Dick Philpot was born somewhere between Lonnie Donegan and the Beach Boys (born Richard Harry Philpot on 18.11.1957, Wimbledon Chase, London, England). Dick was a Semi Finalist in the UK Songwriter Contest 2007, 2008 and 2009 many of his songs have been featured as 'tracks of the day' at garageband.com On the live scene dick is often joined by Justine Barker and Sam Carpenter of smiling knife , John Black (Thirty Leos). Dick is a folk / alt