David started his musical career as part of the Morris Boys Bluegrass band in Essex. He was also a founder member of the Kursaal Flyers and THE bass player of choice, for many major artistes, at the Cambridge Folk Festival for some 25 years. He also spent time as Bass player for the Southern Ramblers Bluegrass Band More recently he worked with Jim Couza as part of the D'Urberville  Ramblers.
David has toured extensively in the UK with Peter Rowan, Flaco Jimenez, Bill Keith, Jim Rooney and Chris Jagger.

His other musical credits are too numerous to mention but start with Ry Cooder and work downwards, upwards, sideways, etc...

*Alias 'Foxy', 'Bilbo', 'Gandalf', 'The Field Marshall',  'Naughty Gnome', 'Zorro', Charles, Your mad Jestery, etc, etc...

Self confessed Bluegrass addict, grumpy old man, aging f*rt and selectively politically incorrect person (on the basis that someone has to be). Prior to being invited to join Three Tuns he played occasionally with Del Robinson and also with legendary Californian Banjo player Keith Nelson. He has appeared on a number of CDs, TV & Radio programmes, video and a cinema film (not a famous one). He has also played with Peter Rowan. Not bad for a hobby, eh? In 2007 he toured Nashville and West/Central Kentucky playing fiddle for the Morris Boys. Unlike many Nigel is not a 'copyist' but has followed the tradition of building on what has gone before. His style has won him admiration from his peers and a progressively greater reputation.

 Recent family researches suggest that Nigel is distantly related to the frontiersman Daniel Boone (who's Father came from Bradninch in Devon), General "Stonewall" Jackson and the American Cowboy fiddler Henry Clay Gilliland. Gilliland co-recorded the very first country music record with the 'King of Fiddlers' Eck Robertson. That classic recording was 'Arkansas Traveller' (1922 in New York) and you can check it out here.
There is a family story, also from the USA, that "Man of Constant Sorrow" was written by a certain Frank Canter while in prison for stealing chickens. Evidently he left a note for the farmer, in verse, explaining that he had taken them because his family was hungry and that "we've left you a cock and hen, so you can start again".
Nigel's fiddles are exclusively maintained and repaired by JOHN DIKE VIOLINS of Sherborne, Dorset (01935 389070)

Jeremy played for some years in the old time music band No Mean Feet before joining 'Three Tuns'. When not playing very tasty mandolin (Barbecued Chicken Flavour), or working, he builds and flies aeroplanes.

Trousers by Gibson, Mandolin by Primark...

AKA 'Wingco', 'Biggles'...

Ray's musical interests are in singing and song writing and he also plays a bit of banjo and guitar. One of Ray's recent songs, 'Fog on the Water', appears on the CD, 'Good Songs for Hard Times',(2000) by Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz. (Copper Creek Records USA). It is also performed on the CD, 'Perfect Strangers',(2003) by Bob Black, Chris Brashear, Peter McLaughlin, Forest Rose and Jody Stecher. (Rebel Records REB-CD-1793  USA)

....And, of course, he's Emily's Dad!
 

Another escapee from the "No Mean Feet" orchestra of accompanists although he is rumoured to return for the occasional fix. Gerry has green fingers although we've cured him of the habit of doing it on stage.

Reputedly, Gerry's Guitar is the only one which really is an "Axe"!

*Alias Der Obergardenfuhrer

Charlie "The Commodore" Boston
Resonator Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Mashie-Niblick

A prolific song-writer with three critically acclaimed CD’s of self-penned songs to his credit, published under his own record label, Lara Natural Music. 
Check out his website:  www.laramusic.co.uk which is named after his late, devoted dog, Lara.  As his website will testify, Charlie has recorded with some of the finest bluegrass musicians both in the UK and in Nashville and is proud to have earned 2 UK Country Radio Awards.  Although entirely irrelevant, he also happens to be the grand nephew of conductor and creator of several orchestras, Sir Thomas Beecham.  Charlie is also a keen but unreliable golfer. He moved to the West Country in 2006 and has never looked back, which accounts for his tendency not to spot police cars in his rear-view mirror.  His credits are numerous, as are his speeding tickets.