Alex Winston has to be the 'drill sergeant' to her live band

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09otuwH82BYY1ApQLNh3kqgTrtSNIWLxpP92YArLeJ3VrD8GvylM_MsS86fMNAPuF2G2HruLt9joPedcYWRmFJkfbae9uGuRWNyBQuk-6kIGRmZdn4_89-1lrWeFlzGiZypZbQg3-mQXy/s1600/Alex-Winston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09otuwH82BYY1ApQLNh3kqgTrtSNIWLxpP92YArLeJ3VrD8GvylM_MsS86fMNAPuF2G2HruLt9joPedcYWRmFJkfbae9uGuRWNyBQuk-6kIGRmZdn4_89-1lrWeFlzGiZypZbQg3-mQXy/s1600/Alex-Winston.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;">The 'Locomotive' singer and songwriter says she has a very close bond with her backing bands - of which she has two, one based in New York and another in London, as well as a troupe of backing singers she affectionately refers to as her 'Sister Wives' ' but she keeps them in line when she has to. <br /><br />She told BANG Showbiz: ' have a band in New York and in London I have another group of friends that I play with, I've always wanted a big band and everyone's always like, 'why do you need so many people?', but it's really fun and they've become some of my best friends. <br /><br />'The girls come with me everywhere, and I love that my band mates get along with each other, but I kind of have to be the drill sergeant, and I hate that, but I definitely am the band leader.'<br /><br />The musician ' who plays drums, guitar, keyboards and ukulele as well as singing ' also explained how she came to play almost all the instruments when she records a new track. <br /><br />She added: 'The first songs that I recorded were made with me literally in my basement trying to write them. <br /><br />''m not one of these people that can sit down with a tape recorder and an acoustic guitar and be like 'ok, this is going to be my song'. <br /><br />' more like to sit down and record all the parts by myself. So I kind of learned how to play these instruments because I wanted to finish these songs. Then I realised that I really liked doing it all from the beginning.'<br /><br />Alex's debut mini album, 'Sister Wife' was released yesterday (21.02.11).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQx-2jOG-C9iiNUSmWYtRw9wKsQxMZN2LWLBTKhl5ta0YhVpseKzwsESdne_DoSdWYe_saAR1AJ_ndn-DcW4sM_aR-Wdpq0sXgaOUhqFBSLYWHLD-eNUCa5HCiQJLygIV0ndn_3G_gpEOJ/s1600/blogroll21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQx-2jOG-C9iiNUSmWYtRw9wKsQxMZN2LWLBTKhl5ta0YhVpseKzwsESdne_DoSdWYe_saAR1AJ_ndn-DcW4sM_aR-Wdpq0sXgaOUhqFBSLYWHLD-eNUCa5HCiQJLygIV0ndn_3G_gpEOJ/s1600/blogroll21.jpg" /></a></div></div>

Alex Winston has to be the 'drill sergeant' to her live band

The 'Locomotive' singer and songwriter says she has a very close bond with her backing bands - of which she has two, one based in N...

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