TONY - Vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
'The Songwriter Dude'
Tony is a singer,songwriter, guitarist and frontman of the band 'Tony Carling & The Usual Suspects' which he formed in 2018. In a lengthy music career bith as a solo artist and band frontman, he has performed live across England, Europe and the United States recording two albums in Nashville as well as three additional studio albums including the latest record 'Love Junkie'.. Tony is currently working on new original songs with the rest of 'The Usual Suspects' . Some of these songs are currently being 'road tested' .Plans for the next few months include lengthy recording sessions with a view to releasing a new album , as yet untitled , in mid summer 2020.
Tony est chanteur, auteur-compositeur, guitariste et chef du groupe 'Tony Carling & The Usual Suspects' qu’il a formé en 2018. Dans une longue carrière musicale en tant qu’artiste solo et chef de groupe, il a joué en direct à travers l’Angleterre, L’Europe et les États-Unis enregistrant deux albums à Nashville ainsi que trois albums studio supplémentaires dont le dernier disque 'Love Junkie'. Tony travaille actuellement sur de nouvelles chansons originales avec le reste de 'The Usual Suspects' en vue de sortir un nouvel album studio prévu pour la fin de l’automne de cette année
DANIEL - Drums/ backing vocals
"The beat keeper"
"Dan loves the Brittany life style which has kept him busy in various music projects in recent years. A very experienced drummer now based near Rennes in Brittany where he has his own music studio. Daniel prides himself on the fact that he started playing drums at an early age in the last century and is always willing to try anything. Daniel joined The Usual Suspects in July 2019.''
Daniel aime le style de vie breton qui l’a tenu occupé dans divers projets musicaux ces dernières années. Un batteur très expérimenté basé près de Rennes en Bretagne où il a son propre studio musical. Daniel est fier d’avoir commencé à jouer de la batterie à un jeune âge au siècle dernier. Daniel a rejoint 'The Usual Suspects' en juillet 2019.
GUY - Tenor saxophone
'The Tall dude'
Guy is a highly experienced and versatile jazz and blues musician both in his native UK and now in Europe especially from his new base in Brittany. This makes him very popular as a session musician. He has performed on many stages but is equally at home in studio settings. Guy joined the band in November 2019 and looks forward to performing live with the guys for many years to come whenever time schedules permit. Check out his website @ guysmithsaxophone.com Guy est un musician professionnel experimente qui interpretant du jazz, du blues et du rock aussi. Maintainent il habite dans la Bretagne. Il a rejoint 'The Usual Suspects' en Novembre 2019.
WORKING IN A STUDIO ENVIRONMENT
County Q studio's NASHVILLE TN
As a prolific songwriter of original music for much of his career, Tony enjoys the studio environment and has worked in various studios over the last few years both in London and also in the USA most notably in Nashville. In 2018 , Tony set up his own studio rooms in his French base in Normandy.With 'The Usual Suspects back on the road this year, the time is right in 2019 to start work on a brand new studio album. ...."another hard day at the office recording original music for worldwide release.Keep on rocking and turn it up''