Formed from the ashes of Croydon R&B outfit, The Boardwalkers, who’d recorded two tracks on a private pressing demo single – “A Miracle” and “Any Man’s Girl” (two versions), the original Warren Davis Monday Band came together in January 1967.
Warren Davis – (aka Max Spinks) – lead vocals
Rob Walker – lead guitar/vocals
Andy Wilson – Hammond organ
Bruce Usherwood – bass/vocals
Paul Houlton – tenor saxophone
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Peter Mole – drums
This formation cuts the band’s debut single – Bill Wyman and Peter Gosling’s “Wait For Me” c/w Warren Davis’ “I Don’t Wanna Hurt You” (Columbia BD 8190). Usherwood knew Wyman and Gosling, who was working with Moon’s Train.
7 January 1967 – Southwark Pop Scene, Newington Public Hall, Walworth Road, south London with Manfred Mann and Dave Cash (South East London Mercury)
20 January 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
22 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
29 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
4 February 1967 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands with The Bobcats
5 February 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
10 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Rockin’ Berries
11 February 1967 – Manhole, Redhill, Surrey
12 February 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, central Soho, London
18 February 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with support (Kentish Express)
23 February 1967 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Ty-Burns (Aldershot News)
25 February 1967 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Shame (Aldershot News)
5 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
11 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
12 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
19 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
26 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
1 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Dave Berries & The Cruisers
2 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
8 April 1967 – Booker T & The MGs rave about them in Melody Maker
9 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
15 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
16 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
17 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd
22-23 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
27 April 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
28 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Jeff Beck Group
29-30 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
4 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
6-7 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
13 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Terry Reid with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Around this time, the band was joined briefly by Welshman, guitarist Dave Edmunds, who took over from Rob Walker. Melody Maker‘s 13 May issue, page 14, includes an advert for the group looking for a new singer and guitarist.
Edmunds who would soon move on to join the band that became Love Sculpture later became a successful solo artist. Walker briefly returned to the group after Edmunds had played only a handful of gigs.
14 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
16 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
21 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
25 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
27 May 1967 – Roaring 20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Sookie Dolls
4 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
5 June 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Edwin Starr and Band of Joy
6 June 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
8 June 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Edwin Starr gig but most likely The Warren Davis Monday Band as backing group)
9 June 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
9 June 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
10 June 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Manfred Mann, Edwin Starr, The Darlings and Ray Bones
11 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
12 June 1967 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with Edwin Starr
18 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
25 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
2 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Moons Train and The Trap
8 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Small Faces
9 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
Rob Walker left permanently around now. Further changes took place soon after when Andy Wilson and Paul Houlton also departed, the latter to join Moon’s Train.
A new line-up comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
David Foster – keyboards (came over from Vancouver with The Canadian Strangers)
Mick Patel – lead guitar/saxophone/vocals (ex-Loose Ends)
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Bruce Usherwood – bass/vocals
Peter Mole – drums
While the band was rehearsing at Billy Walker’s Upper Cut, they auditioned tenor saxophone Derek “Del” Paramor, who joined from Vince Edwards’ group. Until May 1967, he’d worked with David Essex & The Mood Indigo.
15 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Wynder K Frog (new line up’s debut)
16 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
22 July 1967 – Central R&B Club, Gillingham, Kent with Derrick Dee Soul Show
23 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
23 July 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (late nighter)
29 July 1967 – Leeds International Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire
30 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
2 August 1967 – The current formation cuts two tracks at Regent Sound studios with Jeff Collins producing. The recordings are featured on their second single – a cover of the Raleigh/Linden co-write (and recorded by Lou Rawls) “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing” c/w Warren Davis and David Foster’s “Without Fear” (Columbia BD 8270).
4 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
6 August 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Eric Burdon & The Animals
6 August 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Soon after, the band headed to Naples, Italy to play at the NATO base from 9-16 August. The trip was a disaster as the club on the base didn’t know anything about the booking and the group only played a few times so they could afford to return to London.
19 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
26 August 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk
27 August 1967 – Cat-Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) This isn’t in Del Paramor’s gig list so was probably cancelled
28 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 August 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, central London
Following the double-nighter in Soho, David Foster, Mick Patel and Bruce Usherwood all departed. Usherwood subsequently joined Patrick Dane & The Front Line Band. Foster returned to Canada where he became a successful solo artist and producer.
The band regrouped, adding two former members of The Overlanders, lead guitarist Paul Brett and bass player Paul Petts. They also brought in keyboard player Keith Beck (real name: Burberry).
