Phil initially played keyboards and sang backing vocals with local rock/pop bands back in the late 80's covering the North West club/pub circuits. He later moved to East Anglia and commenced a long association with the area's biggest big band: "The Jonathan Wyatt Big Band" performing standards and swing numbers of the big band era in theatres, hotels, social clubs and corporate functions. In addition to this Phil also sang with the "Pavilion Big Band", the eight piece "Chris Walls Band" and "Sky-liner" function bands covering a wide range of styles from the 40’s through to the present day. This allowed me some personal indulgences with other genres and enabled me to stretch my vocals crooning like Bublĕ, rocking like Elvis and jamming like James Brown! Phil now performs a stunning tribute to Frank Sinatra.
