Scunthorpe Groups page 2

The group webpage has become so large, i have decided to open another page to expand it.

When i started the project, i never suspected there were so many groups in Scunthorpe.

I thought there would be maybe a dozen or so, but as the weeks go by, i keep discovering

new ones i had never heard of. This is in part because, more and more people are getting

in touch and sharing their information and memories of the Scunthorpe groups they were

involved with over the years. Please keep the information coming, this will help to show

how rich in talent the Scunthorpe music scene has been over the years. For such a small

town, Scunthorpe has had an abundance of musical talent over the years.

Help to keep the memories alive.

If you have any information or photos of the Scunthorpe group scene, between 1950 til 1990,

you would like to share,you can contact me on email address,

Musiclincs@gmail.com

Many thanks to all who have contributed to the site over the past year, keep them coming.

I am still looking for info about

Daleks, Southbank 1977, Ocean Blue 1978, Contact Four 1983? Gail and the Avengers 1964 from Belton.

The Colorados 1964, Dave Crab and the Claw, Opaque Circle, The Civics 1965, The Hartbeats

The Blackhawks 1965, Jonny and the Boys 1964, Craze 1965(imps), The Electrons 1966,

Tony Diamonds and the Demons 1960, Rebels, Strangers 1961, Wally Stewart and the Tornados 1960,

Eddie Falcon and the Tremulos 1961.

Or any Scunthorpe group i may have missed

The Moles 1965 martin tweedy street,

andy boyd,

alan beesty,

steve bainbridge

Keith Wyre and the Three Strands 1963

The group consisted of Keith Wyre on vocals

Andy Boyd on lead

Stuart Smith on drums

John Jackson on bass, later replaced by Tweedy Street on bass

The group pulled the original stunt of driving down Scunthorpe High Street

on the back of a flatback lorry while performing their music. I recall

seeing them that day, and thought, what a brilliant stunt. I wonder how

they got the mains power for the amps etc, you couldn't get battery power

gear in those days, they must have used a generator.

Worrying Kind 1968

The line up was

Andy Boyd, lead guitar

Martin (Tweedy) Street, bass

Alan Beasty, drums

Dave Waterland, vocals

Brian Hayes, sax & flute

Rowdy ??? trumpet

Colin Baysford, trumpet

and Brian Hayes

Bonk Johnson joined later on keyboards

The Contacts 1966

The trio featured Michael Byran on lead, Paul Duffin on rhythm, Bob York on bass and Pat Bryon on drums.

Steve Earl and the Presidents 1960/61

The groups featured Ian Mavor (Maverick) rhythm guitar

Ernie Boynton lead

Martin Danks piano

Mick Strangleman drums

Ian Mavors on Rhythm

and Dave Churchman on vocals

The Decoys 1963/64

The Decoys consisted of Mally Needham on guitar/vocals

Martin (tweedy) Street on bass

Andy Boyd on lead and

Jack Pearson on drums

Decoys 1963/64 Andy Boyd,Jack Pearson, Mally Needham, Martin (Tweedy) Street

I was reminded, i hadn't mentioned the agents who got the groups so much work in the early days. So to put things right i have included a list of the most popular of the 1960/70's

Terry Sampson who lived on the caravan site ( Peatfields down Burringham road or Ashby Decoy. There was Don Carroll for Grimsby he covered the Lincoln areas and the RAF camps.

Earny Beaty for Doncaster and the mining welfare clubs. Pete Mcloud for Hull and the Star clubs. Robin Eldridge again Doncaster. Martin Yale of Grimsby, Martin Lighthowler of Doncaster.

1993-94 INSTANT REPLAY –Steve Wright (guitar) ,

John Vessey (drums), Darren Lee (vocals) and Gordon Blundell (bass).

Gordon (Irving) Blundell (bass guitarist)

Gordon (pictured above) has been a feature on the local music scene since the early sixties.

His first group was 'Phase Five'in 1966, Gordon played lead guitar but would later change to

his instrument of choice Bass Guitar with later groups.

On leaving 'Phase five' he joined up with 'Somebody's People' with among others, Steve Wright

on lead guitar. The group would later have a change of personel and change their name to 'People'.

Another reincarnation of 'People' would be 'Kaleidoscope'.

Gordon's next group was 'Vince Lauderdale & the Rock n Roll Revival Show', which featured

Steve Wright on lead, Dennis Lonsdale on drums and Malcolm Halsal (Raving Rupert) on vocals.