The line-up now comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Paul Brett – lead guitar/vocals
Keith Beck – Hammond organ
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Paul Petts – bass
Peter Mole – drums
8 September 1967 – Harrow Inn, Woolwich, southeast London
9 September 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London
17 September 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street Soho, central London
22 September 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London
22 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with Lloyd Alexander’s Blues Band
23 September 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire
29 September 1967 – Elm Hotel, Leigh on Sea, Essex
30 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset
1 October 1967 – Lyme Regis, Dorset (possibly Marine Theatre)
4 October 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, central London
6 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Locomotion
7 October 1967 – Croydon Tech, Croydon, south London
10 October 1967 – Staircase, Soho, central London (opening night of club with Cat Stevens as guest of honour, who wasn’t performing)
13 October 1967 – Beachcomber (Dunstable, Bedfordshire?)
14 October 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales
16 October 1967 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex
20 October 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London
21 October 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London
21 October 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 October 1967 – Assembly Rooms, Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, Oxfordshire
31 October 1967 – Beachcomber, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
4 November 1967 – On this day, the Daily Sketch “Monkees” article appeared, only to be denied later in Variety
4 November 1967 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire
8 November 1967 – The band records Paul Petts’ “What’s It Like Down There?” at Tony Pike Music Ltd studios in Putney.
9 November 1967 – The musicians record Paul Brett and Paul Petts’ “Queen Victoria” at Tony Pike Music Ltd studios in Putney. Both tracks are shelved.
10 November 1967 – Staircase, Soho, central London
11 November 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Blue Magnum
14 November 1967 – Dollar Disco, Slough, Berkshire
15 November 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News) Missing from Del Paramor’s gigs so may have been cancelled
16 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, central London (with either The Syn or Love Affair)
17 November 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Pink Floyd, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Ivan’s Jaguars, The JB’s, The Peighton Checks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, The Roll Movement, The Screen and The Syndicate (Yorkshire Evening Post)
18 November 1967 – St Paul’s College, Shaftesbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
22 November 1967 – Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland
23 November 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
25 November 1967 – Castle Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight
28 November 1967 – Racing Drivers Ball, Savoy Hotel, Strand, London
1 December 1967 – North West Polytechnic, Royal Hotel, Woburn Place, London with Denny Laine’s Electric String Band and Fleetwood Mac
2 December 1967 – Witham (possibly Public Hall), Essex
3-4 December 1967 – String O’Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire
5 December 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
8 December 1967 – Shooters Hill Grammar School, Shooters Hill, SE10, near Greenwich, London
9 December 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London
10 December 1967 – RAF Witton, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (held at Frank Freeman’s)
15 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
16 December 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Future Impression (billed as Dave Warren Monday Band)
18-20 December 1967 – Horseshoe Club, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
22 December 1967 – Jason’s Club, Barnstaple, Devon
23 December 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Friction
24 December 1967 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent
29 December 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey
30 December 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire
31 December 1967 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
Paul Brett left early in the new year. He joined Tintern Abbey and later led his own group, Paul Brett’s Sage after playing with Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Velvet Opera and Fire. Tony Ollard joined after working with The Creation (he’d replaced Eddie Phillips).
The new line up now comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Tony Ollard – lead guitar
Keith Beck – Hammond organ
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Paul Petts – bass
Peter Mole – drums
4 January 1968 – Warwick Hall, Kimpton Road, southeast London
5 January 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London
6 January 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
6 January 1968 – String of Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire
7-8 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, central London
9 January 1968 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire
9 January 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, central London
11 January 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
13 January 1968 – College of Technology, Brighton, West Sussex
16 January 1968 – The new line up returns to Tony Pike’s Putney studio and record another Paul Petts song, “Thinkin’ About Tomorrow” and Warren Davis’ “Frances”. Both tracks are shelved.
17 January 1968 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
18 January 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)
19 January 1968 – Bristol, Avon (gig was cancelled)
20 January 1968 – YMCA, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Here, There & Everywhere
25 January 1968 – Audition for BBC, central London
27 January 1968 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire
30 January 1968 – The Blue, Rotherhithe, southeast London
1 February 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
3 February 1968 – RAF Waddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
4-5 February 1968 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (also gig at Mercer’s Arms, Coventry on 5 February)
9 February 1968 – Big C, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Missing from Del Paramor’s gig list so may have been cancelled
10 February 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Block
13-28 February 1968 – Hotel Pino, Turin, Italy
1-17 March 1968 – Blow Up Club, Munich, West Germany
With the German dates completed, Martin Grice and Keith Beck returned to Turin and joined The Patrick Sansom Set.
Back in the UK in March 1968, the remaining members rehearsed new baritone sax player Roger Davis and debuted at Klooks Kleek in West Hampstead on 21 March 1968.
