Blair Dunlop
19th Jun 2010@ 12:45 Big Top
Blair Dunlop, although only approaching 18 years old, has already fitted a lot into his young life. As the son of folk legend Ashley Hutchings and singer Judy Dunlop he has been encouraged to take to the stage since a young age. He has now blossomed into a greatly admired singer, guitarist and actor. Some of the highlights of his performing career include playing Little Willy Wonka in the blockbuster movie of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Johnny Depp starred as the grown-up Willy), appearing in the TV series of “Rocket Man”, wowing Fairport Convention members and audience at the group’s reunion at the Barbican in London in 2009 and perfecting the new and exciting cult guitar style of “double-tapping”
What some of the music’s most talented figures say about Blair...
“Beautiful guitar playing and vocal. A real emerging talent" - Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention
“I saw Blair at Sidmouth, 2009. His obvious talent just blew me away. Awesome” - Simon Care of Edward II
“An extremely skillful and intelligent guitar player, with great musicality” - Ken Nicol of Steeleye Span
“ A star in the making. Watch this space. I just love his voice. Can’t wait to watch the future unfold for him” - Chris While
