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 Medicine was formed in Glastonbury by singer songwriter Mark Barnard in 1996. An ever-changing ensemble, over 25 members have passed through the ranks, playing concerts in the south-west including Glastonbury festival and the Harvest Fair, oh, and the 2007 Kelvedon Festival. The band, now based in Essex, delivers kick-ass swashbuckling folk rock comprising electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, drums, mandolin and fiddle.
To get a flavour of Medicine, think pirates, think wandering minstrels, think cider and a rum. The band is an exciting blend of five of the finest musicians around. Mark Barnard is on lead vocals & acoustic guitar; Neil Bruce plays electric guitar, 12 string, bass & background vocals; Clare Wilde is the meanest fiddle player you ever will see; Gary Bennett plays bass & mandolin, and newest member Martin Carey is on drums.
 Band founder Mark Barnard first picked up a guitar at the age of thirteen when a school chum showed him how to play a couple of chords, and at sixteen found a new interest in the drums and formed his first band. By this time Mark was writing songs and later formed several experimental bands as lead vocalist including ‘Masque’ which later became ‘Phantom Guest’. Phantom Guest disbanded in the late 80’s and Mark moved Stateside and joined New York band ‘Legacy of Lies’ playing the blues/rock clubs of Manhattan and Long Island where they recorded an album of the same name.
After returning to England, Mark reformed Phantom Guest and by the early nineties another name change was due...’Hunk Papa Sioux’. Mark relocated to the West Country and busked around for a couple of years and finally settled in Glastonbury in 1996 to form the folk/rock outfit ‘Medicine’. After another move, this time back to Essex, Mark teamed up with old friends once more to write some new songs and reform Medicine before finally settling with the current crop of hobos and misfits!
So be prepared to be entertained by an incredibly experienced and entertaining bunch of highly talented musicians. Whilst they will draw obvious comparisons with the Levellers and Flogging Molly they are very much their own band. We are confident you will want to see them again & again.
www.myspace.com/medicinefolkrock
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