Biog
Sevenoaks...
...are Charlie Snooks (vocals), Mark Potts (guitar, bouzouki) and David Jordan (guitar, double bass, vocals).
At
the age of 9 it was suggested that the young and impressionable Charlie
Snooks could not sing, at the time she believed them and took up piano
instead.
At the age of 12 she decided to ignore what others thought and take up singing. With her parents happily paying for singing lessons and pushing when she got really lazy and forgot to practice, it wasn't long before singing took over her life. Soon she was entering festivals, performing in local musical productions and going off to University to study Music and Film.
It wasn't until 2005 that Charlie discovered folk music with its beautiful melodies and chance to be herself. Charlie Snooks enjoys singing and hopes everyone enjoys Sevenoaks as much as she does.
Mark Potts first picked up his Navy oppo's acoustic guitar in 1990
and has been playing, on and off, ever since. He discovered the much louder
Greek bouzouki in 2006 and hasn't picked his guitar up since - the bouzouki
is now his weapon of choice.
Let's be frank about this, Mark hasn't got the foggiest about English folk music. It is highly probable that Mark will go on to wreck much of his nation's cultural heritage prior to his inevitable imprisonment.
In addition to playing with Sevenoaks, the sound of Mark's bouzouki can usually be heard, free of charge but worth double, emanating from his one bedroom flat in Plymouth. He is currently on first name terms with the department of environmental health at Plymouth City Council. Never before have neighbours hated like this.
David
Jordan got into folk music in the late sixties and made a tentative
beginning with a floor spot in the Jolly Porter in Exeter in 1971. Later
he busked his way around Europe at a time when it was fashionable to do
that sort of thing.
Over the years he has played in various folk bands in clubs and festivals around the country, including, famously, the 100 Club in London.
He has also occasionally compered the Railway Folk Club in Portsmouth, in the absence of the regular MC Pete Watkinson, contributed to the quarterly magazine Folk on Tap and written the odd song or two.
David spotted the double bass in a second-hand guitar shop in Portsmouth and had to buy it.
Thanks to Graham Searle, Folk on the Moor, Devon, for permitting the use of the photos on this page.
Why are we called Sevenoaks? We're not trees, we're not from Kent and there are usually three or four of us. Charlie's surname is Snooks, which is a shortened version of Sevenoaks. Simple as that.