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Sneakin' Suspicion

Rhythm & Blues Band

Sneakin' Suspicion are a well established Rhythm & Blues band that play their own take on "The Blues" across Yorkshire.  They pay homage to such greats as Jimmy Reed, Peter Green, Freddy King, Canned Heat and many more. 

With a combined 120 years worth of live gigging experience between them Sneakin' can  guarantee an excellent evening of Blues/Rhythm & Blues.

John Shaw

Rhythm/Slide Guitar & Vocals

John is the Band leader and the main contact for all of the bookings. He is an accomplished musician whose speciality is playing the slide guitar; he's no slouch on the lead guitar either and will drop in the odd solo when he's given the nod. He can also be found playing Mandolin, Banjo, Bouzouki and anything else with strings on it; but as these are the Devil's instruments and we are a Rhythm and Blues band there is no space for them here!

Guitars
1952 Vintage Fender Hot Rod Telecaster
1981 Hamer USA Special with Seymour Duncan P90 pickups
1987 Yamaha SA800 fitted with USA Prosonic pickups
Gordon Smith G90 with twin coil tapped humbuckers for slide

Amp
DrZ Carmen Ghia 18 Watt Head with DrZ 1 x 12" cab
Mesa Boogie Maverick 2 x 12" combo. 30 Watt Pure Class A
 
Pedals
Boss L4 line switcher
Boss Tu2 Chromatic Tuner
Visual Sound Route 66 Overdrive & Compressor pedal
Xotic RC Booster
Xotic AC Booster
Boss TR2 Tremelo
Carl Martin Delayla XL Delay
Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2
 

Paul Winn

Vocals & Blues Harp

    Paul is simply obsessed with the "Blues Harp" and is still undecided whether or not this is a healthy obsession. He owns more Harps than he dare admit to and will ever play but like most musicians you can never have enough gear, just in case! Like all "serious" Harp players Paul has been striving (and still striving) to perfect his tone, he has also wasted large amounts of money over the years trying to achieve this. His current gigging rig is a Fender Bassman 1959 Re-Issue that has been modded for Harp and a vintage Shure PE54 Microphone - to date he is happy with this set up and the big FAT sound it gives him! (He'll also be delighted to talk to anyone after a gig if they want any information on Harps etc) Paul also sings a bit and will often drop insightful information on how his week has been to any audience that is prepared to listen.
 
Blues Harps

    Lee Oskar Major Diatonic (main gigging Harp)

    Hohner Marine Band Deluxe (excellent for acoustic work)

    Dannecker Blues Harp (Customised hand built Harmonica)

    Hohner Marine Band 14 hole (for the deep sound)

    Hohner Marine Band/Big River (cheaper pratice Harps)
 
Harp Microphones