LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Red Admiral Records) - Jack Castle was bought up in the Tower Hamlets area of Dover, Kent.UK. He started playing at 16 on a white Rosetti guitar, which played like a barbed wire fence.
In 1961 Jack stood in with Dover's original Rolling Stones playing rhythm guitar at the Strand Palais theatre in Deal.
In 1962, Jack joined Carl and the Invaders. And in 1967 his friend Mick Morris asked him to join Take Five. Mick had played lead for the Rolling Stones. The band was very successful, played all over Kent and also backed a number of big names, including Georgie Fame, Geno Washington, Eric Clapton and many more.
In 1971 Mick and Jack formed Mirkwood. They wanted to play progressive rock with double lead and complex vocal harmony. All material was to be original. Mirkwood backed bands like Supertramp, The Fortunes, Silver Head and The Moody Blues. Supertramp told therm they were one of best bands they'd seen!
In 1973 they made the Mirkwood album, original copies are still being traded for over 800.00. The original Mirkwood album has been digitally re-mastered and now available on CD from Red Admiral Records.
In 1987 Jack hit 'The Line' and made a life changing decision to leave Dover and Lecture at the University of the West of England in Bristol. He has regularly played live all over the West and Wales since, but never attempted to give up the day job.
Studying Van Halen, and Satriani during this period, he incorporated tapping and sweeping into his playing band developed a hybrid picking technique. Eventually retiring from lecturing Jack bought new recording equipment and over the next 5 years found time to make this album. The guitar techniques and history is fully described in the 12-page album booklet.
