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Deborah Bonham
The blues and rock singer on working with her partner and finding the humour in playing with a band.
CHRISTINE MCVIE: ALAMY
A NEW RECORD deal has begun a new era for British blues and rock vocalist Deborah Bonham, bringing her Belfast-born partner, guitarist Pete Bullick, into the spotlight with the Bonham-Bullick moniker. It has also brought about a selfproduced, self-titled covers album featuring some of their favourite songs, all realised by their “arse-kicking” group: drummer Rich Newman (Rory Gallagher/ Steve Marriott), bassist Ian Rowley and keyboard player Gerard G Louis, all of who were members of Paul Rodgers’s Free Spirit band.