Name: Carl Sigward

Age:  42

Instrument:  Drums and Percussion

I started out with my drumming around the age of 7 or 8 hitting anything from pots and pans, biscuit tins with pencils etc. I think my parents must of realised i was going to be a drummer and bought me my first snare drum and splash cymbal. It wasn't long before i received my first drum kit for a Christmas present, a lovely vintage blue sparkle Premier kit, which i wish i still owned! I spent most of my teen years playing along to my favorite drummers in my bedroom at home, including influences such as Stewart Copeland, Gene Krupa, Phil Gould, Cozy Powell, Neil Peart and Steve White. I co founded my first cover band in 1990 with some local musicians playing many gigs up and down the country. During this time i collaberated with another group of musicians in the Surrey area thus forming a Blues Band fronted by Dennis Baker, a relation of the great drummer Ginger Baker,  plenty of gigs followed including a U.K University Tour and London Gigs including a support slot for Bad Manners. I joined the Matt Argyle Band in 2002 where i met Peter Lancaster, playing a mix of covers and original material. For the past few years i have been a member of  Quo-Caine a Status Quo tribute band playing gigs nation wide including a headlining performance at a Beer Festival in Germany in 2010. Playing such a varied mix of music with the quality of musicianship in TTJ, gives me the opportunity to play most of the styles that i have learned over the years. And is also great fun!