18 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (billed as Warren Davis The Monday Band) This gig was billed but did not happen
21 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (new line-up’s debut)
28 March 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Emotion (Western Gazette) Del Paramor says that this gig was cancelled
However, there was a split in the band’s ranks at this point with Warren Davis, Del Paramor and Roger Davis linking up with the group Still Life to form a new version of The Warren Davis Monday Band. Tony Ollard, Paul Petts and Pete Mole split to work on other projects. Ollard (see comments) moved to Italy.
Davis, Paramor and Davis had seen Still Life at the Marquee on 25 March 1968 and were impressed.
The new formation comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Stuart Cowell – guitar/lead vocals
Tom Tierney – guitar
Con Byrne – bass
Ron Reynolds – Hammond organ
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Roger Davis – baritone saxophone
Jim Toomey – drums
The new line-up recorded the track “No 9 Putney Bus” for what they hoped would be a TV series.
30 March 1968 – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
31 March 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
3 April 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
5 April 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon
6 April 1968 – Tardebigge, Redditch, Worcestershire (venue unknown)
19 April 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Del Paramor says David Essex turned up to see him at the gig which was a disaster)
20 April 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (billed as Still Life)
24 April 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
26 April-2 May 1968 – Rose Club, Hannover, West Germany
4 May 1968 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent
7 May 1968 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Del Paramor and Roger Davis told they were sacked)
9 May 1968 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon
10 May 1968 – Scottish Club Discotheque, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
11 May 1968 – Cirencester, Gloucestershire (possibly Stax Club)
14 May 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, central London
15 May 1968 – Hampstead Country Club, north London
Del Paramor and Roger Davis left after this gig. Paramor joined Mr Mo’s Messengers, who morphed into Sonority, where he worked with Peter Mole.
20 May 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Fish-Hook (billed as Warren Davis Band)
21 May 1968 – New Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
23 May 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
26 May 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
28 May 1968 – New Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
29 May 1968 – Hampstead Country Club, north London
1 June 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with C G Morris and The Reactions
3 June 1968 – Whisky A Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Guitarist Tom Tierney left around now. Warren Davis and Con Byrne wrote “The Painter”, which Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera record.
Two other tracks credited to Byrne-Davis: “Fire Fly” and “Deed I Do” were cut as acetates.
At some point, possibly with this final formation, the band cut two tracks at IBC Sound Recording Studios in Portland Place: “Nothing Is Sweeter Than Lovin’ You” and “Muddy Water”.
15 June 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex
29-30 June 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Vigilantes (Saturday) and The Provokers (Sunday)
By mid-July 1968 the band’s line-up comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Stuart Cowell – lead guitar/vocals
Ron Reynolds – Hammond organ
Con Byrne – bass
Jim Toomey – drums
Judging by a gig in Switzerland in mid-September (see comments), the band may have played some European dates around this time.
19 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London
The musicians, however, went their separate ways by late September 1968. Cowell and Toomey would form a new band with Jerome Arnold from Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band and later put together Titus Groan.
Warren Davis (see comments) audition for The Foundations but was not successful. In 1971 he co-wrote both sides of a single with Byrne for the band Mighty Dodos, which was released on Spark.
Huge thanks to Del Paramor for the gigs listings from July 1967-May 1968. Thanks to Del, Bruce Usherwood, Paul Brett and Stuart Cowell for details. Melody Maker also provided gigs for the Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London. I also used a number of regional newspapers for gigs. I will be writing a more detailed article on the band and would welcome hearing from other former members.
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Nick, I have on record that the Warren Davis Monday Band played at the Dungeon on Tuesday June 6th 1967 as support for Edwin Starr.
Warren Davis (Max) recently died in the USA.
Max ( Warren) played often in my Father’s club, The Uppercut in 1967.
I would like any info on what he did after the band split up. Did he work in the music business and did he have a family? How did he die ?
Dear Desi,
Dear Desi,
Were you the young lady with the Slater Walker connection? Max ended up in Florida pushing cards and money around expensive tables. Somehow he ended up living not far from his/our old WDMB manager, Jeff Collins. Try Jeffrey@famousmusicgroup.com
Good luck,
Del
Hi Desi. You may remember me..Debbie, Max’s sister!
I remember you well from all those years ago. Max had a great life, no children but a couple of ex-wives.
Say he developed Parkinson’s and had a devastating fall from which he never recovered.
