Shilos Land

Over the years Tony Eve has experimented with and learned to play various musical instruments including bass guitar, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, alto saxophone, clarinet and not forgetting drums, of course, which he learnt to play when he was about 12 and was gigging at the local Hazlett theatre in Maidstone in a variety show.
Experienced as a songwriter, arranger and programmer, Tony has varied programming skills working with music software applications (DAWs) such as Cubase, ProTools, Sound Forge, Sony Acid Pro and Propeller Head's Reason to name but a few.

His favourite bands and influences range from; Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Chic, Average White Band, Shalamar, Earth Wind and Fire, the Whispers, Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band, Cool Million, Empire of the Sun, Daft Punk and Bruno Mars......the list is endless!
 
Tony commented;
"I was born in November 1963, in Kenton, Middlesex.

My father was an electric guitarist from the 60's and he performed with the likes of Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Shane Fenton and the Drifters (who were the Shadows.......before Hank Marvin joined them).

From an early age, I was taught classical piano and received lessons on a weekly basis, right up until the age of 11, when I was introduced to the Hammond organ by my uncle ....... the first song I learnt, was swinging Safari, which was a swing jazz piece....and that soon got me on the road to becoming a keyboard player.

I went on to form various school bands and at the same time learnt to play electric guitar......taught by my dad.

My style soon adapted to cover hard rock, country and blues with band influences from the Beatles, the Eagles, Deep Purple through to Black Sabbath and I played in a young band called Ultraviolet, alongside my childhood best mate Phil Sorrell, his younger brother Steve and my big kid sister Dawn, whereby we went on to perform at various gigs for the likes of the local Tennis club and Rotary clubs etc.

Then the age of 15, whilst working in a family music shop in Maidstone in Kent, I was approached by a local band, who were looking for a keyboard player, the band was called Motorway and they went on to be one of the most popular working club bands in the Southeast.

I played with Motorway for a two and half year period, playing pop chart type music from the Eagles to Hot Chocolate, which stretched to over 120 gigs, before leaving the band in 1980.

Having got married at 23, I had a break from music for a few years, before re-kindling my interest in keyboards and started song writing about 15 years ago, working alongside my best friend (brother from another mother) Pep Serrano and other musicians. In summer 2011, I started to write new music alongside my other close friend Paul Copestake and also with my son Callum. Together we formed Shilos Land, and have not looked back ever since."