a short biography

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Simon lives in Weymouth, a seaside town on the south coast of England.  During the day, he looks after his Mum, as well as other less important things.  He can sometimes be seen playing gigs with Steve Wilson and The Innocent Bystanders.  When he's not doing that, he also runs a record label called Pink Hedgehog, enjoying critical and occasionally commercial success with many artists including Anton Barbeau, Electrasy and Hamfatter.  Some of you will know Electrasy for their top 20 UK hit 'Morning Afterglow', while Hamfatter gave the label its own entry in the UK Singles Chart with 'Sziget (We Get Wrecked)' before achieving notoriety by appearing on BBC's Dragon's Den.  Simon also fronts his own power-pop band called Garfields Birthday, who have gained a loyal fan base around the world, with several highly-respected albums, appearances at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool and European tours to their name.  In 2025 they celebrated 30 years together, having released a retrospective compilation called Typically Stereo and a brand new studio album, Next Stop Mars.  The label had its own 30th anniversary back in 2024!

Ever the late-developer, Simon didn’t truly come of age until 2009 when he released his first solo album called Failing in Biology, recorded with Californian pop guru Anton Barbeau and West Country prog-rock legend Alan Strawbridge.  All the while, Simon had decided to become a full-time mature student at Bournemouth University, graduating back in 2010 with an honours degree in Psychology.  In 2011, the successful team of Strawbridge, Barbeau and Felton reunited and repeated the magic of Biology, with sophomore album Surrender, Dorothy!.  More recently, Simon has completed his “therapeutic trilogy” of albums; Emotional Feedback (2015), Return to Easton Square (2016), Topsy Turvy (2017) and The Cost of Living (2020); all solo records in the truest and most vulnerable sense of the word.  As ever, he remains nervously optimistic.