SPUR – BCMA Duo of the Year

2012
British Country Music Award Winners
SPUR
DUO OF THE YEAR 2012
 
 SPUR  Duo
of the Year UK
 
This Award
winning Duo has been nominated no less than 5 times for the BCM
Awards.
SPUR consist
of
 Mark
Hills
 (Singer/Song
Writer/ Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar) and
 James
Parsons
 (Singer/Song
Writer/ Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar) and they hail from Taunton,
Somerset, UK.
SPUR
was born out of Mark’s decision in 2001 to produce a home made
album which was given to friends and family. Then in 2005 creating
the duo name he made a “vital call” to James and said “
I’m
going to do this, do you want in
“.
Spur was thus born and they started playing in a local bar. They now
working full time as an unsigned country duo and are very happy and
grateful for everybody’s help. Their Management and Promoter is
Debbie Dean Promotions based in Nashville TN.
WWW.DEBBIEDEANPROMOTIONSMUSIC.COM.
Their
most recent album available from their
 website JACK
DANIEL’S
 was
released on 1st November 2011. The 15 tracks, consisting of mostly
covers, include the title cut and opener “How Bout You” (written
by Eric Church) along with well known tunes “Thank God For The
Radio” (Max D Barnes & Robert John Jones), “Who Are You When
I’m Not Looking” (Written by Earl Bud & John Wiggins) and
“Freight Train” (Alan Jackson) together with 3 self penned songs
by Spur’s very own Mark Hills on “Taylor Swift (A Face in the
Crowd ) and James Parsons who composed “Baby Was My Beer” and
“Never Do You Wrong”. The later was released on the promotional
Hotdisc 143 (Dec 2010) which peaked at #22 Top 40 and #8 on
the
 British
& Irish Chart
 
On
their website they said: “
A
big thank you to everyone that help to put on a ace show this year at
the BCM Awards.. Also to everyone that voted and support us… BIG
BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL… 
 
Debbie Dean

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