In days gone by, if you’d asked Beth Jeans Houghton about her history she might have told you she was born in the umbra of a solar eclipse, or that she and her band The Hooves Of Destiny were raised by albino Transylvanian wolves. Now, on the eve of the debut album, “Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose”, she’s ready to get serious. Beth’s been prone to rambling flights of fancy in the past (and baffling between-song stage banter to this day) but it’s only a small part of her personality, as we’ll find out. “I’m a complete realist. I don’t like unicorns.” In reality, this 21 year-old performer is one tough cookie. Her mantra? Never, ever compromise. “My grandma always said, you can’t please everyone so please yourself, and that’s what I do,” she says. Beth Jeans Houghton was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1990. She wishes she’d been born in 1956, making glam rock in her 20s, bowing out of the ‘80s entirely to raise children, keeping her head down in the ‘90s and returning to the music world in the 2000s, but that’s a different matter.

Members:
BETH JEANS HOUGHTON - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Banjo, Loop Pedal

THE HOOVES OF DESTINY:
DAV SHIEL - Drums, Cajon, Keyboard, Vocals, Steel Pan
RORY GIBSON - Bass, Vocals
FINDLAY MACASKILL - Violin, Vocals, Eyebrows

BLAZEY BLAZEY - Trumpet, Vocals, Guitar, Drums

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