, Kansas in the USA, London and Moscow. He began writing poetry at an early age but developed this into songwriting after learning to play the guitar shortly after leaving university. He recorded his first album "Life Goes On following the death of a close friend - Christina – who died from cancer at the age of 27. |
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…Shortly after his arrival he established a rock n roll band ‘Smokebreakers’ (www.smokebreakers.com) completed 5 more albums, several video-clips, Russian tours, several corporate music projects and a musical. He has also been heavily involved in writing creative for several TV Commercials for top International fmcg brands. From 2000 – 2005 Tony and his group were actively touring Russia – and other parts of CIS and Europe – including Germany and Denmark. The group always play ‘live’ and their style has evolved over time with covers of hits from over 50 years of rock n roll and original songs combined with humour and interaction with audiences – who can often be invited on stage to perform with the group – singing, dancing or playing. |
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The album was arranged and recorded in Moscow under the stewardship of Natan Morgunov – but was mastered in Munich’s MSM Studios in Germany. Igor Narkhov – lead guitarist with the Smokebreakers also features heavily on the album. A sequel to the first book with similar music concept is already in process and should be completed in 2010. In the summer of 2009 Tony – for the first time – took his band and show program for a tour in Ireland – at the same time promoting the Loves Roads project. The main program for the tour was the show ’50 Years of Rock n Roll’ - the story of Rock music through video, spoken word and, of course, the music itself. A lot of people have helped to bring Loves Roads to life in the past few years and I would particularly like to thank the following : |