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NO DIDDLEY Frank Peel plays blues in Scotland on his homemade diddley bow, a stringed instrument made from an old fence post, some metal bolts off a gate, a cookie tin, and some bits off a broken guitar.
Gill (Apps), Frank Peel and daughters Anna and Sarah lived in Hunters Creek for 15 years, but a few years ago they moved back to their native England, although they both work for UT Austin. Frank caught up with old band members from 40 years ago before his career as a geologist took off. His multiple talents are put to use with the Ken Wood and the Mixers band, on the keyboard, guitar and diddley bow, for sold-out audiences that love their mixture of stories and American blues and soul music of Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin. Anna studied the effects of forest loss on bird populations for six months in the jungles of Borneo, and Sarah is studying archaeology at University College London. The appeal? They all beat to a different drum. Ta da!
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