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Chris Picton

@chrisp21.bsky.social

Musician, 3 solo albums of instrumental music. Family, football, vice chair of Ashton Athletic FC.Plant based for animals, the environment & health. Love creating music and playing bass. https://chrispicton.bandcamp.com

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Still Life, by Chris Picton 8 track album

One of the songs from my 2nd album Still Life, thanks. chrispicton.bandcamp.com/album/still-...

24.06.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great day at The Edge arena in Wigan for the Music in Mind 2025 Festival. Fantastic to see so many people, young and old enjoying a proper live music event. #livemusic

24.05.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Coming up to 12 years for me and never felt better. Must be getting my protein from somewhereโ€ฆ #plantbased #vegan

03.04.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah my favourite is SBS love the title track

10.03.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Loved writing songs with my old mate Herbie, still canโ€™t believe I wonโ€™t see him again xx

07.03.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sadly my friend and fellow bassist Gary Sleigh passed away a few months ago. If you live in the Wigan area please come down and support the event. All proceeds to the British Heart Foundation. Iโ€™m honoured to be playing bass with his old band Tabu โค๏ธ

19.02.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No Blue Sky but a lovely, picturesque morning walk with our little dog Lunaโ€ฆ

11.01.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Playing bass in the Music in Mind band last year at The Edge Arena in Wigan. Looking forward to the 2025 festival. A fantastic cause

10.01.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More from New Year with the family โค๏ธ

06.01.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Year in Switzerland and Milan with the family, some amazing places. Milan Cathedral is incredible ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

03.01.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Taken at The Lord Nelson in Croston, Lancashire. A very tight space indeed. Maybe the first time Iโ€™ve played a gig behind the drummer but who cares, we always make it work. Such a lovely, historic pub with great people xx

14.12.2024 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

19.11.2024 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15435    ๐Ÿ” 5107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 466    ๐Ÿ“Œ 193
U.K. self-titled debut (1978, SHM CD)

U.K. self-titled debut (1978, SHM CD)

Well, the weekend has arrived, and weโ€™re off. One of my most favourite albums of the fusion variety. Just hits the spot ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ˜Ž

15.11.2024 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Peter Sinfield RIP Peter Sinfield, King Crimsonโ€™s original roadie, lyricist, lights operator and live sound engineer passed away yesterday on the 14th of November 2024 aged 80. Sinfield was responsible for naming the g....

Sad to read of the passing of Pete Sinfield, a huge influence on the Prog Rock scene. Thanks to @glynbarnes.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention.

15.11.2024 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I think the family knows me well and the fact I love music, as they bought me a vinyl record shaped mug for my birthday last week ๐Ÿคฃ ๐ŸŽถ

24.10.2024 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely brilliant last night, better than ever. Enjoy ๐Ÿ‘

10.10.2024 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Managed to get last minute tickets to see the great @HackettOfficial and his amazing band in Liverpool tonight. First time with Genesis in 1977 (I was only very young) and many times since. Always a brilliant show ๐Ÿ‘Œโค๏ธ

09.10.2024 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's that starter pack for bands and artists - not many on there at the moment, hoping it will grow

go.bsky.app/MZQGEsz

01.10.2024 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enjoying the gig with ๏€€that_80s_thing_band the other week and pulling my Albert Steptoe #bassface (some of you older viewers might remember) ๐Ÿ˜†. Out again this weekend with the boys #80smusic #bassplayer #livemusic ๐ŸŽถ

23.08.2024 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Taken in Australia at Xmas, love this pic of my wife Karen and our 3 boys all together again. Had such a great time. What an amazing country ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿจ

09.08.2024 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got to say the #OlympicGamesย  have been absolute class up to now. The rugby sevens being the highlight for me. The French men were superb yesterday and the Aussie women are awesome, unfortunately for GB

28.07.2024 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello Ade

16.06.2024 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just joined Blue sky so thought my 1st post should be of our lovely dog Luna under a pale blue sky. Well it is the UK in summer after all. Hi everyone, good to be here xx

16.06.2024 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Andy

16.06.2024 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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