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Labatt Brewing Company
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Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. is a Belgian-owned Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London, Ontario. Labatt is the largest brewer in Canada, in 1995, it was purchased by Belgian brewer Interbrew. In 2004, Interbrew merged with Brazilian brewer AmBev to form InBev, in 2008, InBev merged with American brewer Anheuser-Busch to form Anheuser-Busch InBev making Labatt Brewing part of Anheuser-Busch InBev. On October 10,2016, an over $100 billion merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller closed, in 1901, Prohibition in Canada began through a provincial legislation in Prince Edward Island. In 1916, prohibition was instituted in Ontario as well, affecting all 64 breweries in the province, although some provinces totally banned alcohol manufacture, some permitted production for export to the United States. Labatt survived by producing full strength beer for export south of the border, however, the Canadian beer industry suffered a second blow when Prohibition in the United States began in 1919. When Prohibition was repealed in Ontario in 1926, just 15 breweries remained and this resulted in a strengthened industry position. In 1945 Labatt became a traded company with the issuance of 900,000 shares. John and Hugh Labatt, grandsons of founder John K. Labatt, the first light ale introduced in Canada, Labatt 50 was Canadas best-selling beer until 1979. The nickname stuck and in 1979 Labatt Blue claimed top spot in the Canadian beer market and it lost this status in the late eighties to Molson Canadian, but over the next decade, periodically regained top spot as consumer preferences fluctuated. In 2004, Budweiser took the top spot, pushing Blue to third for the first time in twenty-five years, however, since Labatt has brewed Budweiser in Canada under licence since the 1980s, Labatt likely did not suffer from this shift. Moreover, Labatt Blue remains the best selling Canadian beer in the world based upon worldwide sales, Labatt was also the majority owner of the Toronto Blue Jays from their inception in 1976 until 1995, when Interbrew purchased Labatt. Labatts innovations include the introduction of the first twist-off cap on a bottle in 1984. Photographer and boyfriend, Dann Ilicic, produced the Blue Zone Girl poster on his own after Labatts refused to have anything to do with it, later, Labatts did buy 1000 posters to deal with consumer demand. In 1995, Labatt was acquired by the large Belgian multinational brewer Interbrew, Labatt is part-owner of Brewers Retail Inc. operator of The Beer Store retail chain, which—protected by legislation—has over 90% market share of Ontario off-premises beer sales. In early 2007, Labatt also acquired Lakeport Brewing Company of Hamilton, in 2009, the company sold Labatt USA, including the American rights to its core Labatt products to North American Breweries, and agreed to brew those brands on Labatt USAs behalf until 2012. This sale was mandated by the U. S. S, the sale did not include U. S. rights to Labatt products not carrying the Labatt label, such as Kokanee or Alexander Keiths, which are now distributed in the U. S. by Anheuser-Busch. Moreover, the intellectual property remains the property of the Canadian firm
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London, Ontario
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London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 383,822 according to the 2016 Canadian census, London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximately halfway between Toronto, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. The City of London is a municipality, politically separate from Middlesex County. London and the Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, the first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855, since then, London has grown to be the largest Southwestern Ontario municipality and Canadas 11th largest metropolitan area, having annexed many of the smaller communities that surrounded it. London is a centre of health care and education, being home to the University of Western Ontario, Fanshawe College. Londons university and hospitals are among its top ten employers, London lies at the junction of Highway 401 and 402, connecting it to Toronto, Windsor, and Sarnia. It also has an airport, train and bus station. Prior to European contact in the 18th century, the present site of London was occupied by several Neutral, Odawa, archaeological investigations in the region indicate that aboriginal people have resided in the area for at least the past 10,000 years. The current location of London was selected as the site of the capital of Upper Canada in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. Simcoe intended to name the settlement Georgina, in honour of King George III, however, the choice of a capital site in the midst of extensive hardwood forests was rejected by Guy Carleton. In 1814, there was a skirmish during the War of 1812 in what is now southwest London at Reservoir Hill, the village of London, named after the English capital of London, was not founded until 1826, and not as the capital Simcoe envisioned. Rather, it was a seat for the area west of the actual capital. At the time, Crown and clergy reserves were receiving preference in the rest of Ontario, in 1832, the new settlement suffered an outbreak of cholera. London proved a centre of strong Tory support during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, London was incorporated as a town in 1840. On 13 April 1845, fire destroyed much of London, which was at the time largely constructed of wooden buildings, one of the first casualties was the towns only fire engine. This fire burned nearly 30 acres of land destroying 150 buildings before burning itself out later the same day, one-fifth of London was destroyed and this was the provinces first million dollar fire. Sir John Carling, Tory MP for London, gave three events to explain the development of London in a 1901 speech
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Nottingham
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Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, located 128 miles north of London, in the East Midlands. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and it was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination, in 2011, visitors spent over £1.5 billion - the thirteenth highest amount in Englands 111 statistical territories. In 2015, Nottingham had an population of 321,550 with the wider urban area. Its urban area is the largest in the east Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands, the population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000. Its metropolitan economy is the seventh largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50. 9bn, the city is also ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. It is also a sporting centre, and in October 2015 was named Home of English Sport. The city also has rugby, ice hockey and cricket teams, and the Aegon Nottingham Open. This accolade came just over a year after Nottingham was named as the UKs first City of Football, on 11 December 2015, Nottingham was named a Unesco City of Literature, joining Norwich, Melbourne, Prague and Barcelona as one of only a handful in the world. The title reflects Nottinghams literary heritage, with Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and it has two universities, the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, which are attended by over 70,610 students. In modern Welsh it is known poetically as Y Ty Ogofog, when it fell under the rule of a Saxon chieftain named Snot it became known as Snotingaham, the homestead of Snots people. Some authors derive Nottingham from Snottenga, caves, and ham, Nottingham Castle was constructed in 1068 on a sandstone outcrop by the River Leen. Following the Norman Conquest the Saxon settlement developed into the English Borough of Nottingham and housed a Town Hall, a settlement also developed around the castle on the hill opposite and was the French borough supporting the Normans in the castle. Eventually, the space between was built on as the town grew and the Old Market Square became the focus of Nottingham several centuries later, defences, consisted initially of a ditch and bank in the early 12th century. The ditch was later widened, in the mid 13th century, a short length of the wall survives, and is visible at the northern end of Maid Marian Way, and is protected as a Scheduled Monument. On the return of Richard the Lionheart from the Crusades, the Castle was occupied by supporters of Prince John and it was besieged by Richard and, after a sharp conflict, was captured. In the legends of Robin Hood, Nottingham Castle is the scene of the showdown between the Sheriff and the hero outlaw. By the 15th century Nottingham had established itself as a centre of an export trade in religious sculpture made from Nottingham Alabaster
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Hard rock
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Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums. Hard rock developed into a form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC. During the 1980s, some rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and more towards pop rock. Hard rock began losing popularity with the success of R&B, hip-hop, urban pop, grunge. Out of this movement came garage rock bands like The White Stripes, The Strokes, Interpol and, later on, in the 2000s, only a few hard rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s managed to sustain highly successful recording careers. Hard rock is a form of loud, aggressive rock music, the electric guitar is often emphasised, used with distortion and other effects, both as a rhythm instrument using repetitive riffs with a varying degree of complexity, and as a solo lead instrument. Drumming characteristically focuses on driving rhythms, strong drum and a backbeat on snare. The bass guitar works in conjunction with the drums, occasionally playing riffs, vocals are often growling, raspy, or involve screaming or wailing, sometimes in a high range, or even falsetto voice. In the late 1960s, the heavy metal was used interchangeably with hard rock. Heavy metal took on darker characteristics after Black Sabbaths breakthrough at the beginning of the 1970s, in the 1980s it developed a number of subgenres, often termed extreme metal, some of which were influenced by hardcore punk, and which further differentiated the two styles. Despite this differentiation, hard rock and heavy metal have existed side by side, with bands frequently standing on the boundary of, other antecedents include Link Wrays instrumental Rumble in 1958, and the surf rock instrumentals of Dick Dale, such as Lets Go Trippin and Misirlou. In the 1960s, American and British blues and rock bands began to rock and roll by adding harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming. From the late 1960s, it common to divide mainstream rock music that emerged from psychedelia into soft. Soft rock was often derived from rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody. In contrast, hard rock was most often derived from rock and was played louder. Blues rock acts that pioneered the sound included Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, in songs like I Feel Free combined blues rock with pop and psychedelia, particularly in the riffs and guitar solos of Eric Clapton. Jimi Hendrix produced a form of blues-influenced psychedelic rock, which combined elements of jazz, blues and rock, from 1967 Jeff Beck brought lead guitar to new heights of technical virtuosity and moved blues rock in the direction of heavy rock with his band, The Jeff Beck Group
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Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are associated with aggression. The first heavy metal such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the evolution by discarding much of its blues influence, Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers. During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with such as Mötley Crüe. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre and these include groove metal and nu metal, the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop. Heavy metal is characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes, the typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are used to enhance the fullness of the sound. Deep Purples Jon Lord played an overdriven Hammond organ, in 1970, John Paul Jones used a Moog synthesizer on Led Zeppelin III, by the 1990s, in. almost every subgenre of heavy metal synthesizers were used. The electric guitar and the power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The heavy metal guitar sound comes from a use of high volumes. Guitar solos are an element of the heavy metal code. That underscores the significance of the guitar to the genre, most heavy metal songs featur at least one guitar solo, which is a primary means through which the heavy metal performer expresses virtuosity. One exception is nu metal bands, which tend to omit guitar solos, with rhythm guitar parts, the heavy crunch sound in heavy metal. Palm muting the strings with the hand and using distortion. Palm muting creates a tighter, more sound and it emphasizes the low end
