FORGET Sister Sledge and their hit single "We Are Family" and meet the Monks from Blackburn and their band Boomerang.

Brothers Graham, 15, Gary, 14, and Ged, 10, are following in their musical dad Neil's footsteps - and believe they could go all the way to the top.

Neil has performed at venues throughout the North West for 25 years and towards the latter end of his career started to take his sons with him as he travelled around.

Little did he realise that Graham, Gary and Ged would take such an instant liking to the world of music that they would soon form a band of their own - with dad as bass guitarist.

And now the quartet have secured a recording deal at Shamrock Studios, Balderstone and written ten songs.

The band has also performed at several venues in Liverpool and Manchester as well as many of the major hotels in Blackpool.

The brothers first took the stage as part of their scout group, of which their father is scout master, on St George's Day in April - and have never looked back.

Dad Neil said: "All three are natural musicians and we believe they have a future as recording stars.

"The idea is that eventually I will fade into the background and they will find another bass guitarist.

"They play anything from Robbie Williams to Chuck Berry with their own songs as well."

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