I miss him so much
I understand that Warren Davis grew up in Barnstaple in North Devon from a local newspaper article from 1968. I will make more inquiries locally to see in any one knew of him and I would be interested in finding out if he was involved with other bands post 1968
Found some gigs in Melody Maker for The Boardwalkers, the group before The Warren Davis Monday Band. They are:
16 December 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London
2 April 1966 – St Peter’s Hall, South Croydon, south London with The Loose Ends
29 May 1966 – Club West Indies, Harlesden, northwest London with Joyce Bond
20 November 1966 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Also, two gigs on a tour from the Southwest from the Cornish Guardian newspaper
29 October 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Jaguars
24 December 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall
Few more Boardwalkers gigs
26 May 1965 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Peckham & Dulwich Advertiser) Billed as Warren & The Walkers (not confirmed but likely)
10 February 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
1 April 1966 – Georgian Club, Croydon, south London (Melody Maker)
28 April 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
19 May 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker) or John Brown’s Bodies instead
15 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Winston’s Fumbs (Melody Maker)
11 November 1966 – Southwark Pop Scene, Manor House Baths, Walworth Road, south London with The Merseys and Dave Cash (Melody Maker)
20 November 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
Few Warren Davis Monday Band gigs that are missing
7 January 1967 – Southwark Pop Scene, Manor House Baths, Walworth Road, London with Manfred Mann (Melody Maker)
4 March 1967 – Southwark Pop Scene, Manor House Baths, Walworth Road, London with Dave Berry & The Cruisers (Melody Maker)
Found a missing gig on the list which was actually cancelled at the last minute, according to Del Paramor
Saturday, 29 July 1967, the group was booked to appear at the Whisky A Go Go in Salford, Greater Manchester with The Locomotion
Readers might be interested to know that a detailed history of the band will be appearing on the Strange Brew website in the coming month (most likely in multiple parts) . Visit: http://thestrangebrew.co.uk/
Few more for the Boardwalkers
20 May 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
1 July 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
The 10th December 67 show appears to have been at Frank Freeman’s band stand in Kidderminster according to Kidderminster Times and Stourport News
Found a gig at The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire on 29 August 1967 in the Evening Sentinel. However, Del Paramor confirms the following:
This gig, in Hanley, was cancelled because of non-appearance of Dave Foster, who quit along with Mick Patel, lead guitarist, next day and we held immediate auditions!
Also on the bill was The Shell Shock Show who I presume did play despite Warren Davis Monday Band’s cancellation.
Few more gigs for the Boardwalkers who morphed into the Warren Davis Monday Band. These are all from the Coulson and Purley Advertiser
The Star, Broad Green, Croydon
9 November 1965
23 November 1965
30 November 1965
14 December 1965
11 December 1965 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with Lawlors Legs (Surrey Comet)
The story about the TV show featuring The Warren Davis Monday Band is covered in some detail in Disc & Music Echo’s 13 November 1967 issue (page 7), which you can access here:
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Disc.htm
According to Melody Maker, 14 September 1968 issue, page 4, when Clem Curtis left and the group auditioned singers, Warren Davis, leader of The Warren Davis Monday Band, was one of the potential replacements lined up
Hi. Have you any info on ron reynolds. Am currently trying to contact him and his sister.
Any info would be appreciated.
Take care
Many thanks
Lee
Does anyone have any info on Keith Burberry?
I happen to have bought his roland ax-7 keytar a few years back in sweden that was originally his according to the roland receipt I got with it which states his name and so on. The reciept is in italian an according to this site: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/keith-burberry
,he seems to be there currently?
I would love to know more about the guy since I am planning on selling this keytar and for one he sparked my interest and also I have this ferarri case that came with it and I can’t find ANYTHING about it anywhere, like it never even existed, or maybe it was custom made for someone? 😉
If you have any info, Please reply!
Regards
Nils
Dear Nils,
Have only just read this entry. Keith was a great friend of mine, born Burberry, stage name Beck. He died and is buried in Salhouse Churchyard, Norwich. A few years ago I had a very friendly exchange with his sister, Annette Arber. She may be contacted on annette-arber@gmail.com. Let me know if you have any problems. Good luck!
Del Paramor
Hello Nils
I am Keith Burberry’s sister, mentioned by Del Paramor in the next comment. However, he has my address slightly incorrect; it is annette.arber@gmail.com if you’d like to contact me.
All the best
Annette
Looks like the final line up played in Switzerland on 11 September 68:
http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/
Tony Ollard died 10 August 2018 in Como, Italy according to this site:
https://bigsixties.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-robb-storme-group.html?m=1
Spoke to Roger Warwick and Tony joined him in the Four Kents backing band in Italy after he left the Warren Davis band in spring 68
Keith Burberry went on to play with Lally Stott in his backing band The Black Jacks around 1972. They recorded an album too, the singer was Glen White