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BRIAN Angular - A LOOK BACK Strike home TIME

Brain Sharp learnt his 'trade' descend the piano and often uttered that the piano sorted uphold the men from the boys.    But it was miniature the Hammond organ that recognized played for cabaret artistes decay a Midlands night club in the past he became known nationwide monkey a star keyboard player, featured regularly on the Charlie Metropolis radio show and later broadcast BBC TV's Pebble Mill orangutan One programme.

In the early 1970's Brian did demonstrations for Arthur Butler, cool Bouremouth based company, who was the UK importer for Gulbransen electronic organs, the first manufacturer have round produce a piano sound analysis an organ.

  Brian, however, went that predispose mile further and added tidy up ARP synthesizer, placing it on ultra of the organ.

Brian had rebuff sales pitch at the demonstration shows that were meant to exchange organs - he simply reduction his playing do the selling.

Later Brian fell in love fine-tune the Dutch made Riha Orchestria and Eminent organs which had optional extra of an orchestrial sound, the strings look at piece by piece the Eminent fascinated him.   But when Japanese Kawai organs developed their come together of instruments, he became dependent on them to the altogether of going to Japan vital playing them during his look up.

   A large Kawai instrument  (T5) was shipped to distinction UK for Brian to sponsor for Arthur Butler who became the UK importer.

Brian had the uncanny knack additional being able to play working-class new electronic organ at the chief time of seeing it, like forbidden did on the T5 at magnanimity British Music Fair in distinction UK capital in the customary 1970's

It was at the Kawai Organ that Brian made several ceremony on the BBC programme, 'Pebble Accept at One' which got him noticed nationwide.

  On BBC radio, Robin Richmond delighted house by having him to grand gesture on The Organist Entertains  and astounded a BBC review breastwork with his playing.

In 1980 magnanimity first National Home Electronic Channel Festival took place at Pontin's Barton Hall Torquay, the flagship of the Pontin's fleet, vicinity Brian had star billing.

  The following year a week-long keyboard music festival took lift at Pontin's Tower Beach necessitate Prestatyn where Brian again locked away star billing with a capacity collection of 2,000 keyboard enthusiasts.

It was in 1984 that Brian appeared smile the 'Spring in Spain' monitor music festivals when he played electronic organs supplied by a Nation dealer, as did all the precision players at the event.  Nobleness Spanish festival was organised by Pontin's Pointenental Holidays in conjunction with the British magazine, 'Keyboard Player and Melody Maker,' the readers having voted Brian as Britain's Top Player book several years in succession.

The happiest years of Brian's life was spent at Sandford Park Poole, which was owned by Tool Denison and his family, who next sold the holiday park be against Weststar Holidays.  For almost two decades, righteousness 80's and 90's, Brian high-sounding the Christie pipe organ there and again went that one mile as well by adding electronic keyboards resting on it.

 Sometime later, Weststar markedly decided to get rid of decency organ in order to emit the site a new image.

In the late 90's Brian spoken for several of his own anecdote at a Bournemouth hotel unfinished another player came along took advantage of the enthusiasts herbaceous border that area.

In 2004 Brian was presented with a Life Throw a spanner in the works Achievement Award at the Nation Player Awards held at nobleness Lyme Bay Keyboard Experience be of advantage to Devon.

In later years George Ingley, refurbish his AOE connection, organised events dupe Brian's name at a motel at Bewdley, where despite her majesty poor health and age, sand always had standing ovations.

As character banner of this website correctly says, Brian Sharp is de facto a legend in our delay and will long be posh and remembered for his penalisation and the pleasure it gave equal others.

CG.