I first met Mark in summer 2001 in a garden at a party in Rushton Hall and we jammed 'Like A Hurricane' in the early hours. I think we had already seen each other at the jam night at The Rowell Charter Inn run by John Hill at the time but this was the first time we realised we had similar tasted in music. Neil Young, Counting Crows and Led Zep were common interests. Fast forward to autumn of that year and I needed a guitarist for the gigs I had coming up to replace Tommy Hall and gave Mark a shout and he duly accepted. A 10 year musical partnership followed. We played wherever and whenever we could and ran regular open mics at Max Bar Kettering, Olives Leicester and set up a new night at the Rowell Charter. The original band continued to gig with various line ups as Treehouse and Stevie Jones Band, before Stevie Jones and The Wildfires came into being in 2010.  But as the duo Stevie Jones and Mark Gill we were far more flexible with a good mix of covers and originals. Support gigs included Nick Harper, Ian Mc Nabb, Chris Helme, Slaid Cleaves, The Trews, Justin Sullivan and Dean White and we toured with Janet Robin, plus slots at Leicesters’ top festivals Big Session and Summer Sundae seeing us on the same bill as Macy Gray, Levellers, Jose Gonzalez etc. In 2006 the debut album 'New Life' was released featuring Mark with Tich Vango, Paul De Gallier and Tim Harrison.. Recorded and mixed over 14 months it was a tough album to make with one of the studio producers leaving halway though the project leaving the end result not as good as I would have liked. I was also going through a very bad breakup in my personal life. However it was an important learning curve and gained some good reviews and positive press/local radio coverage. This was followed in 2007 by a download only acoustic album 'Weather the Storm'. With a completely different approach it was also recorded at Hotrock Studios but played live and completed in 5 hours featuring some of the most raw and honest songs I have ever written. I'm still proud of the performances on it now.  In 2010 the CD/DVD ‘Live at The Musician’ featuring our then regular guest on harmonica, Sean Clutterham came out capturing a great live gig in front of the strong following we had built up. A limited edition acoustic demo album 'Eleventh Hour' then followed which we released for 24 hours only on 11-11-11 with a memorable launch night that took place at St Andrew's Church Kettering. Aside from the music things were wild back then. Playing in Max Bar after the open mic til 8am to various Geordie contractors who kept buying us drinks to carry on. Getting hammered before a short Irish weekend tour and staying up all night to then miss various train connections before facing a gale force ferry crossing, re-living scenes from the Titanic and only just making the first gig in Kilkenny in zombie-like states. Endless all night sessions and ridiculous hangovers and good times. Come the close of 2011 we started to go on different paths. It was a good time for us both to branch out but I was so pleased Mark helped out when he could with The Wildfires and he has truly left his trademark with the playing on the 'Stratigraphic Heart' album tracks 'Silver Spoon' and 'Chasing Rainbows.' He's an amazing player who simply cannot put his guitar down. Check out his Facebook Page