The High Barnets – Now 20% less!

No, we haven’t dropped our prices, just our keyboard player.
It is with genuine regret and a heavy heart that I bring the news that the Baron of the Bontempi, ‘Baby’ Toni Saunders, is stepping down from keyboard duties with the Barnets.

For 10 wonderful years Toni has graced the Barnets with his unique, omni-handed twinkling on the old Joanna. He also contributed some wonderfully complex and slightly out of time tambourine shaking as well as backing vocals that were occasionally in tune.

Toni was first spotted at the tender age of 14 where his dexterity and sheer finger speed on a Texas Instruments calculator first caught the attention of his maths teacher. Such raw talent wouldn’t go unnoticed and Toni soon found himself tapping out inventive rhythms on the keypad tills of Lidl’s supermarket. It was here that Toni caught the eye of Barnet’s bass player Arron who was shopping for growth hormones and the rest is history.

Toni’s unique musical talent and the fact that he still looks seventeen despite being in his early 50s concreted Toni’s reputation as the hear-throb pin-up of the band.

“His cheeky grin, hair experimentation and sheer tunelessness reminds me of a young Mark Owen.” Commented one fan.

In all seriousness, I speak for the whole band when I say that Toni or Tony as he prefers to be called in print has been an invaluable part of the band since we started. We have shared some amazing and unforgettable times with him on the road such as the time we…. Oh, I forget now.
I speak the truth when I say that he will be genuinely missed.
He is and will always remain a good friend of the Barnets. A guest spot will always be open for him. Who knows, maybe one balmy evening you could be watching the slimmed down version of the band, and maybe, just maybe you could make out the rudimentary parpings of Baby Toni, just cutting through the din.

However, this doesn’t mean the end of the Barnets. The remaining members have agreed that after this extended break, they will continue as a four-piece. The chaps have been learning a whole new set to unleash on the unsuspecting public towards the back end of the year. SO WATCH THIS SPACE!

Baby Toni Saunders; Keyboard King. Tambourining Troubadour. Friend.