User:Nigel Winn

Nigel Winn is notable as a musician (under the stage name of Mike Winn), hypnotherapist and is currently the Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge in his home town of Grimsby.

He was born in 1960 to Business partners, Frederick "Jimmy" and Lilian Winn. Born into a musical family (his mother was a piano accordionist and his sister an accomplished pianist) he found that he had the knack of being able to master how to play instruments very quickly. Indeed by 5 years old he already had his 1st drum kit and there is film in existence that shows him playing along to a Beatles LP.

At 11, he passed his 11+ and attended the Wintringham Grammar School in Grimsby, where his passion for both music and football developed. By this time he was a regular attendee at his beloved Grimsby Town football matches with his father Jimmy, and with the help and support of teacher Mr Payne had started his first band with school pals Steve Fisher, Ian Cawsey and Tim Smith This band continued under the name Astroline, with Nigel, Steve, and Ian through to leaving school with the help of, David Pendlebury, Paul Kelk and Philip "Pip" Smith on bass and lead guitars. Astroline peaked with a winning performance in the Battle Of The Bands competition at The Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes. They went on to support several acts at the inaugral Humberside Show that year, supporting Kenny Ball & his Jazz Men.

In 1976 Nigel left school and went to work as a junior at Garrards’, a high class mens outfitters, on which he later commented, that he was sure "Are You Being Served?", the long running BBC Sitcom, was based on. But it was only a matter of months before he was offered his first "Professional" drumming job, at a local holiday camp. He spent the next five years drumming and singing there throughout the season, and during the winter months, being resident drummer at the Pestle & Mortar Pub in Grimsby.

In 1980 he went to work for his father at their Grimsby shop, to oversee the introduction of a computer system and everything that that involved. But it was not long before his next musical opportunity was to appear. In 1981, as the Summer Season came to an end, he was asked by Ian Cawsey to join a new band that he was putting together with some other old School friends, called Brix. In August 2013 Nigel failed to pay Johnny Cash tribute band "Keep it Cash" their fee and did a runner. This was after charging punters a door fee and presumably pocketing that too.