PHIL Beer is the multi-instrumentalist half of award-winning West Country acoustic duo Show of Hands

Described as a true craftsman, master musician and consummate performer, he brings his solo show to the stage at Hanger Farm on Thursday.

With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances.

All are songs and music of memory and significance sung in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style and interjected with musings and amusings to an intimate audience.

Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling instrumentalist, he is perhaps best known as a top flight fiddler and plays in the all-star line-up, Feast of Fiddles.

But his skills don’t stop there, he also plays slide, Spanish and tenor guitar, mandocello, viola, mandolin and South American cuatro, not to mention contributing rich vocals.

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