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Blues rock
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Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with similar to electric blues. From its beginnings in the early- to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way inspired hard rock, Southern rock, Blues rock continues to be an influence, with performances and recordings by several popular artists. Blues rock started with rock musicians in the United Kingdom and the United States performing American blues songs. They typically recreated electric Chicago-style blues songs, such as those by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Howlin Wolf, and Albert King, at faster tempos and with a more aggressive sound common to rock. In the UK, the style was popularized by such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and the Animals. In the US, Lonnie Mack, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, in the US, Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers Band, and ZZ Top represented a hard rock trend. Although around this time, AllMusic commented, the lines between rock and hard rock were barely visible, there was a return to more blues-influenced styles. Groups, such as the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the White Stripes, brought an edgier, more diverse style into the 2000s, Blues rock bands borrow the idea of an instrumental combo and loud amplification from rock & roll. It is also played at a fast tempo, again distinguishing it from the blues. The core blues rock sound is created by the guitar, bass guitar. Often bands also included a harmonica, usually called a harp, the electric guitar is usually amplified through a tube guitar amplifier or using an overdrive effect. While 1950s-era blues bands would still use the upright bass, the blues rock bands of the 1960s used the electric bass. Keyboard instruments, such as the piano and Hammond organ, are occasionally used. As with the guitar, the sound of the Hammond organ is typically amplified with a tube amplifier. Vocals also typically play a key role, although the vocals may be equal in importance or even subordinate to the guitar playing. As well, a number of rock pieces are instrumental-only. Blues-rock pieces often follow typical blues structures, such as blues, sixteen-bar blues
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Progressive rock
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Progressive rock is a broad subgenre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. Prog is based on fusions of styles, approaches and genres, Prog saw a high level of popularity in the early-to-mid 1970s, but faded soon after. Conventional wisdom holds that the rise of rock caused this. Music critics, who labelled the concepts as pretentious and the sounds as pompous and overblown. Early groups who exhibited progressive features are described as proto-prog. In 1967, progressive rock constituted a diversity of loosely associated style codes, the Canterbury scene, originating in the late 1960s, denoted a subset of prog bands who emphasised the use of wind instruments, complex chord changes and long improvisations. Rock in Opposition, from the late 1970s, was more avant-garde, in the 1980s, a new subgenre, neo-progressive rock, enjoyed some commercial success, although it was also accused of being derivative and lacking in innovation. Post-progressive draws upon newer developments in music and the avant-garde since the mid 1970s. The term progressive rock is synonymous with art rock, classical rock, historically, art rock has been used to describe at least two related, but distinct, types of rock music. Similarities between the two terms are that they describe a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility. However, art rock is likely to have experimental or avant-garde influences. Prog was devised in the 1990s as a term, but later became a transferable adjective. Although a unidirectional English progressive style emerged in the late 1960s, by 1967, critics of the genre often limit its scope to a stereotype of long solos, overlong albums, fantasy lyrics, grandiose stage sets and costumes, and an obsessive dedication to technical skill. Author Kevin Holm-Hudson believes that rock is a style far more diverse than what is heard from its mainstream groups. They each do so largely unconsciously, academic John S. Cotner contests Macans view that progressive rock cannot exist without the continuous and overt assimilation of classical music into rock. Debate about the criteria and scope of the genre continues in the 2010s. In early references to the music, progressive was partly related to progressive politics, Cotner also says that progressive rock incorporates both formal and eclectic elements, It consists of a combination of factors – some of them intramusical, others extramusical or social. One way of conceptualising rock and roll in relation to music is that progressive music pushed the genre into greater complexity while retracing the roots of romantic
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Deep Purple
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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of metal and modern hard rock. Originally formed as a rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have referred to as the unholy trinity of British hard rock. They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as the globes loudest band for a 1972 concert at Londons Rainbow Theatre, Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus. The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and their second and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, and Ritchie Blackmore. This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973, and was revived from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1992 to 1993. The bands line-up has been more stable in recent years. Deep Purple were ranked number 22 on VH1s Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, the band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, in 1967, former Searchers drummer Chris Curtis contacted London businessman Tony Edwards, in the hope that he would manage a new group he was putting together, to be called Roundabout. Curtis vision was a supergroup where the members would get on and off. Impressed with the plan, Edwards agreed to finance the venture with two partners, John Coletta and Ron Hire, all of Hire-Edwards-Coletta Enterprises. The first recruit to the band was the classically trained Hammond organ player Jon Lord, Lord was currently performing in a backing band for the vocal group The Flower Pot Men, along with bassist Nick Simper and drummer Carlo Little. Simper had previously been in Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and survived the 1966 car crash that killed Kidd, Lord put the two on alert that hed been recruited for the Roundabout project, after which Simper and Little suggested guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, whom Lord had never met. Simper had known Blackmore since the early 1960s when his first band, the Renegades, debuted around the time as one of Blackmores early bands. HEC persuaded Blackmore to return from Hamburg to audition for the new group, Blackmore was making a name for himself as a studio session guitarist, and had also been a member of the Outlaws, Screaming Lord Sutch, and Neil Christian. Curtis erratic behaviour and lifestyle, fueled by LSD use, caused a sudden disinterest in the project he had started, but HEC was now intrigued with the possibilities Lord and Blackmore brought, while Lord and Blackmore were also keen to continue. The two carried on with recruiting members, keeping Tony Edwards as their manager
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Green Bullfrog
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Green Bullfrog is a rock album recorded by an ad-hoc band of musicians under the guidance of producer Derek Lawrence. The bulk of the album was recorded two sessions at De Lane Lea Studios, London in 1970, with later string and brass overdubs. It was originally released in 1971, with reissues in 1980 and 1991, for contractual reasons, the original album listed pseudonyms in the credits, which led to speculation as to who actually performed on the record. The musicians were confirmed as including Deep Purples Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Paice, Procol Harums Matthew Fisher. The album was the idea of producer Derek Lawrence, who assembled a group of musicians with whom he had worked in the 1960s. Guitarist Albert Lee had been working with Lawrence as a player. However, the sessions did not work out, so the pair decided to invite other musicians and Sutch alumni. The album was recorded in two sessions on 20 April and 23 May 1970 at Kingsway Studios, London, starting at 11pm. Deep Purple and former Lord Sutch guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had previously worked with Lawrence, Blackmore and Paice arrived at the studio directly from Deep Purple gigs on both occasions. Session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan was invited as he had originally taught Blackmore how to play guitar and was admired by him. Guitarist Rod Alexander was friends with Blackmore and worked in a shop on nearby Charing Cross Road. He arrived at the session to deliver some guitar strings, and was persuaded to stay, all the musicians had wanted to play together for some time, but were too busy with touring or session work to do so. Singer Earl Jordan had been doing sessions with the Les Humphries Singers and he put down guide vocals during the main session, then re-recorded all his parts after everyone else had left. A few originals were played, as well as many blues-inflected covers of rock songs, Sullivan rearranged Lawrences Lovin You in 179 compound time to make it more interesting to play. The guitar workout instrumental Bullfrog is basically the Deep Purple song Jam Stew, Blackmore played the main riff once to Sullivan and Lee, who both immediately created guitar harmonies around it. The track also features Tony Ashton on Hammond organ, Blackmore and Lawrence had both wanted to record a cover of The Creations Makin Time since Deep Purple were first formed, and the session gave them a chance to do so. For contractual reasons, the musicians were billed under pseudonyms, Lee was called Pinta after an in-joke where he would say Im only delivering the milk. After a second take of a song was requested, Ashton was called Bevy because he liked to keep bottles of light ale under his organ
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Whitesnake
