About
When ‘Smiley’s Friends’ was first conceived on the album ‘In High Places’, it was just an album title. The inclusion of music friends on the subsequent recordings meant that ‘Smiley’s Friends’ became an integral part of all five albums.
Based on the simplistic idea of ‘if you don’t ask you don’t get’, the albums are chock full of A-List musical genius. It has added a quality and artistic performance that shines through on each album.
Check out the who’s who on the list below of friends who said YES! (PS. Just for the record, not everyone said yes!)
Smiley's Friends
BRUCE FOXTON (THE JAM)
STEVE NORMAN (SPANDAU BALLET)
RICHARD ARCHER (HARD FI)
MIKE PETERS (THE ALARM)
MARTIN COOGAN (THE MOCK TURTLES)
IAN MCNABB (THE ICICLE WORKS)
CRAIG ADAMS (THE MISSION)
JAMES STEVENSON (THE ALARM)
JOHN JAMES NEWMAN (BETADRONE)
KERRY SCHULTZ (QTHEMUSIC)
DORIE JACKSON (CHRIS DIFFORD)
CHESNEY HAWKES
OWEN PAUL
LEA MULLEN (GEORGE MICHAEL)
DALE DAVIS (AMY WINEHOUSE)
MATT ROUND (JAMES MORRISON)
GARY NUTTALL (ROBBIE WILLIAMS)
JONATHAN NOYCE (DIVINE COMEDY) STEVE BROOKES (THE JAM)
GARY SHAIL (QUADROPHENIA)
JOLYON DIXON (AMY MACDONALD)
MARK TAYLOR (BELINDA CARLISLE)
DAVE PEN (ARCHIVE)
HOLLY MARTIN (ARCHIVE)
DAVID D’ANDRADE (ODYSEE)
SIMON SMALL (CHICANE)
ROBERT HART (MANFRED MANN)
ROBIN FOSTER
KAI STEPHENS (HARD FI)
BILLY REEVES (THE AUDIENCE)
DAVE WHITE (ED SHEERAN)
MICKEY HURCOMBE (ARCHIVE)
MATT HAY (THE WHO)
ALAN THOMPSON (BBC RADIO WALES)
AARON LIDDARD (AMY WINEHOUSE)
JOSH PHILLIPS (PROCOL HAREM)
JEFF WARD (NOEL REDDING)
WARREN RINGHAM (QTHEMUSIC)
ALLAN & NICK TIDBURY (THE PIRRIPS)
PAUL WILLIAMS
RUSSELL CARR
GRAEME TAYLOR
MIKE DOBIE
SAM BLUE
ACQUIRE
NIGEL BARKER
MARC HOCKLEY
JAMES HOBBS
DUNKEN FRANCIS
MARK ROBSON
ANDI STEWART DARLING
SI ELLEDGE
TREVOR DUTTON
MATT TAYLOR
SANDRA TAYLOR
MARK WARDEN
PHIL SPEIGHT
DAVE TREASURE
ED JAMES JORDAN
STUART LYNCH
KARL PARSONS
GRAHAM TURNER
LOLA BARNARD
