Drummer Daryl Warren works in highway maintenance while Chris Spreadbury who plays the keyboard and trombone is, like David, a music teacher.

BBC: Brass helps create Yelverton band's sound

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"We like to think of our sound as fairly unique, " laughs David Gray, a music teacher, one of the four members of the Yelverton-based band.

BBC: Brass helps create Yelverton band's sound