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Whitesnake are a rock band formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the rock of Deep Purple. The album went 8 times platinum in the US, and the bands success saw them nominated for the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Group. Slip of the Tongue, was also a success, reaching the top 10 in the UK and the US, the band split up shortly after this release, but had a reunion in 1994, and released a one-off studio album, Restless Heart. Whitesnake officially reformed in 2002 and have been touring together since, in 2005, Whitesnake were named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1. David Coverdale founded Whitesnake in 1978 in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, north-east England, the core line-up had been working as his backing band The White Snake Band on the White Snake album tour and they retained the title before officially being known as Whitesnake. They toured with Coverdale as his band and for both of the solo albums he released, White Snake and Northwinds, between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake. At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Johnston would soon be replaced by Procol Harum organ player and keyboardist Pete Solley. Because of Solleys producing commitments he was replaced by the former Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord, the EP had some success in the UK and subsequent reissues of this EP included four bonus tracks from Coverdales second solo album Northwinds produced by Roger Glover. A blues rock debut album Trouble, was released in the autumn of 1978, Whitesnake toured Europe to promote the album and their first live album Live at Hammersmith was recorded on this tour and released in Japan in 1979. Tracks from the EP Snakebite were included in a reissue of the album Trouble in 2006, Whitesnake released Lovehunter in 1979, which courted controversy due to its risqué album cover by artist Chris Achilleos, which featured an illustration of a naked woman straddling a coiled snake. The album made the UK Top 30 and contained the minor hit Long Way from Home, shortly after that drummer Ian Paice replaced David Dowle giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an Willing, which was a hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10. The single Fool for Your Loving, which the band wrote for B. B. King, made No.13 in the UK single charts and No.53 in the US. The Ready an Willing tour included the Saturday night headline appearance at the 1980 Reading Festival, while still mostly unknown in the US, the modest success of Ready an Willing helped Whitesnake increase awareness there as an opening act for established bands such as Jethro Tull and AC/DC. The band also released Live. In the Heart of the City, which contained recordings made in 1978 and 1980 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, during 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter and decided to put Whitesnake on hold. Saints & Sinners was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit Here I Go Again, which featured guest keyboard player Malcolm Birch from Chesterfield-based band Pegasus. The new lineup toured in 1982–83, headlined the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington UK in August 1983, in late 1983, the band recorded Slide It In, which was released in Europe in early 1984
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Gary Moore
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Robert William Gary Moore was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer, songwriter, and virtuoso rock and blues guitarist. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high-profile musicians, Moore grew up on Castleview Road opposite Stormont Parliament Buildings, off the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast, as one of five children of Bobby, a promoter, and Winnie, a housewife. He left the city as a teenager, because of troubles in his family – his parents parted a year later – just as The Troubles were starting in Northern Ireland. Moore started performing at an age, having picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight. He got his first quality guitar at the age of 14, aiming to become a musician, he moved to Dublin at the age of 16. Moores greatest influence in the days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin. Greens continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, on this tribute album, Moore played Greens 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Greens request, so that it would have a good home, other early musical influences were artists such as Albert King, Elvis Presley, The Shadows, Buddy Guy, and The Beatles. In Dublin, Moore joined the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan Brush Shiels and it was with this group that he earned a reputation in the music industry, and his association with Phil Lynott began. In 1970, Moore moved to England and remained there, apart from two periods in the United States. In 1973, under the name The Gary Moore Band, he released his first solo album, Grinding Stone was issued in North America on Neil Kempfer-Stockers fledgling record label imprint Cosmos and received Album of the Year accolades on KTAC-FM/Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, in 1974. In 1974 he re-joined Lynott, when he first joined Thin Lizzy after the departure of founding member Eric Bell, from 1975 to August 1978, he was a member of Colosseum II. With the band he also collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the composers Variations album in 1978, in 1977, Moore re-joined Thin Lizzy, first as a temporary replacement for Brian Robertson, and on a permanent basis a year later. In July 1979, he left the band permanently to focus on his solo career, Moore appears in the videos for Waiting for an Alibi, With Love and Do Anything You Want To. He experimented with musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country, electric blues, hard rock. In 1987, he performed a solo for a cover of the Beatles Let It Be which was released under the group-name of Ferry Aid. The record raised substantial funds for the survivors of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, in 1990, he played the lead guitar solo on Shes My Baby from Traveling Wilburys Vol.3. After a series of records, Moore returned to blues music with Still Got the Blues, with contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins
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Paul McCartney
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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained fame with the rock band the Beatles, largely considered the most popular. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most celebrated of the post-war era, after the bands break-up, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. McCartney has been recognised as one of the most successful composers and performers of all time, More than 2,200 artists have covered his Beatles song Yesterday, more than any other copyrighted song in history. Wings 1977 release Mull of Kintyre is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr all received The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1965, McCartney has released an extensive catalogue of songs as a solo artist and has composed classical and electronic music. He has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to subjects as animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty. He has married three times and is the father of five children, James Paul McCartney was born on 18 June 1942 in Walton Hospital, Liverpool, England, where his mother, Mary Patricia, had qualified to practise as a nurse. His father, James McCartney, was absent from his sons birth due to his work as a firefighter during World War II. Paul has one brother, Michael. Though the children were baptised in their mothers Catholic faith, their father was a former Protestant turned agnostic, McCartney attended Stockton Wood Road Primary School in Speke from 1947 until 1949, when he transferred to Joseph Williams Junior School in Belle Vale because of overcrowding at Stockton. In 1953, with three others out of ninety examinees, he passed the 11-Plus exam, meaning he could attend the Liverpool Institute. In 1954, he met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus from his home in Speke. The two quickly became friends, McCartney later admitted, I tended to talk down to him because he was a year younger. McCartneys mother Mary was a midwife and the primary wage earner, her earnings enabled them to move into 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton. She rode a bicycle to her patients, McCartney described an early memory of her leaving at about three in the morning streets, on 31 October 1956, when McCartney was fourteen, his mother died of an embolism. McCartneys loss later became a point of connection with John Lennon, whose mother, McCartneys father was a trumpet player and pianist, who had led Jim Macs Jazz Band in the 1920s. He kept a piano in the front room, encouraged his sons to be musical and advised Paul to take piano lessons
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George Harrison
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George Harrison, MBE was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Although most of the Beatles songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and his songs for the group included Taxman, Within You Without You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun and Something, the last of which became the Beatles second-most covered song. Harrisons earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences. By 1965 he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in the Byrds and Bob Dylan, having initiated the bands embracing of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement. He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, in his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978. Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Beatles in 1988, Harrisons first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977. The following year he married Olivia Harrison, with whom he had one son, Harrison died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India and he left an estate of almost £100 million. Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 25 February 1943, Harrison was the youngest of four children of Harold Hargreaves Harrison and he had one sister, Louise, and two brothers, Harry and Peter. His mother was an assistant from a Catholic family with Irish roots. His future wife, the model Pattie Boyd, described Harrisons parents as quite short, an enthusiastic music fan, she was known among friends for her loud singing voice, which at times startled visitors by rattling the Harrisons windows. While pregnant with George, she listened to the weekly broadcast Radio India. Harrisons biographer Joshua Greene wrote, Every Sunday she tuned in to mystical sounds evoked by sitars and tablas, hoping that the music would bring peace. Harrison was born and lived the first six years of his life at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool, the home had an outdoor toilet and its only heat came from a single coal fire. In 1949 the family were offered a house and moved to 25 Upton Green. In 1948, at the age of five, Harrison enrolled at Dovedale Primary School and he passed the eleven-plus exam and attended Liverpool Institute High School for Boys from 1954 to 1959. Though the institute did offer a course, Harrison was disappointed with the absence of guitars
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The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground was a rock band formed in New York, America, by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. The provocative subject matter, musical experimentation, and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the work would prove influential in the development of punk rock. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No.19 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by Patti Smith. The foundations for what would become the Velvet Underground were laid in late 1964, singer/songwriter/guitarist Lou Reed had performed with a few short-lived garage bands and had worked as a songwriter for Pickwick Records. Reed met John Cale, a Welshman who had moved to the United States to study classical music upon securing a scholarship. Cale had worked with experimental composers Cornelius Cardew and La Monte Young, Youngs use of extended drones would be a profound influence on the bands early sound. Cale was pleasantly surprised to discover that Reeds experimentalist tendencies were similar to his own, the pair rehearsed and performed together, their partnership and shared interests built the path towards what would later become the Velvet Underground. Reed and Cale recruited Sterling Morrison—a college classmate of Reeds at Syracuse University—as a replacement for Walter De Maria, Reed and Morrison both played guitars, Cale played viola, keyboards and bass and Angus MacLise joined on percussion to complete the initial four-member unit. This quartet was first called the Warlocks, then the Falling Spikes, MacLise made a suggestion to adopt the title as the bands name. The band immediately and unanimously adopted the Velvet Underground as its new name in November 1965, the newly named Velvet Underground rehearsed and performed in New York City. Their music was much more relaxed than it would later become, Cale described this era as reminiscent of beat poetry. When he briefly returned to Britain, Cale attempted to give a copy of the tape to Marianne Faithfull, hoping shed pass it on to Mick Jagger, nothing ever came of this, but the demo was eventually released on the 1995 box set Peel Slowly and See. Manager and music journalist Al Aronowitz arranged for the groups first paying gig—$75 to play at Summit High School, in Summit, New Jersey, opening for the Myddle Class. When they decided to take the gig, MacLise abruptly left the group, protesting what he considered a sellout, he was unwilling to be told when to start. Angus was in it for art, Morrison reported, MacLise was replaced by Maureen Moe Tucker, the younger sister of Morrisons friend Jim Tucker. Her rhythms, at once simple and exotic, became a part of the groups music. The group earned a regular paying gig at the Café Bizarre, in 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin, Andy Warhol became the bands manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico on several songs. Warhols reputation helped the band gain a higher profile and he helped the band secure a recording contract with MGMs Verve Records, with himself as nominal producer, and gave the Velvets free rein over the sound they created
