Simon Tong [SEP] place of birth
Simon Tong
Simon Tong (born 9 July 1972) is an English guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of The Verve between 1996 and 1999 and is currently a member of Erland and the Carnival and Transmission. He has also played on tour with Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad & the Queen. He ranks in BBC's "The Axe Factor" as the 40th greatest guitarist of the last 30 years.
Tong grew up in English town Skelmersdale, the subject of his most recent release, "
and history. R. W. Eyton, who spent some of his youth in Tong, wrote in 1855 that "if there be any place in Shropshire calculated to impress the moralist, instruct the antiquary and interest the historian, that place is Tong. It was for centuries the abode or heritage of men, great either for their wisdom or their virtues, eminent either from their station or their misfortunes." Simon Jenkins profiled the church in his book, "England's Thousand Best Churches", where Tong church is one of