ABOUT

Si's parents owned a pub in Dunfermline back when Karaoke was popular, and Si was the host on Friday and Saturday nights. His then girlfriend saw an advert in the Dunfermline Press from a rock covers band looking for a singer and encouraged him to get in touch, which he did reluctantly. It's one thing to sing in your own pub, but another in an actual band - but it was an amazing meeting, and The Screaming Meemies were formed that night. For the next few years, the Meemies played mostly across Fife and Edinburgh but quickly moved up and were soon playing regularly in PJ Molloy's and the usual hot spots. They supported Deacon Blue and The Sawdoctors at a couple of gigs and partied as if they were Mötley Crüe. Sadly, the guitarist got a job overseas and they lost the drummer to an honest woman, and the Meemies were no more. 

Si formed The Durangos with the Screaming Meemies guitarist and the two played for the best part of ten years in everything from pubs, clubs, caravan parks, garages, kitchens, weddings, corporate gigs, off the back of lorries - you name it, they played it. Si's love of singers such as Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), David Coverdale (Whitesnake), Steve Perry (Journey), Lou Gramm (Foreigner) and Ted Poley (Danger Danger) influenced his own singing, and Si tries always to bring a big stage concert feel to every gig he does, nomatter where it is. 

Si took a year or so's worth of a break from singing prior to his little girl being born, but found that he missed gigging. By then The Durangos wasn't an option, but Si found The Big Groove, an established rock covers outfit playing Glasgow venues and hit it off with the guys there as if they'd been together for years. Si still plays across Glasgow with TBG and they're a busy band. As if that wasn't enough, Si's also the front man in Crackerman, a classic rock band also in Glasgow. They don't play often, but when they do they take the roof off the place! 

Si answered one more ad...The Ultimate Rock Show was looking for a singer. Well, Si hadn't gigged in theatres and festivals before, but was up for the challenge. He loves the big stage and the intentions we have for the Show, and is ready and willing to give you a night you'll remember. Si is the biggest and loudest thing you'll see, and you'll definitely remember him and the show! 

Si loves anything from the Eighties, which he still thinks was only twenty years ago. Cowboy boots, motorcycles, Jack Daniel's and power ballads are pretty much the order of the day, as well as putting on silly voices and telling those jokes that everyone else is afraid to.