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Rock music
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It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
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Rod Evans
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Roderic Evans is an English former singer. After recording a single, he was a member of the original Captain Beyond line-up. After a legal struggle with Deep Purple in 1980, Evans turned reclusive, Evans was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire. He played together with drummer Ian Paice, in The Maze and he was also in a band called The Horizons in the mid 1960s. Reports state that Evans also worked as a model around this time. He was tall and had good posture, Evans and Paice were original members of Deep Purple when they formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. The most recognised song recorded with Evans singing is Hush, which reached No.4 on the US Billboard charts in October 1968, after recording three studio albums, he was dismissed in 1969. His departure from the band was in due to Evans desire to move to the United States. Evans left Captain Beyond and the business after their first two albums. He then became a director of respiratory therapy at a western American hospital until 1980, the line up was Rod Evans, Tony Flynn, Tom de Rivera, Geoff Emery, and Dick Jurgens III, son of famous big band leader Dick Henrey Jurgens. After several shows ended in riots, Evans was sued by the management of the genuine Deep Purple. As a result of the lawsuit, Evans no longer receives royalties from the bands first three albums and he has not appeared publicly since the court case and his current whereabouts are of considerable interest to fans of early Deep Purple. In 2015, Ian Paice said, If anyone knows where Rod is or even if he is still on the planet and we havent had contact with him since the late 1970s. Nobody seems to know where the hell he is, or even if he is still alive, on 8 April 2016, Evans was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple, however, he did not attend the ceremony
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Bobbie Clarke
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Bobbie Clarke was an English rock drummer. Clarke originally learned to play as a teenager with Eric Delaney, Vince Eager was born Roy Taylor and was a former member of The Harmonica Vagabonds, The Vagabonds Skiffle Group, Vince Eager and the Quiet Three. With guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, The Beat Boys for a time became Marty Wildes Wildcats, subsequently, the same band again became The Beat Boys, backing up Billy Fury. In about December 1958 Bobbie met 19-year-old Vince Taylor who was brought to the UK from America by his brother in law, Joe Barbera, in September 1960, Clarke and his band became Taylors Playboys with Kenny Pavell, Clive Powell, and Tex Makins. Powell later became notable as Georgie Fame, when Kenny Pavel left the band to play for Cliff Richards Drifters, he was replaced for a while by 16-year-old Jimmy Page, future guitarist of Led Zeppelin. In 1958, their first records, I Like Love and Right Behind You Baby were released by Parlophone, with Tony Sheridan, Tony Harvey, Brian Liquorice Locking, in 1959 Brand New Cadillac was released. On 19 August 1960, Palette Records Ltd. released Ill Be Your Hero and it stayed in the charts 9 weeks and reached the top 15. The single might have been a hit, but UK teenagers of the time, under the influence of the media, were guided to listen to a more clean sounding Cliff Richard. The Noise with Bob Steele on guitar was booked to play at the Olympia in Paris on 7–8 July 1961, the top of the bill was Wee Willie Harris. The other artists were Dave Sampson, Vince Eager, and Nero and the Gladiators, which contained lead guitar player Tony Harvey. Despite their differences, Vince was still friends with the band and asked, considering that he had never been to France, if he could come to Paris with his friends and if necessary, sing for free. Vince dressed up for the occasion in his leather gear. He gave such a performance at the sound check that even the band was amazed. Bobbie Clarke and Joey Greco with the Golden Stars also recorded the single Memphis Tennessee with Vince Taylor, Johnny Hallyday joined the French army in June 1964. In September 1964 the new Noise recorded the first Its Not Unusual and he re-formed The Noise, and with Vince Taylor played as the opening act for The Rolling Stones on their first three concerts in France, at the Olympia. Barclay released a single under the name Vince Taylor with Bobbie Clarkes Noise, in mid 1965, with several bookings lined up, Vince Taylor went away suddenly and the band finally gave up and Johnny Taylor joined a religious movement. Ralph Danks left to play guitar with Three Dog Night, and later Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Stash Klossowski would later produce The Dirty Strangers album featuring Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. At the same time the band was recording with Vince Flaherty, they were playing at a club called Bido Litos with their leader Arthur Lee
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Ritchie Blackmore
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Richard Hugh Ritchie Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard-rock music which mixed guitar riffs. During his solo career, he established a metal band called Rainbow which fused baroque music influences. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock, later in life, he formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmores Night transitioning to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock, Blackmore was born at Allendale Nursing Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, as second son to Lewis J. Blackmore and Violet. The family moved to Heston, Middlesex, when Blackmore was two and he was 11 when he was given his first guitar by his father on certain conditions, including learning how to play properly, so he took classical guitar lessons for one year. In an interview with Sounds magazine in 1979, Blackmore said that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like Tommy Steele, Blackmore loathed school and hated his teachers. While at school, he participated in sports including the javelin, Blackmore left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, in 1960 he began to work as a session player for Joe Meeks music productions, and performed in several bands. He was initially a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws, otherwise, in mainly studio recordings, he backed female singer Glenda Collins, German-born pop singer Heinz, and others. Thereafter, in live concerts, he backed horror-themed singer Screaming Lord Sutch, beat singer Neil Christian. Blackmore joined Deep Purple in 1968 after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis who originated the concept of the band, purples early sound leaned on psychedelic and progressive rock, but also included generic 1960s pop songs. This Mark One line-up featuring singer Rod Evans lasted until mid-1969, during this period, organist Jon Lord appeared to be the leader of the band, and wrote much of their original material. This Mark Two line-up featuring rock singer Ian Gillan lasted until mid-1973, producing four studio albums, during this period, the bands songs primarily came out of their jam sessions, so songwriting credits were shared by the five members. Blackmore later stated, I didnt give a damn about song construction, I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. The third line-up featured David Coverdale on vocals and this Mark Three line-up lasted until mid-1975 and produced two studio albums. Blackmore quit the band to front a new group, Rainbow, in 1974, Blackmore took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell of. Blackmore later stated that playing a different musical instrument, he found it refreshing because there is a sense of adventure not knowing exactly what chord hes playing or what key he is in
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Hamburg
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Hamburg, officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union. It is the second smallest German state by area and its population is over 1.7 million people, and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5.1 million inhabitants. The city is situated on the river Elbe, the official long name reflects Hamburgs history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a sovereign state. Prior to the changes in 1919, the civic republic was ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Though repeatedly destroyed by the Great Fire of Hamburg, the floods and military conflicts including WW2 bombing raids, the city managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. On the river Elbe, Hamburg is a port and a global service, media, logistics and industrial hub, with headquarters and facilities of Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf. The radio and television broadcaster NDR, Europes largest printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of Germanys oldest stock exchange and the worlds second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank. The city is a fast expanding tourist destination for domestic and international visitors. It ranked 16th in the world for livability in 2015, the ensemble Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg is a major European science, research and education hub with several universities and institutes and its creative industries and major cultural venues include the renowned Elbphilharmonie and Laeisz concert halls, various art venues, music producers and artists. It is regarded as a haven for artists, gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule. Hamburg is also known for theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Paulis Reeperbahn is among the best known European entertainment districts, Hamburg is on the southern point of the Jutland Peninsula, between Continental Europe to the south and Scandinavia to the north, with the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the north-east. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster, the city centre is around the Binnenalster and Außenalster, both formed by damming the River Alster to create lakes. The island of Neuwerk and two neighbouring islands Scharhörn and Nigehörn, in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, are also part of Hamburg. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land region, neugraben-Fischbek has Hamburgs highest elevation, the Hasselbrack at 116.2 metres AMSL. Hamburg has a climate, influenced by its proximity to the coast
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Tony Ashton
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Edward Anthony Tony Ashton was an English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Ashton spent his years in the seaside town of Blackpool where his parents had an upright piano. When he was a child, his mother sent him to piano lessons, at the age of 13 in 1959, whilst Ashton was a student at St. Georges School, Blackpool, he joined a local group, The College Boys, on rhythm guitar and piano. When Ashton left school at the age of 15 he was already an accomplished pianist and he played in a jazz trio, The Tony Ashton Trio with drummer John Laidlaw and bass player Pete Shelton in 1961 and 1962 at the Picador Club in Blackpool. Although his work began during the Beatles era, his roots lay firmly in soul, jazz, after playing with various Blackpool bands, Ashton was invited to join the Liverpool group The Remo Four as organist and vocalist. The group spent some time being the resident band at the Star Club in Hamburg and they recorded some singles but their best work came in 1966 when they released their album Smile. Before they broke up in 1968 they backed George Harrison on his album Wonderwall, at the end of the 1960s Ashton formed a new group with Remo drummer Roy Dyke and bass player Kim Gardner. They called themselves Ashton, Gardner and Dyke and their music, which was all composed by Ashton, was a fusion of R&B and jazz. The trio recorded three albums, but gained recognition in the United Kingdom in 1971, when the single Resurrection Shuffle reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, following this sudden success they failed to get any more hit singles and broke up in 1973. Ashton said, The hit backfired on us and we ended up playing cabaret again, the best thing we did was playing with Herbie Mann at Ronnie Scotts. We wanted to be a band, but once youve got a big hit. Ashton also played with The Executives, The Mastersounds and on sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney. Tony met Deep Purple in the early 1970s, when the last recording of Ashton, Gardner, in the meantime, Ashton had appeared on Jon Lords first solo album Gemini Suite in 1971. In 1973, Ashton joined the group Family for their last album and that same year, he and David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes were guest vocalists on Jon Lords second album Windows. Tony became close friends with Jon Lord, in the summer of 1974, during a break in Purples busy touring schedule, Tony Ashton and Jon Lord recorded their album First of the Big Bands. This project was launched with a gig at the London Palladium the same year, the album of this show is a tour-de-force groovy, rhythm and blues, boogie piano and Hammond organ, big band fest. Tony also contributed to Roger Glovers Butterfly Ball project, Ashton managed to come to the place almost until his death, and Jon has been a regular visitor until his death even if the famous hotel did not exist anymore. In August 1976, when Purple split, Jon Lord and Ian Paice found themselves with a lot of time on their hands
