FOLK music royalty Phil Beer is calling into Dorset to perform solo shows which celebrate his 44 years of performing.

He will perform his celebrated one man show at Royal Manor Theatre on Portland on Thursday March 9 at 7.30pm.

Phil is loved and respected worldwide as a singer, multi-instrumentalist and raconteur.

As a member of the sensational acoustic supergroup Show Of Hands, Phil has performed all over the world leaving sold out signs in his wake, including four concerts at The Royal Albert Hall.

Awards and plaudits from both the public and the music industry are too numerous to mention, but none was more deserved than the Honorary Doctorate of Music awarded to the band members by Plymouth University in 2015.

Phil’s ability to play just about any stringed instrument is legendary. As a solo performer his influences are numerous and varied.

As well as traditional English and Celtic music, he also draws heavily on Americana and the many contemporary songwriters whose work he admires.

Phil’s musical genius has led to him playing on album tracks for such luminaries as The Rolling Stones, Mike Oldfield and Steve Harley, not to mention hundreds of other recording artistes.

He has also been a member of some of the most noteworthy and influential folk music collaborations of his generation, including The Albion Band and, of course, Show Of Hands.

A Phil Beer solo concert brings together all the threads that have run through his varied musical career and weaves them together into one spectacular tapestry of music, song and even the occasional hilarious anecdote.

*Phil Beer Solo Show at the Royal Manor Theatre, Portland on March 9 at 7.30pm. Contact the box office for tickets or see royalmanortheatre.co.uk

There will also be shows in Oborne, north west Dorset and in Bournemouth.

See philbeer.co.uk for more information.

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