Surreal
and subversive Sleepy Ed Hicks is an itinerant banjo player
for the 21st century.
Drawing deeply from his knowledge of
songs and tradition he lovingly subverts the traditional
into the modern age or strips a contemporary pop song
back to imagined roots.
During a Sleepy Ed Hicks set the audience
is taken on a Banjo World Tour proving that "the
banjo is the most versatile instrument in existence".
Learn how Brian Wilson delivered the lost verses to the
Beach Boys Californian Girls to Ed in a dream, hear a
history of economics and Cider drinking in "The History
of Crabappitalism", visit the Far-East the near East
and the East-End and find out about the perils of drinking
way too much coffee and some strange uses for Sainsbury's
Economy Margarine then wind it all up with some hard and
fast appalachian dance music.
Sleepy Ed Hicks' Music has taken him
the length and breadth of the country, to inumerable festivals,
bars and parties, as well as overseas and on to FM radio
(see live section for details).
Ed is available for performances in
venues and festivals through out the country and for Banjo
Tuition and Session work in the areas of London and Bristol.
To contact Ed please click
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