An unusual coincidence – we both trained as luthiers when we left school. Yes, both of us wanted to spend our time making guitars. Life, of course, always gets in the way somewhat and by the time our paths crossed we’d both retrained. I (Graham Vincent) had been designing furniture, then houses, got qualified and started running my own architectural practice. Dave (Mitchell) trained as a luthier, then retrained as a teacher.

Once music has a hold of you it doesn’t let go easily and Dave & I found ourselves playing together in a ceilidh band called Fiddlestix.

We realised we had very similar musical tastes and both wanted to spend a lot more time playing music, so we started a duo……….

More than a decade of performing has passed and we have three albums out and are generally pretty busy (that may be an understatement!), We’ve played all over England, we’ve played in the Netherlands, and have played our way to Norway and New York onboard the Queen Mary 2.

We’ve played three of the last four Glastonburys.

Knowing that we were both luthiers, you are asking “Do they play their own instruments?” YES! Dave plays a wonderful sounding nylon strung classical guitar with a cedar top which he made quite a few years ago – we’ve done so many gigs in the last few years that it’s starting to look a bit tatty – but luckily Dave’s made a spare for when the time comes to retire the old girl! I generally play a fairly recent violin of mine and occasionaly a violin my dad bought in Paris at the end of the 1960s. We’re both making more instruments should you be interested in buying one.

(photo below shows both of us playing instruments we’ve made.  Glastonbury Festival 2019)

Have a listen to the tracks on the music page and the video page. We hope you enjoy the music and maybe see you at a gig one day!

David J. Mitchell – Guitar

Graham Vincent – Fiddle, Guitar & Vocals

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