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History
Small Engine Repair is an English folk/blues/alt-country collective brain-child of Phil Twigg (guitar, keys & vocals), Tom Harrington (bass & vocals) and Dan Lewis (drums & vocals) - who hail from the city of Hereford, UK (home of Mott the Hoople, cider and the large scale manufacture of chicken-based products…)
Small Engine Repair, formed from the remnants of burnt out touring bands, first came into being in 2009 when Phil called former band mate Dan and asked him lay some drums on some solo tracks he’d written during a self-imposed 18 month musical exile. Dan dutifully arrived at the studio, bringing with him his friend and drinking partner for many years, Tom Harrington, to play bass. 10 tracks were recorded straight to tape in a garden shed/studio on the outskirts of Leominster in just a single day and the band then tentatively began playing live and circulating choice cuts from this session. During these first shows Small Engine Repair came to the attention of Hilldrop Records, who cherry-picked the song ‘Serve Yourself’ for inclusion on their compilation album - We Can Be Friends’ (Hilldrop Records: 2009 -AAAAA – Artrocker Magazine).
