International Guitar Duo Slide 'n' Pickit
Available for European and International Engagements
'Slide 'n' Pickit' are an outstanding International Guitar Duo with a difference, consisting of:
Dave 'Music Man' Ward and Chris 'Slide Guitar' Watkins
Dave 'Music Man' Ward
South African Dave Ward has, over the past 30 years performed all over the world and has supported Artistes such as Percy Sledge in South Africa and toured America with Alexbo. He has also played in Singapore, Australia and extensively throughout the UK. He has vast experience of entertaining in Hotels such as Holiday Inns, Southern Sun, Hyatt, Sun City Casino Lounges and many other prestigious establishments.
In 1998 Dave Ward relocated to England. A chance meeting with Chris Watkins at a show led to an immediate friendship. Dave was fascinated by Chris's exceptional slide guitar playing skills and Chris was intrigued by this colourful character from South Africa with a passion for music.
A short while later, International Guitar Duo 'Slide 'n' Pickit was born!
Chris, has a very keen sense of humour and is fascinated with Dave's South African ancestry. He never misses an opportunity to try and imitate Dave's accent and try to be 'South African' at shows with hilarious consequences. Although Dave and Chris do include a little gentle ad lib type humour in their act they do take their musical performance very seriously indeed.
The chemistry of the friendship, mutual respect and superb guitar playing skills as well as the humorous banter and passion for the performance is apparent during every Slide 'n' Pickit show.
Chris Watkins Slide - Guitar
Top English slide guitar player Chris Watkins musical skills come from a passion for playing slide guitar in both electric and acoustic settings extremely inventively and with great skill.
He has performed throughout the UK and USA developing his style playing in Blues Clubs and Roots Music venues most notably in John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Bar in San Francisco. Since beginning his slide guitar journey, Chris has played at many Blues festivals including Colne (UK) and Darlington (UK). He has played several times at the annual CAMRA real ale festival and has supported such well known professional folk players as The John Wright Band, Maurice Dixon and Kieron Halpin. He has performed at The Studio Hartlepool and The Ropery Sunderland. He has even been seen on the streets of Edinburgh (during the world famous Festival) busking! In 2001 Chris attended Blues week at Exeter University and met many slide players and other Blues artistes. He was delighted to receive their approval, which included that of Britains number one acoustic slide player Michael Messer and the European Blues Associations Michael Roach.
Since meeting Dave Ward, Chris has adapted his slide guitar playing to cover virtually any genre of music whether it originally includes slide guitar or not. He has invested heavily in instruments including National resonator guitars, Fender guitars, a Duesenberg lap steel and a Carter pro pedal steel (he also plays harmonica!).
All in all Chris is only truly happy doing what he loves most.........Playing Slide Guitar!
We can be completely self contained with our own State of the Art PA (Dave Ward is a qualified Sound Engineer) and lighting equipment and can negate the requirement for a disco by providing appropriate interval music. We have many satisfied clients and references are available on request. We can also offer unique solo acts as Dave Ward Music Man and Chris Watkins - Slide Guitar (details on request). Due to a busy schedule, it is advisable to contact Mr David Ward on 01325 389576 or 07840 106100 or e-mail slideguitarist@gmail.com as soon as possible for booking information.
Just tell us your exact requirements and will do our utmost to accommodate you.
I sincerely hope that we can do business, so please get back to us either way and give your candid feedback.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind Regards
Chris Watkins - Slide Guitar
(Slide 'n' Pickit)
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