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Virgil and The Accelerators
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Style: Blues rock
Influenced by: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton
Gear:Fender Stratocasters, Fender five-string Jazz Bass
Find out more:www.virgilandtheaccelerators.com
Virgil and The Accelerators are a British blues trio featuring guitarist Virgil McMahon, lead vocalist and bassist Tom Sansbury and drummer Gabriel McMahon. All three members of the band are in their teens, a fact not immediately obvious from their tight musicianship and Sansbury’s mature vocal delivery.
The band has yet to release an album but did put out their And So It Begins EP in 2008 loaded with three original songs (No Turning Back, What Am I To Do and Everybody) and three covers: BB King’s version of Everyday I Have The Blues, Lonnie Mack’s If You Have To Know and Couldn’t Stand The Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
You can see the band in action in this collection of live videos.
