My talent will help hunt for Madeleine McCann

Nov 12 2009 by Paul Mannion, Chester Chronicle

My talent will help hunt for Madeleine

A MUSICIAN hopes to win Britain’s Got Talent with a score he is dedicating to missing Madeleine McCann.

Piano player Brian Davies, 59, of Old Chester Road, Helsby, who says he has never had a music lesson in his life, has written an instrumental piece – entitled Forget Me Not – which he hopes will help raise awareness of the Find Madeleine campaign.

“It’s my skill and I want to help the cause in the best way I can,” said Brian, an executive director of two Deeside based businesses.

“It’s a gift, I play by ear. I just go to the keyboard and play, it works the same hearing thing on the radio, but I compose my own music.”

Married Brian, who lives with his wife Gillian and has three sons, was touched by the McCann’s plight and hopes that his music can help bring her home.

He said: “I’m doing it for her. I am a family man and whoever abducted her, it isn’t their child, it’s the McCann’s, they should release the girl and let her go home to her mum and dad.

“I am a great believer in the way the Lord works and He has given me an opportunity to help raise awareness.”

Despite playing the piano since he was 10 years old, Brian has never played in front of an audience before.

“I have an audition in Manchester on November 28 and if successful I perform in front of Simon Cowell and the others in January.”