Known as Madeline Milquetoast at school, the proverbial butter would not melt in her mouth until she saw Deep Purple on 'Top of the Pops'. Ian Gillan's vocal delivery just changed everything. Her classical training was thrown to one side and she just had to have a Hammond Organ, and get in a band like the 'Purps. Just one snag...no dough. Biting the bullet, it was time to schlepp up and down the M1 with (one kids you not), the Sweethearts Showband, doing the 'workies' - those late but unlamented Northern clubs, where MCs really did ask for 'the best of order' for the 'turns' and mushy peas were served up in the interval between bingo and band.

Character building stuff, no doubt.and, in the end she got the Hammond Organ and a series of residencies in London and the South East playing cover versions of the mighty rock outfits of the day - Purple, of course, Zeppelin, and her speciality - Keith Emerson of the much-derided-with-hindsight Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Emerson, for those of you unfamiliar with the chap, used to treat the Hammond Organ with about the same amount of respect as Pete Townsend did his guitar: no theatrical device would be overlooked as he rocked the instrument to and fro, whilst dealing out painful volume level versions of classical pieces like 'Pictures at an Exhibition' and Aaron Copeland's 'HoeDown'. It was this latter piece which took the ear of our young heroine, number one in a field of one in those days, (there were virtually no girls in rock bands) and it was duly delivered each night to a throng of music-hungry punters.

1999. As more and more songs are added to the CyclePath set, the flexibilty offered by a headset mic and in-ear monitoring will enable Madeline to offer the same detailed vocal sound normally found only in studio recordings 'live, on stage'. This exciting development will be incorporated into the band's next live outing and the results will mark yet another milestone in her never ending quest for a total live music experience.

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