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Jon Lord
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In 1968, Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the members, he collaborated on most of his bands most popular songs. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, on 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester. Lord was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 8 April 2016 as a member of Deep Purple. Lord was born in Leicester on 9 June 1941 to Miriam and Reginald Lord, growing up at 120 Averill Road and his father was an amateur saxophonist and encouraged Lord from an early age. In particular his influences ranged from J. S. Bach to Medieval popular music, Lord moved to London in 1959–60, intent on an acting career and enrolling at the Central School of Speech and Drama, in Londons Swiss Cottage. Following a celebrated student rebellion he became a founder of Drama Centre London, small acting parts followed, and Lord continued playing the piano and the organ in nightclubs and as a session musician to earn a living. He started his career in London in 1960 with the jazz ensemble The Bill Ashton Combo. Ashton became a key figure in education in Britain, creating what later became the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Between 1960 and 1963, Lord and Ashton both moved on to Red Bludds Bluesicians, the latter of which featured the singer Arthur Art Wood, Wood had previously sung with Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated and was a junior figure in the British blues movement. Following the break-up of Redd Bludds Bluesicians in late 1963, Wood, Lord, and this also included Derek Griffiths and Malcolm Pool. Dunnage left in December 1964 to be replaced by Keef Hartley, who had previously replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. This band, later known as The Artwoods, focused on the organ as the bluesy, rhythmic core of their sound, in common with the contemporary bands The Spencer Davis Group and The Animals. They made appearances on the BBCs Saturday Club radio show and on such TV programs as Ready Steady Go. It also performed abroad, and it appeared on the first Ready Steady Goes Live, promoting its first single the Lead Belly song Sweet Mary — and its only charting single was I Take What I Want, which reached number 28 on 8 May 1966. This band regrouped in 1967 as the St. Valentines Day Massacre and this was an attempt to cash in on the 1930s gangster craze set off by the American film Bonnie and Clyde. Hartley left the band in 1967 to join John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, soon thereafter, Lord went on to cover for the keyboard player Billy Day in The Flower Pot Men, where he met the bass guitarist Nick Simper along with drummer Carlo Little and guitarist Ged Peck. Lord and Simper then toured with band in 1967 to promote its hit single Lets Go To San Francisco
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Bernie Marsden
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Bernard John Bernie Marsden is an English rock and blues guitarist. After playing with a Buckingham band called Skinny Cat from the age of 17 and he next played with Glenn Cornicks Wild Turkey in 1973, before he joined drummer Cozy Powells band Cozy Powells Hammer. After Paice Ashton Lord folded, in 1978, Marsden formed a band with former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale, and guitarist Micky Moody. Bernie played on the first seven albums, Snakebite, Trouble, Lovehunter, Ready & Willing, Live In The Heart Of The City, Come An Get It and Saints & Sinners. There was a rumour that he formed Whitesnake after turning down a chance to be the guitarist in Wings with Paul McCartney. His time in Whitesnake, and his legacy of songs, remains in the forefront of his musical career, following his departure from Whitesnake, Marsden formed a short-lived band called Bernie Marsdens SOS. Not long after, Bernie Marsdens Alaska was formed with Robert Hawthorne on vocals, Alaska released two melodic rock albums, Heart of the Storm and The Pack, before splitting. In 1986, he formed MGM with former-Whitesnake members Neil Murray, the band, very briefly, included Toto vocalist Bobby Kimball. Recordings were made but remain unreleased, the Moody Marsden Band toured extensively throughout Europe, recording a studio album called Real Faith. Next up for Bernie was the band The Company Of Snakes, the name of the band derives from ex-Bad Company singer Robert Hart and having Marsden, Moody and Neil Murray in the band too. The band released a double-album of Whitesnake songs called Here They Go Again, TCOS evolved into the band M3. This included Bernie, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, drummer Jimmy Copley, keyboard player Mark Stanway, M3 produced a triple-CD DVD called Rough n Ready which features the songs from their Whitesnake legacy. Bernie released two albums during his time in Whitesnake. First released in Japan on the Japanese label Trash in 1979, EMI Records soon picked up the rights to the album and released it in Europe shortly before the release of Bernies second solo album, Look At Me Now, in 1981. No more solo albums appeared until the release of Green and Blues in 1994 and this album is his tribute to guitarists in the John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. In 2014, Bernie Marsden was signed to the Dutch record label Mascot Provogue, the album features David Coverdale singing the Whitesnake classic Trouble, Joe Bonamassa on guitar on the title-track Shine, and both Ian Paice and Jimmy Copley on drums
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David Coverdale
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David Coverdale is an English rock singer best known for his powerful bluesy voice and his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976. A collaboration with Jimmy Page resulted in a 1993 album that was a commercial and critical success, in 2016, Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple, giving one of the bands induction speeches. Coverdale was born on 22 September 1951, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire and his love for music developed early. Around the age of 14, the singer began performing professionally. I dont think my voice had broken, he explained to Sounds in 1974, and thats when I first learnt how to sing with my stomach, which sounds silly, but its totally different from a normal voice. Coverdale started his career with the local bands Vintage 67, The Government. In 1973, Coverdale saw an article in a copy of Melody Maker, in February 1974, Deep Purple released their first album with Coverdale and Hughes titled Burn which was certified Gold in the US on 20 March 1974 and in the UK on 1 July. In April 1974, Coverdale and Deep Purple performed to over 200,000 fans on his first trip to the United States at California Jam, in December 1974 Burn was followed-up by Stormbringer, which also ranked at Gold album status in the US and the UK. The funk and soul influences of the record were even more prominent here. Rather than disbanding, Coverdale was instrumental in persuading the band to continue with American guitarist Tommy Bolin, as Jon Lord put it, David Coverdale came up to me and said, Please keep the band together. David played me the album that Tommy did with Billy Cobham and we liked his playing on it and invited Tommy to audition. The band released one album with Bolin, Come Taste the Band in 1975. The decision to disband Deep Purple had been some time before the last show by Lord and Ian Paice. The break-up was finally made public in July 1976, said Coverdale in an interview, I was frightened to leave the band. Purple was my life, Purple gave me my break, after the demise of Deep Purple, Coverdale embarked on a solo career. He released his first album in February 1977, titled White Snake, all songs were written by Coverdale and guitarist Micky Moody. As his first solo effort, Coverdale later admitted, Its very difficult to think back, White Snake had been a very inward looking, reflective and low-key affair in many ways, written and recorded as it was in the aftermath of the collapse of Deep Purple
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Lovehunter
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Lovehunter is the second studio album by British band Whitesnake, released in 1979. It charted at No.29 on the UK Albums Chart, long Way from Home, the leading track on the album reached No.55 on the UK charts. Lovehunters controversial cover art, featuring a naked woman straddling a large snake, was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos and it was the last album cover he designed for many years, until 2003 and Gary Hughes rock opera Once and Future King Part I. The original Lovehunter artwork was stolen in the 1980s, a similar idea had been used three years earlier for the cover of Jon Lords Sarabande album. Lord was in Whitesnake at the time of Lovehunter
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Live... in the Heart of the City
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Live. in the Heart of the City is a 1980 live album by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released as an album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980. The album charted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart, the first UK CD version was a 2-CD set, issued in 1988, in what is now known as a fat-boy double-CD case. Sides 1 and 2 of the 2-LP set were CD1, sides 3 and 4 were CD2, the later 1994 release was a single CD version, the 1978 recording of Come On being dropped to match the restrictive running-time of the single CD. The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins
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Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)
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Saints & Sinners is the fifth studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1982. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart, two of the tracks, Crying in the Rain and Here I Go Again, were later re-recorded on their 1987 album Whitesnake. The recording process began in 1981, just after the end of the Come an Get It tour, however, tension within the band was beginning to appear. Micky Moody stated in a 1997 interview that, By 81 people were becoming tired and we had too many late nights, too much partying. We werent making nowhere near the kind of money we should have been making, Whitesnake always seemed to be in debt, and I thought what is this. Were playing in some of the biggest places and were still being told were in debt and we hadnt got much money out of it and to be told youre 200,000 pounds in debt, when you just had six golden albums. It wasnt just me, cause everybody was getting tired, pissed off and it was over by then, we couldnt get any further. Its difficult for a band to go more than three or four years without getting tired of other and losing ideas. Everybody wanted to do something different after a few years, an album or write with someone else. Moody quit the band in December 1981, and soon afterwards David Coverdale called a meeting with all Whitesnake members and put the band on hold. Coverdale was also worried about the lack of financial reward the band were having, after this parting of ways, Coverdale temporarily took over Whitesnakes business side. During 1982, the news began to filter through the newspapers and magazines, guitarist Bernie Marsden also quit Whitesnake, as well as bassist Neil Murray. Only Jon Lord stuck with David Coverdale, in August 1982 David Coverdale called Micky Moody and asked him to return to the band. According to Moody, towards the end of 82, David rang me up and said we wanna finish the Saints & Sinners album and we need to do some backing vocals etc. There were also three new members in the band, namely former Trapeze guitarist Mel Galley, former Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell and Colin Hodgkinson on bass guitar
