Safehouse are an Edinburgh based band, with five permanent members, formed
in August 2005
Safehouse have previously been described as a Blues Rock and Psychedelic band
and more recently as Southern Rock specialists.
Current line-up includes two founder members of Blues N Trouble (John & Sean)
and the awesome talents of Ali Petrie on keys who tours with the American singer
songwriter Nell Brydon, The gritty vocals of charismatic singer Chris Peebles &
the Anchor Man Andrew Stirling on Bass. The set always contains a mixture of
original and covered tunes that lead themselves to improvisation and
classic Safehouse interpretation.
The band have supported many major artists both in the UK and In Europe
including , Devon Allman, Duke Robillard, Royal Southern Brotherhood and in a
previous life BB King, Van Morrison, Albert King, Robert Cray & dozens more! .
Most recently the band joined forces with the Whitesnake guitar player Bernie
Marsden and played under the banner of Snakehouse with the set having a large
portion of Allman Brothers tunes, taken from the Safehouse Edinburgh Festival "Allmans
Appreciation show" and supplemented by some classic rock and a selection of
Bernie’s Whitesnake classics.

band Line Up
Andrew Stirling - Bass
Guitar
Original Safehouse member,
instigator and promoter.
Firmly locked in with Sean Scott as the Safehouse
belt and braces back line .underpinning the hairy boys with pumping bass lines,
tight turn arounds and complementary light and shade .
The Safehouse sound needs a lot of bottom end so the Bass guitars of choice are
a vintage sunburst les Paul and a Honey ,telecaster shaped G and L mixed with a
vintage 72 Fender Jazz for the Allman Homage Project gigs .
John Bruce - Lead Guitar
(Captain Chaos)
John has come a long way for one of
the boys who jammed on the school theatre steps at lunch time. He has always
been happiest with a guitar in his hand and has tried his best to stick to a
real bluesman lifestyle
Capable of lifting the proceedings
to a new high John always entertains. (He has more tricks than Paul Daniels).
Over the years he has supported BB King , Bo Diddley, Robert Cray, JohnMayall,
Jack Bruce, Junior Wells, Van Morrison, Albert King, Otis Rush and many others,
and has recorded with Ian Stewart ( The Stones fifth member) and Lou Martin
(Rory Gallagher).
Touring Europe with Blues and
Trouble for festivals and to support their many CD launches became a way of life
for John along with the occasional jaunt to the States, (his guitar still hangs
on the wall in the Rum Boogie Bar in
Memphis) . Then
came the children, the wife and a period of settled home life and an end to the
B and T lifestyle. Don’t worry folks, you can’t keep a good man down and John
can still hold a note, play great slide and go on a bender with the best of
them, and the best news of all is that he is back writing again ,Europe here we
come …..
Chris Peebles - Vocals
CHRIS
is originally from the east Neuk of Fife a singer/songwriter who has
played with numerous local Bands. He met John Bruce about 10 years ago and
was always a standout feature at "The Blue Note" Cafe's Open Mic Night in
Anstruther. He sang with The Johnny Bluenote Experience, travelled all over
the place busking & picking grapes. Earlier this year, he was called upon to
do Vocals on Jimmy Brown's Memorial Concert and impressed everyone so much he
was offered the position of Lead Vocalist with Safehouse.
Chris brings 'youth', 'energy' and 'excitement' to the band and he
always puts heart & soul into his performance.
His influences include JIM MORRISON, 'FLOWER POWER', 'PSYCHEDELIA' & DAME EDNA
EVERAGE.
His vocals & dynamic stage performances are a true asset to the Band!
Sean Scott - Drums
Sean
started playing with Indie Rock band The Subject (which included Pete
Wishart who went on to be keyboard player in early Big Country and
RunRig but is now an SNP MP!)
Sean then played with
Indie Rock Band Fifth Estate
before joining
Bues n Trouble
where he featured on all their albums
between 1984 and 1990; including Lazy Lester Rides Again; Slim Tab Hunters “
Rockin n Beatin” and other session stuff he can’t remember now. Having taken a
twenty year break he's now back playing with Safehouse. His drumming
influences were Neil Peart (Rush) and then later Fran Christina (Fab T-Birds)
and is a Steve Earle. Memorable gigs included Preservation Hall & the Queens
Hall in Edinburgh but hit the festival highs with Blues in Trouble
playing on the back of a flatbed lorry outside the high flats in Broomhoose!
Ali Petrie - Keyboards
Ali
has been influenced by good old fashioned keyboard players with soul and vibe,
particularly Ian McLagan (Faces) and Billy Preston, focussing mainly on
traditional Hammond, piano and Wurlitzer instruments. He has toured Europe
many times with Hobotalk, and his British gigs have included playing the
Shepherds Bush Empire with Gomez and closer to home he played the Queens Hall
supporting another hero, Garth Hudson.
