Meet ... Graham Perryman (Keyboard Artistry and Tantrums)

Born in 1956, Graham grew up in West London, attended Isleworth Grammar School, took a ‘gap year’ washing pots and pans and retaking French & German A levels, prior to a music degree at Southampton. Being into music of all shapes and sizes, Graham’s ‘first’ instrument was the oboe, but few have ever seen evidence of this. Although he was a church organist for many years, he had never had an organ lesson in his life, and is much happier ‘busking’ on the piano as accompaniment for musical entertainers, or tuning and repairing pianos.

Graham began his rock career in the 1980’s Christian band ‘Crown Agent’, touring venues as diverse as prisons and Baptist Churches (is there a difference?). Later the band attempted to make the big time with a change of name to ‘Fear of Falling’, playing at pubs and clubs around West London. Fortunately Graham didn’t give up his day job, teaching music in Slough! He still dines off a concert at Feltham Remand Centre, where Crown Agent supported Cliff, and a Fear of Falling recording session in London when a chap called Bono and a couple of colleagues came along to advise and produce. As well as playing in DWC, Graham plays at being Team Rector for the Melbury Team of churches in Dorset. He has two much more grown-up and married sons, and a long-suffering wife who has become quite adept over the years at coiling up the odd power lead and playing ‘roadie/groupie’.

Stuff You Don't Need to Know About Graham....

Favourite food – anything with baked beans

Favourite all-time album – Moving Waves (Focus)

Second love - football, rooted in a family passion for Brentford Football Club (The Bees), so no stranger to humiliation

Lifetime desire - to get people singing praises to God even if they think they can’t sing (ask the various men’s choirs he has formed over the years)

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