Garreth Hicklin: lead vocals, guitars, mandolin, percussion

Garreth played his first gig aged 10 and is an absolute lover of the Eagles. He's worked with top artists and many great rock bands including Stroke The Toad, OTR, Nightshift, LongDog and enjoys playing good old rockabilly and rock n' roll with outfits like Jukebox and Nostalgia. He lists his influences as Clapton, John Mayer, Phil Collins and Dream Theatre's Mike Portnoy, but there's a special place for the man himself, Don Henley. Says Garreth: "There's nothing quite like standing on a stage in front of a crowd under the spotlight. A song becomes its own and you really start to believe. The experience is great and other than loved ones, nothing comes closer than the meaning of music to me."

Colin Moore: guitars, pedal steel, banjo, vocals

Irish/country music has always rung Colin's bell and that's where he started, supporting big-time show bands, performing at every Irish centre in the country. After that he gigged incessantly with Funkidori, a highly successful rock and pop outfit which finished its musical run in 2004. Influenced by Gary Moore, Albert Lee and Francis Dunnery (what a mixture) he's at home with every aspect of the Eagles' repertoire - lyrical ballads, gentle country tunes and hard-hitting rock.

Jay Stezaker: guitars, vocals

A key player in the Brighton music scene with bands like Merlin, Purple Worm, Atombuzz, Picasso Trigger and Black Friday, with a reputation for ferocious Yngwie Malmsteen-esque speed work and Clapton-style guitar wailing. Signed to the Stones' Beggars Banquet label with the highly rated Some Weird Sin, he did a two year stint with Indie band August (favourites at Camden's Dublin Castle) and released two albums and a single - Big Time, Big Talk - which charted in the US. His blistering guitar work and extraordinary vocal range are an integral part of the Alter Eagles' sound. A founding member of the band along with Alan Tomkins.

Alan Tomkins: keyboards, acoustic guitar, vocals

Played his first paid gig at 16 (not long after which he supported the great Brian Poole) and has been in bands ever since, covering other peoples' material but also writing and performing his own. Famously played to a breathless audience of 34,000 people, though not all at the same time - his band was a regular and much-admired part of London Marathon day. One of the founders of the Alter Eagles, his lifelong love affair with the piano is evident in masterful interpretations of key Eagles' ballads like Desperado and Wasted Time.

Rob Beattie: bass, lead vocals, acoustic guitar

Started playing bass 30 years ago, yet still considers himself a finger-picking acoustic guitarist. Spent most of the 70s in folk clubs, and most of the 80s in the midst of London's folk-rock scene, supporting the likes of Maddy Prior, Martin Simpson, Michael Chapman, Happy Traum (Dylan's banjo player) and once memorably, Richard and Linda Thompson. An occasional songwriter - one of his best, Red Tide was covered by Fairport Convention - he's a big admirer of Timothy B. Schmidt's solid, no-frills bass guitar style.

Paul Sampson: drums and percussion

Paul started playing drums in a school rock band and hasn't stopped gigging since. He plays all styles - pop, rock, soul, rock n' roll - but his firm favoruites are rock and country. Toured Europe backing American soul acts in the late 70s, including The Crystals, Shirelles and Percy Sledge and was a member of chart band White Plains for several years. He hooked up with the Alter Eagles' Colin Moore in The Colour Of Money and spent the last 10 years touring and recording with country rock band and mainstays of the Americana Festival, Lazy Dog.