Gerry Richardson Lockdown Session...

March 24, 2021

Sting's old friend and former bandmate Gerry Richardson and his collective of musicians The Big Idea recently put together a Lockdown Session and you can watch Turnaround Shuffle over on YouTube. The Big Idea has evolved from Gerry's popular trio featuring Gerry on Hammond, Garry Linsley on Sax & Paul Smith on Drums. The trio formed the heart of 'The Big Idea' and to it Gerry has added a set of great musicians each selected to help realise his vision and to bring their individual flavours to the music.

 

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