Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist JohnScott Cree CONTACT: EMAIL & WEBSITE 36 years - from church halls and clubs to Hammersmith Odeon and back again.  Born: Farnham, Surrey at an early age, because he wanted to be near his mother

Early musical dabblings:

1956-65 - 'Mummy Daddy' drums with Dad; Woolworth's blue plastic mouth organ; piano lessons until aged 10; friend's guitar. Own guitar from Father Christmas at age 14. Played Mersey Beat, R&B, Rock 'n' Roll, Folk, primitive attempts at song writing; first solo gigs.

1967-8: Aldershot: JP Trio - guitar band playing quick steps, fox trots, bits of jazz, Rock 'n' Roll etc.

1969-72 : Dover: with Frank Horton Trio residency at The Railway Club, Crabble; with Bill Barnacle Quartet at The Louis Armstrong

1973: Crawley: New City Jazzmen

1973-77: Horley: resident Folk at the Chequers, writing comedy songs, touring Folk Clubs; Cambridge Folk Festival (twice)

1975: recording "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer"

1977-1979: Recording for Pye Records; touring.

1979-80: Resident, Half Moon, Putney

1990-date: Resident, Brambles, Horley

1990: with The Mid-Life Crisis Blues Band

1991-date: with Fair Trade 2,3/5

1995-date: with Phatt B's

1999-2000: Writing/recording/promoting "A superfluous man" (FLAMS CD 002)

Things they've said

Looks a dead cert ... whoever this loony is ... attacks with the vigour of Frankie Miller with a good bevy
John Shearlaw, Record Mirror

Amazingly good
Colin Irwin, Melody Maker

Is it a joke? It most certainly is
Bob Geldof, New Musical Express

The boffs are from the belly
Phil Sutcliff, Sounds

Brilliant
Paul Phillips, Radio & Record News

Not bad
Tim Rice

Laugh of the week ... hilarious
Anne Nightingale, Daily Express

Classic
Chris Tarrant

As rasping as a cheese grater on gravel ... like the forlorn wailing of a man on his way down a lift shaft
Richard Jennings, Crawley Observer

Clearly addictive
John Wishart, Record Mirror

At the microphone he looks like ... Sid James, wrestling with his guitar like it's a live thing and singing in an earthy, throaty voice that at times is even bigger than he is ... In its way, this was folk music before people started getting earnest and putting fingers in their ears. His subject matter is not the usual songwriter's fare ... some showman .... rather exciting
Jim Pollard, Link