Fergus started touring around Europe as the singer and songwriter in a four piece band, but during his travels, one by one, the other members of the band went their own ways, leaving Fergus to replace them with his own body parts. Now Fergus is the singer, mandolin player, percussionist, harmonica player, kazooist and rubber chicken operator, a veritable one man band, complete with umbrella to prevent sudden sunstroke in the Italian sun. Presently he can be found daily entertaining the crowds in the streets and Piazzas of Rome, or occasionally travelling to all corners of Europe. The stripped back, bare-bones arrangements of the latest collection of songs from Fergus serves to highlight the fine quality of his wry, insightful lyrics. The songs are stories and pictures of life, being broke, imprisonment, heartbreak and loss put into words and music with sensitivity, humour and wit.
Fergus incorporates the influences of artists such as Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and the great bluesmen into his own style, which is by turns folky, bluesy and even vaudevillian.
Having spent years busking, playing in bands and eventually releasing "California Screaming" on PMW records with Edwyn Collins at the production helm, Fergus realised that he was happier as a solo artist than as part of a band. After taking a few years off to concentrate on divorce and bankruptcy among other things, he moved to Scotland and started to put his experiences to song. These songs are written and performed from the heart, often born of bitter experience, but always with a knowing wink. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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