Dave Sharp (The Alarm) and The Roots Band featuring The Two Bob Band

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ACOUSTIC / FOLK ROCK/ AMERICANA

Dave Sharp, lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band, The Alarm, hails from Manchester, birthplace of such disparate bands as The Hollies, Oasis, 10cc, The Stone Roses, and Joy Division. Sharp picked up the guitar in his early teens and from the onset was influenced by the Woodstock-era rock bands of the late 60s/early 70s.

The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a Mod band and stayed together for over ten years. Unusually for a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular alternative rock band of the 1980's.

"Without doubt, The Alarm sit up there with the cream of Welsh bands"
MOJO MAGAZINE

"Dave Sharp is a musician who knows his stuff..." - UNCUT 7/10