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The name Sixty Nine rules out a divide. It symbolises closeness and being as one. We don't believe in competition. We choose to work alongside the other people in this crazy industry. Crazy because the hours take over your life but the there is no job in the world that gives you satisfaction like this one. 

Pictured above is me (Darren Caine) fronting one of my many bands. This one was a band called Roller.  Since a very young age I have always been obsessed with the arts. I grew up in a district of Liverpool called Everton and growing up in 1980's Liverpool wasn't the time to hound my mother for drama/singing lessons.  We had nothing which was the same for most if not all of the city. I did however inherit my mums quick wittedness and can do attitude. After spending many of my early years being bullied for my old surname (shacklady), and being a very very quiet child, I snapped and became a different me. I changed schools and stood up to bullies from the off. I was hanging around with a lad called Peter Whitehead and its him who taught me my first chords on guitar.  In 1999 after a few years of getting tangled up in wrong lifestyle, it was time to leave Liverpool.   That's when it really began. 

Being holed up on a holiday camp in north wales opened my eyes.  I learned a lot of stuff about er....a lot of stuff.  Although I worked in catering I found myself mixing with the entertainment team but thinking I wasn't cut out to do it. The way people have the ability to put on a show absolutely fascinated me.   Leanne Beswick, Iain Hunt and many more were a massive influence for me from that time. 

In 2001 I moved to kent and opened up a little more to performing, a few years later I took part in a Karaoke competition and actually won it. I was hammered and don't remember much of it but I took the ball and ran with it. I was asked my friend Racheal Spooner to take part in an audition for a stage show. I did, I got the part and my confidence grew and grew. We sadly lost Racheal not long after but again she is one of the people responsible for me being here.  I went on to do a few shows with that company then my good friend Martin Howard came into my life. It was him who made me realize that I could actually put stuff on myself. Together we did a theatre show and many disco's, Karaoke's, Cabarets until I moved back to Liverpool in 2006.

I became a hackney cab driver and was drawn to the fact that Liverpool was awarded capital of culture for 2008. However the celebrations and tourism ramped up leading up to it.  Even though I hadn't lived in the city for a number of years didn't mean I wasn't proud of the city of Liverpool.   That will always remain wherever I am in the world. 

I spent 6 years on the cabs and had a lot of downtime which enabled me to write. I wrote a lot of songs and even wrote a play. I even wrote a song for a play and got that tattoo  (i really did). 

in late 2006 I auditioned for a band called SEER, I got in, we never gigged but were in crash studios a lot, we were good but no one took hold to take it to gig level. I felt it wasn't my place to dictate and after recording an EP with my good friend John Murray  it was over...or was it? 

2 members left and 3 remained. Myself, Dave Graham and Aid Tippins called upon Dhanil Ali and Simon Wood to fill the void. This was the moment I took control of the band and took it forward. We played our first gig only weeks after at The magnet and more followed until both Dan and Simon left. They were quickly replaced by Ste Smart and Paul Butcher who went on to play numerous gigs with us and record another EP.  We sadly went our separate ways not long after as I was juggling another band and also many theatre scripts.   I kickstarted my acting career the same time as I started with SEER, it wasn't going to end well. 

During the latter part of SEER/THE WAYWARD TRAVELLERS I got involved with live music venue called LOMAX.  The day I met Frank Hedges probably sealed the deal as to where I am today. 

Frank gave me an opportunity to put band nights on but it was then I realized don't want to compete with other promoters, I want to be a part of the fabric. 69 was probably born then.   We as a club put on the best nights, days, weekends and even tuesdays. I built up a massive network and in 2023 them people still come to me. 

Fast forward a hell of a lot to 2022.  I was given an opportunity to go on tour with a band called THE LATHUMS and found myself in Germany then Switzerland then supporting THE KILLERS in Milan.  Who doesn't want that life?   I built off that experience and now run 69 Touring.