Introduction

In the mid 1980’s, Tony, Owen and Tim were part of a successful rock outfit called Phantom. They toured all over the country playing original material, with great success for 5 years.

When Phantom split up, they all went their separate ways to pursue different musical paths.

These included club and pop, punk, soul, R&B and even country!

In late 2004 they met up again in a rehearsal room for a nostalgic jam session. It was soon clear to see that the years apart had not affected their musical understanding. They had enjoyed playing the old songs so much that they decided to put together a short set, as much for fun as anything else. Friends had told them to go out and play it to an audience and that it was a shame that no bands were going out and playing real rock classics with any real drive or attitude, and so 51 stone was born. They rehearsed over the next 12 months, wading through lots of material (good and bad), until they were offered a support gig with their friends Dizzy Lizzy, the Thin Lizzy tribute band. The feedback from the audience was excellent so they have continued to mould a set around classic rock from the sixties through to the present day and are now ready.

51 Stone have a full PA and mixing system, and usually use lighting to create the full show.

So if you are interested in booking us then send us a mail with your number and we'll give you a call, details on the 'Contact us' page

Oh, and the name 51 Stone is not our combined weight! It was Tony’s idea and it just sounded good at the time….

Tim Haddon – Lead Guitar/ Keyboard/Vocal. Previously with rock band Phantom, New Horizon, and Big River Country Band. Still appears with Dizzy Lizzy and New Horizon. I've been playing guitar for around 30 years (you'd think I'd be able to play properly by now wouldn't you!), I first started to learn songs from the Thin Lizzy albums 'Johnny the Fox'and then 'Live and Dangerous'. The first solo I nailed down was the Scott Gorham solo in 'Fools gold' it took me months to get it up to speed and its still one of my favourites. Back in the 80's I played with various incarnations of a rock band called Phantom, this is where I first met Tony. Owen (or 'Roger' as I know him), I've been mates with since we were kids. Eventually after local success with Phantom, we were picked up by a studio based in Stourport on Severn. They recorded us, gave us a frontman,'Baz', (who used to do a fire eating act during our finale!), and setup gigs doing supports with people like Eric Bell (ex Thin Lizzy) and Trapeze, before we started touring in our own right. We played all over the country, in all types of venues, but I guess the biggest one was the Civic hall in Wolverhampton. Check out the player for a couple of original Phantom songs In my spare time I had also been playing in a club band called 'New Horizon', doing everything from Bill Haley and the comets right through to Queen. After Phantom split up New Horizon became my main band we played in most of the clubs in the Midlands area and won 5 awards for best band. Eventually after various personnel changes we decided that we wanted to try something different, so we thought of trying modern Country and Western!. For me this was a totally different way of playing guitar and I learnt a lot from that time. After that I played with all sorts of different musical styles and learnt all sorts of bits and pieces. About 4 years ago I met up again with Owen and Tony and we started playing old rock covers occasionally for fun. We enjoyed it so much we made it a regular thing. And so 51 Stone was born.. My main Influences are Rush, Thin Lizzy, Be Bop Deluxe, Pat Travers, Van Halen.
	Gear Guitars Custom Red stratocaster with a Seymore Duncan humbucker, also fitted with a Roland GK2 midi pickup. Peavey Wolfgang. FX Boss GT6/GT10, Jim Dunlop cry baby wah. Boss RC2 looper pedal, digitech vocal harmonizer Synths Roland keyboard and Roland GR33 guitar synth Amplification Guitar:- Marshall 100W combo plugged into a Marshall 2 X12 cabinet Synth:- Pacific 300W PA amp plugged into a 1X12 and Horn
Tony ‘ Dicky’ Dickenson – Drums, and Hungarian nose flute. Influences:- Neil Peart (Rush), Buddy Rich, Stewart Copeland, Simon Phillips Laurel and Hardy and The Marx brothers.	Gear DW
Owen Davidson – Bass Guitar/ Lead vocals. Previously with rock band Phantom, Avalon, and various other acts.
	Gear Guitar: Ibanez 900 series Effects: Roland V-Bass Amplification Peavey

In the mid 1980’s, Tony, Owen and Tim were part of a successful rock outfit called Phantom. They toured all over the country playing original material, with great success for 5 years. When Phantom split up, they all went their separate ways to pursue different musical paths. These included club and pop, punk, soul, R&B and even country! In late 2004 they met up again in a rehearsal room for a nostalgic jam session. It was soon clear to see that the years apart had not affected their musical understanding. They had enjoyed playing the old songs so much that they decided to put together a short set, as much for fun as anything else. Friends had told them to go out and play it to an audience and that it was a shame that no bands were going out and playing real rock classics with any real drive or attitude, and so 51 stone was born. They rehearsed over the next 12 months, wading through lots of material (good and bad), until they were offered a support gig with their friends Dizzy Lizzy, the Thin Lizzy tribute band. The feedback from the audience was excellent so they have continued to mould a set around classic rock from the sixties through to the present day and are now ready. 51 Stone have a full PA and mixing system, and usually use lighting to create the full show. So if you are interested in booking us then send us a mail with your number and we'll give you a call, details on the 'Contact us' page Oh, and the name 51 Stone is not our combined weight! It was Tony’s idea and it just sounded good at the time….	Click the logo to visit the player where you'll find a couple of original Phantom songs

Tim	Owen	Tony