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2006
Brian Preston Celebrates

The Big 60 Birthday.
40 years Performing Folk Music.
35 years as a Professional Musician.
A New CD and DVD.
A Retrospective CD ‘The Best Of’ his last Ten Albums.’
A New Duo with Multi Instrumentalist and
Vocalist Phil Wignall.

Over the past thirty years or so, Brian Preston has performed innumerable gigs at folk clubs, concerts, festivals and all manner of ‘live music’ venues in twenty-one countries.
He has made ten albums, eight cassettes and one single, made over fifty-guest appearances as a session musician and vocalist on other artiste’s albums and projects, as well as over one hundred appearances on Local, National and International Radio and Television.

14th October 2006 Brian reaches the big 60 and celebrates 40 years performing his beloved folk music, 35 of those as a professional musician.

To celebrate these milestones Brian will be touring the UK, Europe and Internationally both solo and as a duo with multi instrumentalist/vocalist – Phil Wignall

A retrospective CD – 'The Best Of' – his last ten albums, as well as a new CD and a ‘Live’ DVD will be released.

Brian still helps run and is a resident at Longridge Folk Club on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month with his friend of 40 years Ron Flanagan. Always encouraging the young guns to ‘come through’ and enjoys putting something back into the music he loves so much and that has been so rewarding to him.