Brian Rawson Band

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Brian was the guitar player in Belfast band, The Tearjerkers (Good Vibrations/Phonogram) who toured with Thin Lizzy, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Doll by Doll and Rachel Sweet and recorded with several high-profile producers such as John Astley and Phil Chapman (Eric Clapton), Chris Hughes (Adam and The Ants, Tears for Fears, Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel) and Laurence Juber (Wings/Al Stewart).

Following the break-up of the Tearjerkers, he relocated to London where he played guitar with Jimmy Bain (Rainbow/Wild Horses/Dio) on demo’s for the band that would eventually become Rogue Male which Jimmy produced and can be heard playing bass on the track, "Rough, Tough and Pretty Too".

Brian relocated to the U.S. where he played guitar on American singer/songwriter Jon Lacabanne's album "Amen", The Groove Monsters debut album and Gary Stipe and Whiskey Hill’s E.P.

Upon returning to Ireland, he recorded all the guitars on Deidre Cunningham's album "Sunny Days" and returned to the U.S. to play a one-off gig in Nashville with "Handsome" Mick Rowe's band, "Nineteen88" before returning to the UK where he joined Brian Connolly in "Sweet" for a UK tour.

He co-wrote the track, "Do Right Man", that appears on the "Jock's Juke Joint - Volume II" CD and  formed the Brian Rawson Band, who have gigged constantly and performed in major blues festivals throughout the UK.

The band released their E.P. "Fall from grace" that was recorded with Stewart Robertson in Green Room Studios in Glasgow the first release of which was the track, "Your heart's not your own". 

Joe's background is in musical theatre and he just concluded a run in a production of Macbeth at the Edinburgh Fringe where he received rave reviews. He can be seen performing around Glasgow in the band, "Sinister Flynn" with whom he's recorded three albums and is going to be the featured vocalist on the forthcoming Brian Rawson Band recordings.

Doug has been playing bass for thirty-six years in a variety of bands ranging from rock and metal to ska and funk. Influenced from an early age by Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Kiss, T Rex, and The Ramones, he was inspired to take up the bass after seeing Steve Harris playing with Iron Maiden.

 For the last twenty-two years, he has been the bass player and main song writer for Scottish band, Sinister Flynn releasing three albums on their own label:

· The Revenge of Meat Hook Murphy (2012)

· Snake Oil (2017)

· Work, Consume, Die (2020)

 Pete ’s love of drums started after hearing Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on the album, "Made in Japan" and played his first gig covering (of course)  Deep Purple songs at age 16.   

He has played in a number of bands over the years incorporating funk, rock, folk, Ska, Indie and blues and has played with  folk outfit, Company Policy, Coldshot , Indie band The Trash Can Sinatras in their early period, and ska-rock outfit Sinister Flynn. 

He currently plays with the Brian Rawson band as well as with Indie Rock band, The Tino Band.  He plays a vintage (1970’s) Gretsch drum kit with Paiste Signature cymbals. 

The newest addition to the line-up, backing vocalists, Lisa-Jayne "L.J." Rattray and Natalie "Nat" Masterton, (The Gems) share a musical theatre background having performed together in theatres throughout the country in such productions as: Guys and Dolls, Chicago, Oliver and Grease to name but a few. Lisa's  TV credits include Yorkshire TV's "Exposed" and BBC's "Feel the force" under the direction of BAFTA winner Tristram Shapeero and on-screen with Michelle Gomez.  As a featured vocalist in a number of concerts, L.J. was a backing vocalist for Rod Stewart when he played Glasgow and  has also worked with Amy McDonald, When she's not singing with the band, L.J. is a vocal coach and director, having delivered musical theatre programmes for over eighteen years, and returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year with a new musical with Nat who is also a choir director and has a weekly podcast, Dead End Old!