Mickey Simmonds

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Mickey Simmonds
Background information
Birth name	Michael John Simmonds
Born	(1959-01-31) 31 January 1959 (age 65) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Genres	Progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Keyboardist, composer
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Years active	1970s–present
Website	Mickey Simmonds

Mickey Simmonds (born 31 January 1959) is an

Career

Simmonds has released three solo albums, The Shape of Rain (1996), The Seven Colours of Emptiness (2007) and Mickey Simmonds III (2021) which he describes as "a small homage to the late great Keith Emerson, sadly missed by me". He has also released Variations on Melodies of Mike Oldfield (2000), Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers (music inspired by) (2002), Lord of the Rings – Return of the King (music inspired by) (2004) and Bach for Dinner (unknown date)^[1]

Simmonds played on two albums: Islands (1987), and Heaven's Open (1991); one compilation: The Complete Mike Oldfield (1985), and toured with Mike 1983 -1993.

Having at one time been considered as a replacement for Mark Kelly in

Simmonds had a long-standing relationship with

Simmonds appeared on Tuscany (2001) and the live album In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2002. Simmonds worked with the French band from Bordeaux XII Alfonso on The Lost Frontier (1996), Odyssées (1999), Claude Monet vol.2 1889–1904 (2005), Charles Darwin (Fall 2011).

Personal life

Simmonds currently resides in the village of Hersham. He has a wife, Sarah, two children, and 2 granddaughters.

Influences

As influences, he cites progressive rock acts such as early Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Pink Floyd.

References

External links

• Mickey Simmonds official site
• The Mods