Posted 24 December 2003 - 02:53
YOLANDA CHARLES first got into bass playing when she was fourteen, having run through recorder, clarinet, trumpet and guitar before that. 'I started picking out the bass lines on the guitar,' she says, 'that was the part that spoke to me the most.' She worked on the checkout in Sainsbury's to earn the cash to buy her first instrument. She was subsequently sacked by Our Price for choosing a gig over a stockcheck, but it looks now as if that could have been the right decision. 'We didn't hire her for her looks,' says Guy, 'we hired her because she's such an amazing musician. But it's a great bonus that she's also very sexy on stage.'
In the dressing room or hotel, you'll more often than not find Yolanda with her nose in a book. With two kids back home in Tottenham Hale, she doesn't get a lot of time for reading, so she makes the most of her time on tour. The other 'band beetches' nickname her Smutley, on account of her reassuringly filthy laugh.
'I had a reshuffle,' says Robbie, 'and this lady just came in. From Day One, she just fitted straight in. She didn't miss a step. It was like she's always been there. She looks amazing on stage.'
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Ja tocou com Paul Weller e (como é obvio no texto acima) Robie Williams. é endorser da marca Lakland e de facto nao existe info nenhuma na net sobre ela. :S