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Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album)
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Squeeze is the fifth and final studio album released by the Velvet Underground. It features no members of the Lou Reed-era group other than multi-instrumentalist Doug Yule, Yule had joined the Velvet Underground prior to recording their self-titled third album, replacing founding member John Cale, and had contributed significantly to the fourth album, Loaded. Following the departures of the founding members, Yule took control of the band. Longtime drummer Maureen Tucker was slated to appear on Squeeze by Yule, following a promotional tour for the album by Yule and a backing band, Yule called it quits, bringing the Velvet Underground to an end until the group reformed for a tour in 1993. Squeeze failed to chart and quickly fell into obscurity after its release, critics generally dismiss the record as a Velvet Underground album in name only. In 1971, the Velvet Underground consisted of Doug Yule, Willie Alexander, Walter Powers, after the tour, band manager Steve Sesnick managed to get a recording deal with Polydor UK to record a final Velvet Underground album. Alexander, Powers and Tucker were sent back to the United States by Sesnick, however, thus, although Squeeze was released nominally as a Velvet Underground album, Yule was the only Velvet to actually perform on it. Yule also recalled that the album was done with just me, All the basic tracks were laid down with drums and me. Ian Paice of Deep Purple played the drums, so he and I would lay down a track. How much interplay can you have when all it is is one guitar or a piano and you can hear that, its kind of dead. I think you get more when you have 3 or 4 people playing together, they feed off other, they work together and something comes out of it. The eleven songs that make up Squeeze were written by Yule and recorded with the help of Ian Paice, with occasional saxophone. They range from Beatles-like whimsy via pop to typical 1970s rock, Yule later recalled, I remember sitting on a plane writing extensive notes on the mixing of the album. I sent it to Steve and none of my suggestions were taken and he mixed it for the best possible commercial success. I gave what I had at the time, there are parts of it I hate and parts I dont. But if I had to do it again, it would be a completely different album. Squeeze was recorded in the autumn of 1972 and released in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, no singles were taken off it and the album did not chart. U. After the tour, during which they were deserted by Sesnick, Yule also called it quits, Squeeze saw a number of re-issues in France during the 1970s and early 1980s
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Doug Yule
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Douglas Alan Yule is an American musician and singer, most notable for being a member of the Velvet Underground from 1968 to 1973. Doug Yule was born in Mineola, New York, and grew up in Great Neck with five sisters, as a child he took piano and baritone horn lessons. He later said in an interview that he would have preferred violin lessons, but the violin had to be rented, in high school he played the tuba, as well as the guitar and the banjo, and sang in the church choir. In 1965–1966 he attended Boston University, where he studied acting, in Boston he met Walter Powers and Willie Alexander of the Grass Managerie. In 1966 and 1967 he played with the Grass Managerie and other bands in Boston, New York, yules improving guitar technique caught the ear of Sterling Morrison. When John Cale left the Velvet Underground at the behest of Lou Reed in 1968, yules contribution to the LP was considerable, and his vocals would later come in handy on the road. When Reeds voice became strained from touring, Yule would sing lead on several songs, yules brother Billy also joined in on the sessions as a drummer, as regular drummer Maureen Tucker was pregnant and therefore absent for most of the recording. Yules lead vocals can also be heard on the song Ride Into the Sun, Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground following the final show of the Velvets summer residency at the New York club Maxs Kansas City in August 1970. Yule took over vocals and switched his main instrument from bass to guitar. Following the release of Loaded in Europe in the spring of 1971, Morrison left the group in August to resume his studies in Texas. Alexander, Powers and Tucker left the Velvets in late 1972 after being forced out by manager Steve Sesnick prior to a handful of European shows to promote Loaded in Europe. With no original members left, and with a group of quickly assembled musicians. With Ian Paice of Deep Purple and some musicians, Yule recorded the album Squeeze in late 1972. After two final shows in early 1973, the band was officially retired, in early 1976 Yule was tapped to do session guitar work on Night Lights by Elliott Murphy, and then he joined the band American Flyer later that year as their drummer and background singer. American Flyer was a country rock band from 1976 to 1978. Despite the promise showed on their first album, their follow-up album Spirit of a Woman failed to chart as high, and did not carry the momentum the label expected, and the band decided to fold. After American Flyer disbanded, Yule retired from doing music full-time, and became a cabinetmaker, in one of them, he wrote an obituary for Sterling Morrison, who had died in 1995. However, Yule remains a member of the Velvet business partnership, after having taken up the violin, Yule began to record music again in 1997
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Lou Reed
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Lewis Allan Lou Reed was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, the Velvet Underground was unsuccessful during their active years, but gained a significant cult following to become one of the most widely acclaimed and influential bands in rock history. Brian Eno famously stated that, while the Velvet Undergrounds debut album sold only 30,000 copies, Reeds solo career began in 1972. He had a hit the year with Walk on the Wild Side. Reed was known for his distinctive voice and poetic lyrics. Reed was born on March 2,1942 at Beth El Hospital in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, contrary to some sources, his birth name was Lewis Allan Reed, not Louis Firbanks, a name that was coined as a joke by Lester Bangs in Creem magazine. Reed was the son of Toby and Sidney Joseph Reed, an accountant and his family was Jewish, and although he said that he was Jewish, he added, My God is rocknroll. Its an obscure power that can change your life, the most important part of my religion is to play guitar. Reed attended Atkinson Elementary School in Freeport and went on to Freeport Junior High School and his sister said that as a teenager, he suffered panic attacks, became socially awkward and possessed a fragile temperament but was highly focused on things that he liked – principally music. Having learned to play the guitar from the radio, he developed an early interest in rock and roll and rhythm and blues, Reed began experimenting with drugs at the age of 16. His first recording was as a member of a group called the Jades. His love for playing music and his desire to play gigs brought him into confrontation with his anxious, visiting a psychologist, Reeds parents were made to feel guilty as inadequate parents, and consented to electroconvulsive therapy. Reed appeared to blame his father principally for what he had subjected to. He wrote about the experience in his 1974 song, Kill Your Sons, in an interview, Reed said of the experience, They put the thing down your throat so you dont swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. Thats what was recommended in Rockland County then to discourage homosexual feelings, the effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You cant read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go back to page one again. Upon his recovery from the bout of illness and associated treatment, Reed resumed his education at Syracuse University in 1960, studying journalism, film directing and he was a platoon leader in ROTC and was later expelled from the program for holding an unloaded gun to his superiors head. In 1961, he began hosting a radio program on WAER called Excursions On A Wobbly Rail
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Eddie Harris
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Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the piano and organ. His best-known compositions are Freedom Jazz Dance, recorded and popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, Harris was born and grew up in Chicago. His father was originally from Cuba, and his mother from New Orleans and he later studied music at Roosevelt University, by which time he was proficient on piano, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. While in college, he performed professionally with Gene Ammons, after college, Harris was drafted into the United States Army and while serving in Europe, he was accepted into the 7th Army Band, which also included Don Ellis, Leo Wright, and Cedar Walton. Leaving military service, he worked in New York City before returning to Chicago where he signed a contract with Vee Jay Records and his first album for Vee Jay, Exodus to Jazz, included his own jazz arrangement of Ernest Golds theme from the movie Exodus. The single climbed into the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No.16 in the U. S. R&B chart, some jazz critics, however, regarded commercial success as a sign that a jazz artist had sold out and Harris soon stopped playing Exodus in concert. He moved to Columbia Records in 1964 and then to Atlantic Records the following year where he re-established himself, in 1965, Atlantic released The In Sound, a bop album that won back many of his detractors. In 1967, his album, The Electrifying Eddie Harris reached second place on the R&B charts, the albums lead track, Listen Here, was issued as a single, climbing to No.11 R&B and No.45 on the Hot 100. Harris released several different versions of his composition over the years, the first appeared on an early Atlantic album, Mean Greens, featuring him on electric piano. He was to re-work the track two years later, stretching it out to seven minutes in length, for his iconic sax solo version. The whole track appeared on both sides of the Atlantic hit single, edited into two parts, in 1969, he performed with pianist and vocalist Les McCann at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Although the musicians had been unable to rehearse, their session was so impressive that a recording of it was released by Atlantic as Swiss Movement and this became one of the best-selling jazz albums ever, also reaching second place on the R&B charts. Harris also came up with the idea of the reed trumpet, from 1970 to 1975, he experimented with new instruments of his own invention, with singing the blues, with jazz-rock. He also started singing and to perform comic R&B numbers, such as That is Why Youre Overweight, in 1975, however, he alienated much of his audience with his album The Reason Why Im Talking S--t, which consisted mainly of comedy. He had moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, Harris died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, at the age of 62. Homecoming With Horace Parlan Glad I Found You With Horace Silver Spiritualizing the Senses Theres No Need to Struggle Eddie Harris at AllMusic Eddie Harris Illustrated Discography
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Jeff Beck
