Secret Green
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Secret Green is a British
rock
band, founded in 2007, by Francis Lickerish
, Hilary Palmer and Jon Beedle
. Recent additions to the band William Gilmour
and Matt Hodge complete the line-up. Additional musicians Paul Carr, Dave Brooks, Jamie Brooks
, Brian Mitchell and Mike Hicks are employed for live work.
Guitarist, lutenist and composer Francis Lickerish
is a founder member of cult band The Enid
. Along with Robert John Godfrey
and William Gilmour
, he was one of the main contributors to The Enid's sound. He has also appeared as a session musician
in several unexpected places, such as Kim Wilde
’s "Kids in America
", and on former Incredible String Band
member Malcolm LeMaistre’s solo album.
After a 20 year break from music, Lickerish began writing Secret Green’s To Wake the King album in 2006, which was released in May 2009.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band, founded in 2007, by Francis Lickerish
Francis Lickerish
John Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
, Hilary Palmer and Jon Beedle
Jon Beedle
Jon Beedle is a British guitarist and songwriter.Beedle is a freelance guitarist and songwriter, specialising in the rock, jazz, blues and jazz fusion genres...
. Recent additions to the band William Gilmour
William Gilmour
William Gilmour is a British musician and artist who was an early member and keyboardist of rock band The Enid, before leaving to form his own band: Craft. He is now a music teacher at Culloden Academy in Inverness. He is also a contributing composer and performer for Francis Lickerish's band...
and Matt Hodge complete the line-up. Additional musicians Paul Carr, Dave Brooks, Jamie Brooks
Jamie Brooks (pianist)
Jamie Brooks is an English pianist, keyboard player and composer/arranger.- Biography :Brooks was classically trained from the age of five, but developed an interest in rock, jazz, funk and pop in his teens and started playing in local bands...
, Brian Mitchell and Mike Hicks are employed for live work.
Guitarist, lutenist and composer Francis Lickerish
Francis Lickerish
John Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
is a founder member of cult band The Enid
The Enid
The Enid is a British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish. Another early member was William Gilmour, who subsequently founded his own band Craft and now plays keyboards in Lickerish's band Secret Green....
. Along with Robert John Godfrey
Robert John Godfrey
Robert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
and William Gilmour
William Gilmour
William Gilmour is a British musician and artist who was an early member and keyboardist of rock band The Enid, before leaving to form his own band: Craft. He is now a music teacher at Culloden Academy in Inverness. He is also a contributing composer and performer for Francis Lickerish's band...
, he was one of the main contributors to The Enid's sound. He has also appeared as a session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
in several unexpected places, such as Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
’s "Kids in America
Kids in America (song)
"Kids in America" is a New Wave song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the US in 1982. It has famously been covered by many artists from different genres.-Background:...
", and on former Incredible String Band
Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1966. The band built a considerable following, especially within British counterculture, before splitting up in 1974...
member Malcolm LeMaistre’s solo album.
After a 20 year break from music, Lickerish began writing Secret Green’s To Wake the King album in 2006, which was released in May 2009.