Fri 05 September 2025 - Ray Hatfield

Free admission. Non-members welcome.

Ray joined Showaddywaddy in 2017, but picked up his first guitar way back in 1971 at the age of 11 when his elder brother brought a cheap Woolworths guitar home from school. After sharing the guitar for a couple of months and copying the likes of Slade and T-Rex (the first record he purchased being “Get It On”), Ray then swapped half of his record collection for a Fender Strat copy and began to try and emulate the likes of Paul Kossoff, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mark Knopfler and Rory Gallagher, all of whom would remain key influences for decades to come.

In 2005 Ray joined Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash enjoying 10 years of twin guitar magic - originally with Keith Buck and later Danny Willson (who joined from SWW). Rob Hewins (SWW) completed the original line up on drums and backing vocals. Strong friendships were forged during this time as the band toured all around the world, including a 5,000 crowd at High Voltage Festival in 2010, the biggest crowd played to, to date.