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Geoffrey Arnold Jeff Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds, Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Although he recorded two hit albums as an act, Beck has not established or maintained the sustained commercial success of many of his contemporaries and bandmates. He is often called a guitarists guitarist, Beck has earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014 he received the British Academys Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, Beck has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of the Yardbirds and as a solo artist. Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born on 24 June 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck at 206 Demesne Road, Wallington, as a 10-year-old, Beck sang in a church choir. When fabricating a neck for his next try he attempted to use measurements for a bass guitar, Beck has cited Les Paul as the first electric guitar player who impressed him. Beck has said that he first heard an electric guitar when he was 6 years old and he asked his mother what it was. After she replied it was a guitar and was all tricks, he said. Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, was also a musical influence, followed by B. B. King. Upon leaving school he attended Wimbledon College of Art, after which he was employed as a painter and decorator, a groundsman on a golf course. Becks sister Annetta introduced him to Jimmy Page when both were teenagers, Beck left Nightshift to join the Tridents in October 1964. The Tridents played at the Walton Hop in Walton-on-Thames, and as the band for the Walton Hop talent show. Beck joined the Rumbles, a Croydon band, in 1963 for a period as lead guitarist, playing Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly songs. Later in 1963 he joined the Tridents, a band from the Chiswick area and they were really my scene because they were playing flat-out R&B, like Jimmy Reed stuff, and we supercharged it all up and made it really rocky. I got off on that, even though it was only twelve-bar blues and he was a session guitarist on a 1964 Parlophone single by the Fitz and Startz titled Im Not Running Away, with B-side So Sweet. In March 1965, Beck was recruited by the Yardbirds to succeed Eric Clapton on the recommendation of fellow session musician Jimmy Page, who had been their initial choice. Beck was actually pictured on the cover of For Your Love, from September to November 1966, Beck shared lead guitar duties in the Yardbirds with Page, who initially joined as bass player in June that year
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Steve Winwood
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Stephen Lawrence Steve Winwood is an English musician whose genres include rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz. Though primarily a vocalist and keyboardist, Winwood also plays guitar, drums, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin. Winwood was a key member of The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go. He also had a solo career with hits including While You See a Chance, Valerie, Back in the High Life Again. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004, in 2005, Winwood was honoured as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his enduring influence on generations of music makers. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood #33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, Winwood has won two Grammy Awards. He was nominated twice for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist,1988 and 1989, like Eric Clapton, he has been part of many bands, including Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, and Blind Faith. Stephen Lawrence Winwood was born in Handsworth, Birmingham and his father, Lawrence, a foundryman by trade, was a semi-professional musician, playing mainly the saxophone and clarinet. Young Winwood became interested in swing and Dixieland jazz as a boy, began playing piano at age four and he first performed with his father and older brother, Muff, in the Ron Atkinson Band at the age of eight. Winwood was a choirboy at St Johns Church of England, Perry Barr and he later admitted to having sneaked a few plays of the organ there. While he was young the family moved from Handsworth to the semi-rural suburb of Great Barr at the northern edge of the city. Winwood attended the Great Barr School which was one of the first comprehensive schools and he also attended the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music to develop his skills as a pianist, but did not complete his course. B. At this time, Winwood was living on Atlantic Road in Great Barr, Winwood modelled his singing after Ray Charles. Winwood joined the Spencer Davis Group at age 14, along with his brother, Muff. Steves distinctive high tenor singing voice and vocal style drew comparisons to Ray Charles, at the end of 1965 the group had their first number one single with Keep On Running and the money from this success allowed Winwood to buy his own Hammond B-3 organ. During this time Winwood joined forces with guitarist Eric Clapton as part of the one-off group Eric Clapton, songs were recorded for the Elektra label, but only three tracks made the compilation album, Whats Shakin. Winwood co-wrote and recorded the hits Gimme Some Lovin and Im a Man before leaving the Spencer Davis Group, Winwood met drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood when they jammed together at The Elbow Room, a club in Aston, Birmingham. After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed Traffic, soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of Aston Tirrold, Berkshire to write and rehearse new music
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Ric Grech
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Richard Roman Ric Grech was a British rock musician and multi-instrumentalist. He was educated at Corpus Christi RC School, Leicester, after attending Sacred Heart Primary School and he played violin in the school orchestra. Grech originally gained notice in the United Kingdom as the guitar player for the progressive rock group Family. He joined the band when it was a largely blues-based live act in Leicester known as the Farinas and he became their bassist in 1965, replacing Tim Kirchin. Family released their first single, Scene Through The Eye of a Lens, in September 1967 on the Liberty label in the UK, released in February 1969, Family Entertainment, the groups second album, was a major turning point for Grech personally. However, Grech failed to give Chapman and Whitney adequate notice, returning to England, Grech recorded with the group the self-titled album, Blind Faith, with Clapton, Winwood, and drummer Ginger Baker, a former bandmate of Claptons in Cream. The quartet toured the U. S. to support it, Clapton was disappointed with the quality of the music and the performances, and Blind Faith called it quits. In October 1969, between Blind Faith and Traffic, Grech recorded two tracks for a solo project, Spending All My Days and Exchange And Mart. Among the participants in the session was George Harrison, in 1970, he appeared on Graham Bonds album Holy Magick. As in Family, Grech lasted two albums with Traffic — Welcome to the Canteen and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, along with drummer Jim Capaldi, Grech co-wrote the minor hit Rock N Roll Stew. Drugs, however, remained a problem, and Winwood and his bandmates eventually decided they had no alternative, Grech remained active in session work, playing with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane, Vivian Stanshall and Muddy Waters. He also worked with Rosetta Hightower, the Crickets, Bee Gees, in January 1973, he performed in Eric Claptons Rainbow Concert, and he reunited with Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney when the duo recorded an album in 1974 after Familys breakup. Grech was one of special guests on that record, which led Chapman. Grech, however, was not in that band, Grech made at least two reported attempts to start a new rock group in the seventies but both failed. During 1973-74, he played in one of numerous versions of the late Buddy Holly backing band The Crickets, in 1973 RSO Records released the only album under his own name, credited to Rick Grech. The album was titled The Last Five Years and it contained songs that Grech wrote and recorded with Family, Blind Faith, Traffic, Ginger Bakers Airforce and others between 1968 and 1973. Consisting of Grech on bass, Mike Bloomfield on guitar, Carmine Appice on drums, Barry Goldberg on keyboards, and Ray Kennedy on vocals, Grech and Bloomfield immediately quit after its release, stating they never had faith in the project. The album was not critically well received, Grech retired from music in 1977 and moved back to Leicester
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Don Airey
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Donald Smith Don Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber, inspired by his father, Norman Airey, Don Airey took a love for music at a young age and was trained in classical piano from the age of seven. He continued his love for music by earning a degree at the University of Nottingham, in 1971 he moved to London and joined Cozy Powells band Hammer. Don worked on albums with solo artists and was a session musician on the 1978 Black Sabbath album Never Say Die. Soon after, he joined guitarist Ritchie Blackmores band, Rainbow, with Rainbow he contributed to two hit albums, Down to Earth and Difficult to Cure. After leaving Rainbow in 1981, Airey joined with Ozzy Osbourne for a stint where he helped with the albums Bark at the Moon. He also played on the Diary of a Madman Tour from 1981 to 1982, Airey joined Jethro Tull in 1987 for their tour in support of Crest of a Knave. The same year saw the release of Whitesnakes multi-platinum Whitesnake. Soon after he quit the band to record the solo album K2 – Tales of Triumph and Tragedy. In it he plays with Gary Moore, Keith Airey – guitars, Cozy Powell – drums, Laurence Cottle – bass, Chris Thompson, Colin Blunstone, Mel Galley, in 1990, Airey recorded keyboard parts for several songs on Judas Priests album Painkiller. However, as the band wanted the album to have a heavier sound than their previous work, he appeared on one song on the finished album. In 1997 he arranged and played on Love Shine a Light by Katrina, in 1999 he joined Manchester-based melodic hard rock band Ten where he played keyboards on the album Babylon which was released in 2000. He also toured with the band in support of the new album and he also worked with Iron Maidens Bruce Dickinson on one of Dickinsons solo albums, playing keyboards on Darkness Be My Friend. Airey also played keyboards on At Vances mastermind Olaf Lenks first solo album Sunset Cruise, in 2006 Airey featured on Gary Moores release Old New Ballads Blues contributing to all tracks. In 2008 Airey released his solo album, A Light in the Sky. In early 2014 Airey joined hard rock band Hollywood Monsters where he played keyboards on the track Move On on the album Big Trouble which was released in 2014 on Mausoleum Records. The album features Steph Honde on vocals and guitars, Vinny Appice on drums, Tim Bogert on bass, Airey joined Deep Purple in 2001 to fill in for an injured Jon Lord, who subsequently retired from the band. Airey joined the band as a full-time keyboardist in March 2002 and he has recorded four studio albums with the band, Bananas, Rapture of the Deep, Now What. and Infinite
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Graham Bonnet
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Graham Bonnet is an English rock singer and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and as a member of hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz. Sometimes titled the most powerful voice in rock by his fans, Bonnet is known for his powerful voice and his singing has been noted as very loud by both his contemporaries and himself, and he claims to be a self-taught singer with no discipline for lessons. Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947 and he had his first hit single with the duo, The Marbles in 1968, with the single Only One Woman, which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. This and its follow-up were both written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees who had recorded in Australia with Bonnets bandmate from The Marbles, Bonnet then quit to do advert jingles. In 1977 he released an album, which was certified gold in Australia. In 1979, Bonnet was approached to join UK glam-rock band Sweet to replace Brian Connolly, however, he was chosen by Ritchie Blackmore to replace Ronnie James Dio as the vocalist of hard rock band Rainbow. This was something of a departure for Bonnet, who had previously identified himself more as an R&B singer. Bonnet would later credit his time in Rainbow, and his collaboration with Blackmore in particular as changing fundamentally his musical outlook to a hard rock focus. He sang on the Down to Earth LP, which would become his most successful album and it spawned two hit singles in 1979 and 1980, Since You Been Gone and All Night Long. During Bonnets time in the band, Rainbow also headlined the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park, Bonnets time with Rainbow was short and he left to resume his solo career, releasing the Line-Up album in 1981, handled by producer John Eden. Following on from his time in Rainbow, the album had a markedly more rock-based sound than his previous solo recordings, the album reached No.62 in the UK Albums Chart. The albums lead single, Night Games, reached No.6 in the UK Singles Chart, with the single, Liar. Around this time Bonnet sang on an advertisement for Levis jeans, tempted by an offer from ex-UFO guitarist Michael Schenker, Bonnet continued his progression to a heavier musical style and joined the Michael Schenker Group for the Assault Attack album. However, he was fired from the group after a concert, at Sheffield University. Upon leaving MSG, Bonnet decided to form his own band, in 1983, he co-founded Alcatrazz, with Gary Shea, and Jimmy Waldo of the band New England, former Alice Cooper drummer Jan Uvena, and Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. The bands debut album, No Parole from Rock N Roll, featured a heavy metal sound. The band enjoyed success in the United States, and major success in Japan
