Join us in welcoming The Curst Sons to the Brighton Bootlegger!

The Curst Sons have been playing their powerful stripped back take on early American traditional music since 1998.  Performing mainly original material with a few distinctive arrangements of traditional songs they have released six full length albums. Over the years they have played venues ranging from tiny country pubs to festival main stages, appeared on several local radio shows and recorded live radio sessions.

Tim Dunkerley (slide guitar, mandolin, vocals). Tim’s interest in music was first awakened by his father’s tales of wild living in a harmonica band on the minesweeper HMS Hound. Loath to leave his nautical background Tim coast hopped east from his Portsmouth home and soon washed up on the beach at Brighton.

Willi Kerr (vocals, percussion). Born on Mersea Island on the marshy fringes of Essex, Willi abandoned his agricultural roots and took to the sinful ways of the city. Thanks to the healing power of hillbilly music he is now in the rudest of health.

Dave Simner (banjo, lead guitar, vocals). Raised in the Black Country on a diet of heavy metal and motorbikes Dave fled south till he hit the coast. He lost the long hair and leather jacket and soon became entangled in the Brighton music scene. He also plays with his own 60’s R&B outfit The Spectones.

Scott Smith (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) was born in Wichita, Kansas and raised on country radio. Escaping North America, he found himself in the UK, where he remains, an ex-pat roots musician.