Gecko Turner has been played on NTS in shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, featured first on 28 June 2014. Songs played include I'll Do That, Pal Perú and Monosabio Blues.

Gecko Turner (Fernando Echave) was born and raised in the San Roque district of Badajoz, Spain, a town about halfway between Madrid and Lisbon, Portugal. As a teenager, he fell in love with The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones. The Stones led him back to Elmore James, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and other blues greats. He picked up his guitar in his teens and eventually formed a…