Will Cann

"Your  brass-man  is  a  rafting  dog,  well  and  good;  your  
reed-man  is  a  dab  at   stirring  ye,  well  and  good;  your drum-man  is  a  rare  bowel-shaker -  good  again.
But  I  don't  care  who  hears  me  say  it,  nothing  will  spak
to  your  heart  with  the  sweetness  o'  the  man  of  strings!"

During a period spanning four decades, Somerset-based Will Cann has performed music on his own and in a number of bands, on the journey acquiring a collection of more than twenty fretted instruments which between them have well in excess of 100 strings.

So if there's any truth in the quote above, from one of the members of Hardy's Mellstock Quire, Will must surely qualify for the epithet 'Man of Strings'. And while his style of music may not be sweet to every listening ear, I hope this website can pass on a little of his passion for practising, perfecting and performing music, at least to those with open minds, hearts and ears!