meet the band and find out where it all started

We started out many moons ago as The Lemongrove Plating Company, for reasons that only a select few of us remember. Now it's just Lemongrove and that's the way we like it. 

We play a joyful, eclectic brand of jazz and pop that stretches across the years, genres and age groups, so now you know you are going to please everybody at your party or wedding. 

But that doesn't mean we're not going to rock it up at your pub or club either. The Band likes nothing better than getting the joint jumping (or whatever the modern equivalent is) and getting on down is mandatory at a Lemongrove gig!

We'd love to meet you . . . so what are you waiting for?

So who are we?

andy collins

Double Bass/Vocals
A nostalgia freak with diverse interests and musical tastes. Musically inspired by people as polarised as Ella Fitzgerald and Led Zepplin. Drives old cars, wears old clothes, sings old songs, tells old jokes.

jan        evans

Drums
The powerhouse behind the band. A big band drummer with a big band sound. Jan has played with the best of them, and he knows how to whip up a beat.

sonny james lovell

Guitar
Has been playing for more years than he cares to remember. Luckily he always remembers the notes, but sadly not where the car keys are. An old rocker at heart but has moved on and become a fine exponent of jazz . . . you can still see his roots though!

tim        fulker

Julie          Lewis

Saxophone
Back from a life on the ocean waves, Tim and his Sax are now more than happy to blow a gale at the front of the good ship Lemongrove and . . . well, you get the picture!  This man will remind you how music should sound.

Piano/Vocals
​Julie has been playing piano since the age of 4, and has played many styles of music in the UK and abroad.
Be it busking in Kefalonia or Radio 3 performances of her compositions, Julie brings style and presence to any musical gathering.
Her emotive improvisiation is lyrical and always inventive!

now you've met us, come and have a listen . . .