Biography e james shepherd cornet

James Shepherd a legend:
Chris Helme takes time out to take a closer look at one of the banding movement's greatest ever players.

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If you started your 'banding' during the late 50's and 's like me you were brought up on a rich diet of brilliant brass musicians such as Derek Garside, Jim Shepherd, Geoff Whitham, Brian Evans, Lyndon Baglin, Gordon Higginbottom and Maurice Murphy but to name a few.

These are the names that my own generation often tried in vain to emulate, these players have been synonymous with not only being a class act but as ambassadors, true professionals and gentlemen.

So what happens when the vinyl records have all gone even from the charity and second hand shops and even the car boot sales.

What happens when their CD's have been reduced to the deletion list, let alone the now rare and almost unplayable and disappearing 78's? Where is the history about these long forgotten bands, more importantly though the performers we now all acknowledge as simply truly