User:Dave Batey

Dave Batey was born in Carlisle, 1939. He was a great talented musician, and could play most instruments. He was most famously known in Carlisle for playing the guitar in his Rock n' Roll Band when he was 15 and 16. He joined the army and was selected to go to Kneller Hall - Royal Military School of Music. He formed a Jazz Trio and played the organ and piano. He formed, arranged, composed and conducted his own big band in the style of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He played at many clubs in Carlisle and Whitehaven, and forming bands on the way. He suffered from throat cancer and died in Spring 2002.