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Meet the band...

(Band personnel may occasionally change according to circumstances)

 

Ray Beavis
(Saxophones & Backing Vocals)

Ray has recorded and performed worldwide with countless leading artistes including Shakin Stevens, Cliff Richard, Suzi Quatro, Gallagher and Lyle, The Temptations, The Boomtown Rats, The Clash, U2. . . . .the list goes on and on!
Ray is the brainchild behind the band, he was inspired to form Juju because of the mutual respect and friendships he has forged with the other band members. He gives his all to an audience of 50 people or thousands.

Visit Ray's web site at www.raybeavis.com

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Emma Cox
(Lead Vocals)

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Will Beavis
(Drums)

Will Beavis is a professional drummer and drum teacher living in Exeter, he has performed and recorded with many different bands and artistes covering a wide range of musical styles. He has not only performed and recorded in Britain but also in America, having toured the east-coast on a few occasions. As well as regularly teaching drums privately, he has also taught a BTEC course at the Academy of Music & Sound which lead to him performing at the biggest annual music show in Britain ‘Music Live’ held at the Birmingham NEC. Will is a well rounded musician who also plays bass and piano.

Visit Will's web site at www.willbeavis.com

Kris Barras
(Bass & Backing Vocals)

Kris has played several musical instruments since the age of 6, since then he has performed with a wide variety of acts as both a band leader and a session musician.
This has led to Kris recording in a large number of studios and performing on two U.S.A. tours, as well as playing throughout the U.K.
Kris has written several musical instructional products including books, CD Rom comment and DVD's. These items are currently sold worldwide.
Kris works as a music tutor teaching Guitar, bass and music theory privately and at The Academy of Music & Sound.

He's awesomely funky!

Clive Hooper
(Guitar)

Clive lives in Plymouth and has played guitar (left-handed, and upside down) for 35 years.
He started his musical career with various bands which include Legal Eagles, Luncheon Vultures and Quarry, who wrote all their own original material and gathered a large local following.
Clive has played in many well respected, popular bands over the years which have led to him performing extensively throughout the UK, Channel Islands and the Far East in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
He is entertaining, engaging and one of the grooviest guitarists in the business!

Matt Carter
(Keyboards)

Matt is the youngest member of the band, and at the age of just 16 has become a regular gigging musician around Devon, and further afield in the UK. He has been playing the piano since the age of 5, when he started learning to play classical, but by the age of 8 he showed an early interest in jazz. Since then he has gone on to play with some of the South-West's finest jazz musicians, as well as extending his repetoire to soul (with Juju), and also reggae. Matt has spent the past year gigging regularly with a young and energetic reggae band called Gobi, and has also played with various scratch bands for one off functions and events. Matt looks forward to a bright and successful career, doing what he loves most.

 

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