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Glassfoot

The members of Glassfoot

Nick Shepherd - Guitar and Vocals

Shepherd has played the guitar since the age of 13, learning on an old acoustic instrument given to him by his father. He then bought himself an electric guitar and began to learn a lot of classic rock. Fascinated by the instrument, he felt compelled to learn a massive range of styles. It wasn't until a few years later that he discovered the blues. Having performed with a variety of different bands in and around the Midlands, Nick was driven to forge a career as a musician. As for his vocals, he began singing at the age of 16, and along with Brayden Kane sang in the Lancaster community choir every Thursday. Nick is a bluesman.

Rick Dillinger - Bass

Rick began playing music at the age of 14, learning the bass guitar and to this day has had no professional lessons. Dillinger learned covers and tried different styles for the simple enjoyment of making music. A man of few words, he has also performed with his fair share of bands throughout Leicester. Rick is a bluesman.

Brayden Kane - Drums and Backing Vocals

Brayden began properly playing music at the age of 10, learning the clarinet and playing for around four years while also taking up the guitar. He had only learnt the guitar through self teaching, but from then on received professional tuition for the next three years, while also teaching himself the drums. Although Kane was originally very metal influenced, he has broken out into such a variety of musical influences ... from classical to drum and bass. Brayden is a bluesman.

About Glassfoot

This is a story of three young men looking to rock the foundations with soulful modern blues. Glassfoot are a blues trio who currently all live and work in Leicester. All three of the Foot's toes, many moons ago, formed the band Wicked-Messengers who went on to perform in and around the city for nearly two years, recording an eleven track album in that time and appearing at festivals in the Midlands, before (unfortunately) it was decided that the band no longer suited the needs of its members and so disbanded in late 2010.

Rick Dillinger and Brayden Kane decided to stick with Shepherd and formed the trio Glassfoot. They each have extensive musical backgrounds and histories that helped to mould the band into what it is today, with an amazing on stage chemistry that flows fluidly from the performers themselves to anyone and everyone who hears them.

Driven by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, The Black keys, Muddy Waters, Shinedown, the trio are extremely insistent on bringing this old school approach to music to the masses.

The music itself is atmospheric, passionate and soulful blues combined with a contemporary funk-rock edge. Glassfoot have set out to establish themselves as a band (and performance) that introduces people to new music with an old heart.

Obviously their main aim is the record deal, tour, concerts, etc. and although the band have only been going for less than a year they are already playing the Glastonbudget Festival among others and currently auditioning for the Summer Sundae Festival.

The band are not mainstream and do not play indie, therefore they understand that catching a break from the competitive music industry of today is going to be especially tough, but they are all willing to give Glassfoot them time it needs.

Glassfoot live

Trevor Locke writes:

I have seen this splendid Leicester trio play several times, at different venues, and they have never failed to impress. Their funky, bluesey songs are always delightfully listenable. Nick Shepherd's fine vocals attracts the attention of the audience, including those who had turned up to see other bands. Always the mark of a good band, they can capture people, who have not seen them before, by the quality of their work.

Their impressive guitar solos, the rhythms that never falter, Brayden's singing while he is playing the drums, their stylish appearance on stage ... all these tick my boxes. Their style, their well-played, cool songs invariably go down well with audiences. I think this band has a strong future and is doing good things to inject interest into blues rock, an unusual genre in the halls of Leicester but one in which a small number of quality bands excel and Glassfoot is certainly one of them.

The trio are currently independently recording an E.P. Entitled 'The Rubber Sole EP, details will be available soon from the band's web site.

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