BOB MARSHALL
Bob began playing guitar with local groups where unfortunately, his nightly activities conflicted with his day job as a progress chaser for rings in a metalworks where he was eventually chased and sacked!

At 19 he went to Italy where he stayed for 21/2 years with an English band but returned in 1968 disillusioned.

Being unhappy with the current music scene here too, he settled for a year with the resident band at Sunderland's Top Rank. But, the old wanderlust got the best of him -this time it was an 18 month stint in Sweden.

On his return in 1971, Bob, curious as to who was the best band, was told John Miles, whom he already knew from earlier days. Bob joined the John Miles Set where he changed to bass guitar.

For the next couple of years, they followed the disco and club rounds before the all important move to London. This was when John and Bob both seriously started writing and Bob has collaborated with John as lyricist on all the Band's songs except for "Music" and "Lady Of My Life".
BARRY BLACK
It's not surprising that Barry became interested in playing drums as his father was a dance band drummer. At the age of 13 while still at school in Newcastle, where he was born, Barry started 6 years of serious lessons. Firstly with his father and various tutors and began playing with local groups in the evening. Then on leaving school his first job was in a music shop selling drums!

When he reached 17, he took the decision to become a professional musician. He covered the cabaret circuit backing such artists as Harry Secombe and Eartha Kitt.

In 1973, he set off with a band to Tunisia playing for tourists and local Arabs in the discos and clubs of Tunis and Djerba which only lasted for 6 months. It was the day after his return to this country that he had a phone call from John to join his band, The John Miles Set. Barry toured with the band for six months, which included trips to Iceland. Then, on its disbandment, he joined Beckett which Barry describes as a "minor failure"

It was in 1974 when John asked Barry to join his new John Miles Band where Barry has been featured on each of the John Miles Decca albums.

Barry also has an album out in April playing drums for Splinter, a group who were the original signing to George Harrison's Dark Horse Label.
BRIAN CHATTON
Thirty-year-old keyboard player, began classical piano training at the early age of 5 which lasted for 9 years until he was subtly corrupted by the sound of The Beatles. This coaxed him to forsake the rigours of tradition and also his father's dream of him becoming a concert pianist, and led him to form his own band The Jets. He was earning a good living and he was also a local milkman by day in Bolton, where he was born!

Then, he was spotted by a Warrior! Jon Anderson, leader of The Warriors, invited Brian to join the band. The Warriors were bigger game altogether.

After two years as a Warrior, Brian moved to London where he became part of a scratch band formed to back John Walker of The Walker Brothers' fame. The band then became Flaming Youth and made a great impact on the London club scene, even recording an album.

A spell as organist for Eclection followed and then Brian met Lee Jackson, of the legendary Nice, and joined his new group, Jackson Heights, as pianist.

After trying, without success, to form a band of his own, Brian joined Snafu and enjoyed a year in what was undoubtedly Britain's best new rock group. Brian then began a prolonged period of session work with such great names as Ginger Baker, Keith Emerson Andy McKay, Eric Burdon, Phil Collins and Steve Holly.

It was during this time that Brian discovered his own unique singing voice, when he began writing material for himself, which he will soon put to good use.

Prior to joining the John Miles Band 18 months ago, Brian was retained to play piano in the very successful TV series "Rock Follies"

Apart frorn being a valuable member of the John Miles Band, Brian has a recording deal in the pipeline for a solo album of his own compositions and is busy working on film scores.