![]() ![]() After serving time back in the early seventies at Portsmouth Art College, music beckoned and in the next few years, he was a member of noted British bands Juice on the Loose and Red Beans & Rice. Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins was born in Abertridr, South Wales in February 1951. His ability to make the simplest musical statement into a sublime moment of entertainment still manages to baffle even his closest friends. Dial W for Watkins captures his finest solo recordings and plenty of collaborations with his mates, including Lowe on bass and harmony vocals. Despite a career that would make even the most road-weary rock veterans blush, Geraint is not content to rest on his laurels. His new solo collection, Dial W for Watkins, will be his stateside debut and will appear on his fellow band-mate Lowe’s label, Yep Roc Records. Geraint has played his R&B/jump style piano and Creole-flavored accordian with some of the great names in popular music, both live and as a session player for nearly 30 years. – Nick LoweĮveryone who has seen Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, or Mark Knopfler in recent years may not have known it, but they have enjoyed the musicianship of keyboard/accordian player Geraint Watkins. I would file him as the missing link between Paulo Conte and Howling Wolf. ![]() Being so individual his style is hard to define. ![]() Discerning music lovers have long known that Watkins is not only an artist and entertainer of the very top drawer but also, bafflingly, an all too well-kept secret. ![]()
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