Citing irreconcilable creative differences, one-man band Barney Thumbchops has decided to split and go his separate ways.
A familiar sight outside the Brinton Road shops in Ravengate, madcap Barney plays a range of instruments including bucket drum, kazoo, banjo, clown horn, head cymbal, tin tray and washboard.
Barney, 53, said, “I’ve been doing the same old stuff – Yellow Submarine, Those Magnificent Men, Baby Shark – stuff for the kiddies. But these cool guys with loop stations are getting millions of views on Facebook with their ambient overdub mixes. That’s where I should be. I need to progress, musically.”
Just the one of us
However, Barney disagreed, saying that people loved what he did and why change a winning formula.
He said the row had taken a terrible toll. “I’m beside myself,” he added.