Dave Ingledew

Dave was the founder of the band back in 1976. He has been trying to play the melodeon since then, one day we hope he will manage it !. Most of the bands repertoire comes from Dave's efforts at music reading, which probably explains why so many people come to the stage and ask what the tune was that we just played. He does however intentionally compose the odd tune. "The Wednesday Night Polka" is probably the best known (It's recorded on the CD "The South Wind") and was composed as the signature tune for BBC Radio Solent's folk program, Deep South Folk. Lately he's managed a couple of nice Waltzes which appear on the CD "Straight From The Fingers".

In real life Dave is a computer programmer and his other hobbies include flying gliders .