Scarlet Division was a band formed by Jamie Oliver (at age 13) and his friend Leigh Haggerwood in 1989. With Jamie on drums and Leigh on keyboards, the two friends joined forces with vocalist Louise Brannan, bassist James Bejon and guitarist Andy Baker.
They played many gigs in the United Kingdom throughout the 1990s.
In 1996, Jamie was spotted by television producer Patricia Llewellyn doing his day job — cooking at the The River Café in London, ...
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Scarlet Division was a band formed by Jamie Oliver (at age 13) and his friend Leigh Haggerwood in 1989. With Jamie on drums and Leigh on keyboards, the two friends joined forces with vocalist Louise Brannan, bassist James Bejon and guitarist Andy Baker.
They played many gigs in the United Kingdom throughout the 1990s.
In 1996, Jamie was spotted by television producer Patricia Llewellyn doing his day job — cooking at the The River Café in London, where she was shooting a documentary film. He was soon offered his own TV show called The Naked Chef and the band (who were already playing the London gig circuit) were asked to perform in an episode.
Soon after, Sony Music offshoot "S2" signed them for a two single deal after hearing the band's latest song, "Sundial". In October 2000, "Sundial" was released as a single and made position number 42 in the UK pop charts. The song was written by Leigh Haggerwood, and the video was filmed in a field in Essex. It was directed by Tom Carty, the...
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