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Chris Thompson (English musician)
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Christopher Hamlet Chris Thompson is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Manns Earth Band and for his solo accomplishments. Thompson was born in Ashford, Kent, England, but raised in New Zealand and his early musical experiences were whilst still at school with the band The Paragons that played at weekly church youth club dances. Later, as his talent became clear, the band was reformed as Dynasty with other musicians, thompsons last band in New Zealand was Mandrake, formed with university friends who played the Friday and Saturday night dances in and around Hamilton City. He went to Australia before returning to England in 1973 to pursue a musical career, in 1978, he was featured in Jeff Waynes Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, providing lead vocals for the song Thunder Child. After several years with Manfred Manns Earth Band, Thompson left in 1979 and formed the Los Angeles-based outfit Night, after the band broke up in 1982, he rejoined the Earth Band. In 1980, he co-wrote and sang backing vocals on the track No Stoppin Us Now with Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald, in 1983 he contributed vocals to Simmons solo album Arcade as well as co-writing several of the tracks. In 1981, Thompson released his album, Out of the Night. This was followed by five more albums, most recently Wont Lie Down in 2001 and he hoped to record the song in London but was turned down by record companies there who stated the song was not commercial. Chris sent a demo to John Farnham who had come off a five-year stint fronting the Little River Band. Farnham liked the song and agreed to record it for his forthcoming album, farnhams release of Youre the Voice was a worldwide hit, reaching top ten positions in many countries across the world. Also in 1986, Thompson sang vocals on an album by ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. The album featured performances by such as Brian May, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley. However, the album, entitled Feedback 86, was not released until 2002, in spite of his already busy schedule in 1986, Thompson still found the time to return to Manfred Mann for their new album, Criminal Tango, in addition to putting out some solo material. He recorded the song Its Not Over for the soundtrack to the film Playing for Keeps, the following year, Its Not Over would be re-recorded by Starship, becoming a top-ten hit for the group. In 1989, Thompson recorded the single The Challenge as the theme song for the 1989 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. He co-wrote the song with Harold Faltermeyer, a year later, in 1990, Thompson worked again with Faltermeyer in writing the 1990 song for Wimbledon, Hold the Dream by Franzisca. Also in 1990, Thompson recorded the single This Is The Moment as the theme song for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In 1992, Thompson performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as a musician, harmonizing with respected backing vocalists Maggie Ryder
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Roy Wood
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Roy Wood is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra, as a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands. The BBC has described Wood as being responsible for some of the most memorable sounds of the Seventies and credited as playing a role in the Glam Rock, Psychedelic. In 2008, Wood was awarded a doctorate for his contribution to rock. In 2015, his long and eclectic career was recognised with the Outer Limits award at the Progressive Music Awards in London, Wood will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra. Wood was born in Kitts Green, Birmingham, England and his first group in Birmingham in the early 1960s was the Falcons, which he left in 1963 to join Gerry Levene and the Avengers. He then moved to Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders and he attended the Moseley College of Art, but was expelled in 1964. From this basis, and other Birmingham-based groups, was formed the Move and their single Night of Fear climbed to No.2 in early 1967. Their third hit, Flowers in the Rain, was the first song played at the launch of BBC Radio 1 in 1967, after the departure of the Moves lead singer Carl Wayne, Woods influence became more prominent. In 1967 Wood supplied backing vocals on the track You Got Me Floatin on the Jimi Hendrix Experiences album Axis, Wood was keen on musical experimentation and was in this respect one of the most progressive musicians of his time, taking the pop group into new areas. In early 1972, Woods composition Songs of Praise was shortlisted by the BBC as one of six choices for the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. When performed by the New Seekers on the Cliff Richard vehicle Its Cliff Richard, the song finished in last place with 3,842 votes. The group included the track on their album Wed Like To Teach The World To Sing, Wood recorded his own version of Songs of Praise, releasing it on the B-side of his 1973 single, Dear Elaine. Whilst the Move was still together, he founded, along with his band colleagues Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, the Electric Light Orchestra, which was later to gain major commercial success. The original intention was to split the Move at the end of 1970, Wood emulated the wall of sound production style of Phil Spector while successfully and affectionately pastiching the rock and roll style of the early 1960s. Meanwhile, he released solo albums, exploring further musical directions. His 1973 album Boulders was an almost entirely solo effort, right down to the sleeve artwork. A second solo album, Mustard, released in 1975 and including contributions by Phil Everly, earlier, in July 1972, Wood played bass on all the tracks for Bo Diddleys Chess Records album The London Bo Diddley Sessions
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Abbey Road Studios
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Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St Johns Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, Abbey Road Studios is most notable as being the 1960s venue for innovative recording techniques adopted by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Hollies, Badfinger and others. One of its earliest world-famous-artist clients was Paul Robeson, who recorded December 1931, towards the end of 2009, the studio came under threat of sale to property developers. However, the British Government protected the site, granting it English Heritage Grade II listed status in 2010, originally a nine-bedroom Georgian townhouse built in 1831 on the footpath leading to Kilburn Abbey, the building was later converted to flats where the most flamboyant resident was Maundy Gregory. In 1931, the Gramophone Company acquired the premises and converted it into studios, pathé filmed the opening of the studios when Sir Edward Elgar conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in recording sessions of his music. In 1934, inventor of stereo sound, Alan Blumlein, recorded Mozarts Jupiter Symphony which was conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham at the studios, the neighbouring house is also owned by the studio and used to house musicians. During the mid-20th century, the studio was used by leading British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent. The Gramophone Company amalgamated with Columbia Graphophone Company to form EMI and it was under this name that in 1936 cellist Pablo Casals became the first to record Johann Sebastian Bachs Cello Suites No.1 &2 at the command of EMI head Fred Gaisberg. The recordings went on to spur a revolution among Bach aficionados, in 1958, Studio Two at Abbey Road became a centre for rock and roll music when Cliff Richard and the Drifters recorded Move It there, and later pop music material. The Beatles named their 1969 album Abbey Road, after the street where the studio is located, the studio was renamed Abbey Road Studios in 1970 after the Beatles album had made it famous. Iain Macmillan took the cover photograph outside the studios, with the result that the nearby zebra crossing has become a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans. It has been a tradition for visitors to pay homage to the band by writing on the wall in front of the even though it is painted over every three months. December 2010, the crossing at Abbey Road was given a Grade II listed status. Pink Floyd recorded most of their late 1960s to mid-1970s albums here, the Shadows named their Live at Abbey Road album after the studio, with the cover spoofing the Beatles album. The chief mastering engineer at Abbey Road was Chris Vinyl Blair, in 1979, EMI commissioned the British jazz fusion band Morrissey-Mullen to record Britains first digitally recorded single record at Abbey Road Studios. From July 18 to September 11,1983, the public had an opportunity to see inside the legendary Studio Two where The Beatles made most of their records. While a new mixing console was being installed in the control room, the soundtrack to the video had a number of recordings that were not made commercially available until the release of The Beatles Anthology project over a decade later. The Red Hot Chili Peppers used a photograph of the walking across the zebra crossing naked on the front of The Abbey Road E. P. which was released in 1988
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Jeff Lynne
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In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, he co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. After ELOs original disbandment in 1986, Lynne released two albums, Armchair Theatre and Long Wave. Lynne will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 7 April,2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne grew up in Shard End, Birmingham, where he attended Alderlea Boys Secondary School. His first guitar, an instrument, was bought for him by his father. He was still playing it in 2012, in 1963 he formed a group with Robert Reader and David Walsh using little more than Spanish guitars and cheap electrical instruments. They were originally named the Rockin Hellcats, then the Handicaps and they practised at Shard End Community Centre and performed weekly. However, in 1964, Robert Reader and David Walsh left the band, at the end of 1964, Lynne decided to leave the band to replace Mick Adkins of the local band the Chads. He says it taught me how to be a producer, in 1966, Lynne joined the line-up of the Nightriders as guitarist. The band would change their name to the Idle Race. Despite recording two acclaimed albums with the band and producing the second, success eluded him. In 1970, Lynne accepted an offer from friend Roy Wood to join the line-up of the successful band the Move. This project would become the highly successful Electric Light Orchestra. Problems led to Woods departure in 1972, after the eponymous first album. Thereafter followed a succession of personnel changes and increasingly popular albums, 1973s ELO2 and On the Third Day, 1974s Eldorado. By 1976s A New World Record, Lynne had almost developed the roots of the group into a complex and unique pop-rock sound mixed with studio strings, layered vocals. Lynnes now almost complete creative dominance as producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer, kelly Groucutts distinctive voice mixed with Lynnes to produce the classic ELO harmonic vocal sound. The pinnacle of ELOs chart success and worldwide popularity was the expansive 1977 double album Out of the Blue, the bands 1978 world tour featured an elaborate space ship set and laser light show. In order to recreate the complex textures of their albums
