The Others R&B

Formed from the 60s cult band working the Rhythm & Blues club circuit around Surrey at a time when The Stones and The Yardbirds started to penetrate pop consciousness, The Others in 2012 mark a return to the dark and dirty roots that came as such a shock to conventional sensibilities.

Paul Stewart, Peter Hammerton and Robert Tolchard front-line the band, backed by drummer Geoff Coxon. Touring a set of revisited 60s R&B classics built on the insistent driving heft that white bands first brought to black urban music, they see their challenge as taking the familiar and re-birthing it, in order to take themselves and their audience to a deep shared state of excitement.

The Others transform the old catalogue by extending chord-progressions, exploring fresh tempos and rhythmic patterns and by employing richer instrumentation.