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Georgie Fame, drummer Red Reece, bassist Tex Makins and guitarist Colin Green were rehearsing with singer Clay Nicholls in 1961 ... In that time Boots Slade had taken over on bass from Makins for some time while the latter toured with Johnny Hallyday. Reece remained a constant until he became ill in 1964 after the group's second album ...
Nero & the Gladiators were an instrumental band led by keyboardist Mike O'Neill for more than 3 decades. They actually evolved out of another British band called The Cabin Boys who were touring in Italy, backing Tommy Steele's brother Colin Hicks. Mike O'Neill hitch-hiked from Leigh, Lancashire, to London, where he was instantly hired-first by Clay Nicholls in late 1958, and then Vince Taylor ...
Mike ‘Nero’ O’Neill died of liver cancer in Stevenage on 10 October 2013, aged 75. Nero (Mike O'Neill) had previously played keyboards as a member of The Cabin Boys, the backing group of Tommy Steele's less famous brother, Colin Hicks. He and bassist Rod 'Boots' Slade formed The Gladiators originally with Laurie Jay on drums and Colin ...
9 de dic. de 2023 · Colin Green and Georgie Fame (then known as Clive Powell) worked together in 'Colin Green's Beat Boys', who had backed Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran during UK tours. In 1961 piano player Fame, drummer Red Reece, bassist Tex Makins and Green were hired by Larry Parnes to back Billy Fury as the Blue Flames. Fury dismissed them in February 1962 as he felt they were "too jazzy" and replaced them ...
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were a British rhythm and blues group during the 1960s whose repertoire spanned RB pop rock and jazz. They were
Georgie Fame. Glenn Hughes (1964 – 1966) Mick Eve (1962 – 1964) Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames were a noted British rhythm and blues/soul/jazz/ska/pop group of the 1960s. They had been the backing band for Billy Fury but, after being dismissed at the end of 1961, their pianist Georgie Fame took over as vocalist and, from 1962, they went on ...
