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Spanning blues, traditional, contemporary and much in between, his entire show is linked together with tall stories, fast one-liners; tragic tales of misfortune and an array of extraordinary characters that find themselves in everyday situations which Brimstone brings to life, turns around and finds humour in them all.
The huge entertainment factor of his shows often causes the audience to overlook the fact that Derek is also a superb and highly respected guitarist with, as Melody Maker once put it, "one of the most precise claw-picking techniques in the business".
In fact, he has also had a highly successful guitar tutor book published and also worked with Mike Chapman - a recent tutor book and instruction record. He is also held in high regard as a banjo player and as a pianist, the piano being the instrument on which he began his career -playing boogie piano in East End pubs.
Since then, his career has taken him all over the world to such places as Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Morocco, Kenya, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus and Hong Kong, and he is a great favourite on the Arabian Gulf cabaret circuit.
Born and raised in the East End of London, he has never lost the natural Cockney wit and charm. A totally genuine character, he so obviously enjoys himself on stage so much that audiences never fail to be won over by him and find themselves being caught up in the atmosphere.
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