1. Bryn Haworth was born on 29 July 1948 and is a British Christian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pioneer of Jesus music in mainstream rock.
22 Facts About Bryn Haworth
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Bryn Haworth continues to tour in the UK, appearing mostly at smaller venues, Christian centres and at prisons.
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Bryn Haworth has appeared three times at the UK Greenbelt Festival.
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Bryn Haworth's chosen instruments include guitar and mandolin.
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Bryn Haworth recorded sessions for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 in 1974,1975 and 1976, and made two television appearances on BBC Two's The Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Also in the 1970s, Haworth appeared on the weekly ITV television show "Pop Gospel", presented by Berni Flint.
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Together with wife Sally, Bryn Haworth has engaged in extensive musical and evangelical work in prison settings.
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Bryn Haworth has his own website and is featured in the current Crossrythms artists catalogue.
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Bryn Haworth was born in 1948 in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK and was brought up in the nearby town of Darwen.
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Bryn Haworth's father was a maths teacher and he attended the secondary school where his father taught, Darwen Technical College Bryn Haworth's main musical influence was his mother, who would often buy the latest 78 releases by such artists as Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson and Little Richard as well as classical records At the age of 11 Haworth obtained his first guitar and attended lessons in classical guitar for a year.
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At 17 Bryn Haworth left Lancashire for London, with only a suitcase and a guitar and ended up sleeping rough at Victoria bus station.
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Bryn Haworth eventually met up with members of the band Wynder K Frog and was able to sleep on the floor of the house which the band shared.
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The band had a residency at London's The Speakeasy Club and on one occasion Bryn Haworth enjoyed a jam-session, playing "Red House", on stage with Jimi Hendrix.
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Bryn Haworth toured extensively in the US as guitarist in various American bands, including the Jackie Lomax Band, and Wolfgang, appearing with such artists as Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Taj Mahal, Grateful Dead and The Moody Blues.
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Bryn Haworth eventually moved to Woodstock in upstate New York, working again with Jackie Lomax on his second and third albums.
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Bryn Haworth has recorded with a number of well known musicians including Chris de Burgh, Joan Armatrading, Ian Matthews and Gerry Rafferty.
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Bryn Haworth has toured as part of the band with Cliff Richard.
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From 1989 to 1992, Bryn Haworth worked with the SW London Vineyard developing the worship and prison ministry, and leading worship at many UK conferences.
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Bryn Haworth continues to travel extensively, performing concerts both solo and with a band and leads seminars and guitar clinics throughout the world, in a wide variety of venues including concert halls, colleges, churches and prisons.
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Bryn Haworth has a long song-writing pedigree and has had several of his compositions recorded by other artists including Lulu, Sandy Denny and Mary Black.
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Bryn Haworth made a brief UK tour in September 1997, with a line-up of Haworth, Jeff Hamer, Terry 'Tex' Comer and Henry Spinetti.
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In March 2024 Bryn Haworth re-recorded the song "All I Need Is a Home", originally recorded for his 1974 debut album Let the Days Go By, and produced a video, with international film director Nigel Walk, to help raise awareness of homelessness.