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An ode to Teesside

A CONSULTANT who leads a double life as a folk musician has called on the region’s business community to help him in his mission to release a charity single to celebrate the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge.

Self-employed business consultant Adrian Beadnell has written a song to mark next year’s centenary celebration of Teesside’s most famous landmark.

His aim is to secure business sponsorship to fund the professional recording and production of a CD single which will be sold to raise money for St John’s Ambulance and Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice.

A rough version of the song has already been recorded, while a commercial sponsor will be sought to invest around £7,000 in the project in return for branding and advertising opportunities to make it a reality.

“I’ve written a song which is a simple tune that can be easily learnt by young and old alike, that I hope will appeal to large audience,” said Mr Beadnell who holds the honour of being Chris Rea’s first bass player.

“The overall scope of the song is to depict a person recounting their life on the river Tees, in relation to the bridge, and not a history lesson put to music.

“Key local musicians, linked with the heritage and history of this area, will be asked to initially record the song, each ‘name’ singing a verse.”

Mr Beadnell spent several years playing in professional folk group The Teesside Fettlers and has appeared on folk music programmes on national TV and radio.

Contact adrian.beadnell@ntlworld.com to get involved in the project.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .