Todd Sharpville
| Todd Sharpville | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
9 April 1970 London, England |
| Genres |
Blues Rock Pop |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano |
| Labels | Red Lightnin' Records Cathouse Records Revolver Records MiG Music |
| Website | toddsharpville |
| Notable instruments | |
| A variety of original 1950s and Gibson Guitar Corporation "custom shop" acoustics | |
Todd Sharpville (born 9 April 1970 as The Hon. Roland Augusto Jestyn Estanislao Philipps) is the younger son of the 3rd Viscount St Davids and younger brother of 4th Viscount St Davids. Sharpville is a British musician, singer-songwriter and lead guitarist, mainly in the blues field. It is claimed that he is "the world's first blue-blooded bluesman, being a titled member of one of the UK's oldest aristocratic families, descending from royal lineage". In 2010, the Conservative Party asked him to stand for election as a prospective parliamentary candidate, but he declined the offer.
Sharpville first came to public prominence with his 1994 debut blues album release, Touch of Your Love (Red Lightnin' Records – RLCD0095). The album achieved critical acclaim, winning "Best Album" in 1994 in the British Blues Connection awards (Britain's equivalent to the W.C. Handy Awards). At this time, Sharpville was putting together European backing bands for visiting American blues artists (such as Hubert Sumlin, Ike Turner, Chuck Berry and Byther Smith). He won the British Blues Connection "Best UK Guitarist" award in 1995 (beating fellow nominees Eric Clapton and Gary Moore according to the April 1995 edition of British Blues Connection's Blueprint magazine) and became a mainstay on the European blues circuit as a solo artist.
His second blues album, The Meaning of Life (CRCD0057), was released in 2001 on Cathouse Records and featured guests Leo Sayer, Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, Snowy White, Paul Lamb, Keith Dunn, and ex-Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. In support of this release, Sayer and Taylor toured extensively, as part of the Todd Sharpville Band. Sharpville can also be found on more than 35 compilation albums, and at least five Dana Gillespie releases. He additionally appeared on The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert (Citadel Records – recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in 1994), Albert Hammond's 2006 release Revolution of the Heart (Sharpville was Hammond's guitarist and musical director) and Leo Sayer's Voice in My Head (2005). Live performances include appearances with Robbie Williams, Van Morrison, Peter Green, George Michael, Taj Mahal, Albert Collins, Georgie Fame, Kim Wilson, Joe Louis Walker, Tommy Castro, Brian May, and the reformed version of The Yardbirds.
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