The group was renamed 'The Rock n Roll Revival Show', and finally in 1970 became, 'Raving Rupert's

R&R Revival Show'.

In 1972 Gordon joined 'Assortment' along with Ian King on vocals,Martin Danks on keyboards, Colin

Chambers on sax and Roger Gammidge on drums. Various other groups followed including 'Keith', 'Jimmy

Jenkins Trio','Profile with Jock McKay on vocals,'Alpine Trio','Dolphins','Tina & Tomorrow', 'Mustard',

Rock a Billy Rebels', 'Country Ramblers','Freeways,Triple Standard,Instant Replay,Breakaway,Casade,

Dizzy Heights and Sky High'in 2001/2.

All and all a very busy and full musical history,one of the Towns senior musician.

The Chills 1966

Ricky Hood on lead guitar

Pete Hood on rhythm

Doug Kirk on drums

Rick Capper on bass

receiving their trophy on winning

'The Star' Challenge Trophy

A later version of the Chills featured the Hood brothers with Terry Huish on bass with Chuck Curtis on vocals.

Poet's Arbour 1967

Mike 'Fred' Sparling on bass, Dave Grimblely on drums,T Ingham on guitar, J West on guitar and B Phillips on vocals

The Teenagers 1961

The Teenagers were Chuck Curtis on vocals

Ernie Boynton on lead

Mick Strangleman on drums

Dave Churchman on bass

Blues Anonymous; George Sutton Paul Newton Tony Dixon on drums, Ken Parkin Jack Wooliven on lead

Dodger 1980

Dodger featured John Stevenson (of Freeways fame) on guitar and vocals

Andy Boyd on lead

Roger Gammidge on drums

Alan Wellam on bass

John's sister Maureen would later join them, at first only on their final spot,

before eventually joining the group full time. The group eventually morphed into

a reincarnation of the 'Freeways' Mk2, about 1986 when Irving Blundell took over

on Bass guitar.

The Les Goddard Combo 1964

The group featured Les Goddard on lead and vocals

Dave Churchman on bass and vocals

Eric Mchutchion on drums

and Rosie Bembenek on vocals

Profile 1975-76

Profile featured Gordon (irving) Brundell on bass

The late Martin Danks on keyboards

Ian (Jock) McKay on vocals and

Roger Gammidge on drums

Adrenalin early 1990's, the band has since had a complete

change of personnel

Adrenalin, Rick Ogleby (rhythm), Chris Harrison (lead), Tony Jones (vocals), Dean Godfrey (drums), Clive Faulkner (bass).

'Adrenalin' the band played music of the Rolling Stones, Free, Bad Company, Bon Jovi, Queen etc

Adrenalin 1989

Mark Shergold, Clive Faulkner, Geoff Wilson, Paul Woodward, Rick Oglesby

The Kingpins

Richard Capper on bass, Gerald Fillingham on rhythm,

John Cooper on vocals, Edward Baird on lead guitar,

William Cumberlidge on drums

The BarRoom Stompers 2010

Dave Churchman (Bass Guitar) Daz (Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar),

Andy Boyd ( Lead Guitar) & Phil (Eddie) (Drums & Second Vocals )

The Myths 1967 (The group disbanded in March 1968)

Dick Payne on bass

Trev Mitchell on drums

Rick Stewart on rhythm and vocals

Bob Ridley on vocals

Dave Fawkes on lead and vocals

Other members were D Smith on drums and D Murray

on rhythm and vocals. Manager Ted Lusby. in 1965

Open Road, ” Eric McCutcheon, Mick Harriman, Andy Boyd, Dave Churchman and Pete Drayton

Chapter Six

Sid Cuthbert on vocals

Eddie Ashworth lead and vocals

Alan Beasley on drums

John Hicks on bass

Jeff Fowler on rhythm

Alphabetical Alarm Clock 1969

The group featured Jock McKay on vocals

Roger Parot on drums

Paul Duffin on rhythm guitar

Mick Brown on bass

Richard Pryztupa on lead

The Misfits 1964

Peter O'Donnell keyboards, John H.S.Norris lead guitar, Richard Hainsworth drums, Stuart Dron bass.

The Misfit were on the go from 1961 til 1965, they were the first rock group to play the Jazz Workshop and played all the local venues, St Hugh's Youth Club, The Sherpa, The Desert Rat, The Crosby and The Cocked Hat.

John H S Norris moved to the USA where he lives today. The group broke up Nov 64

Lou Lewis and the Stardusters, late 1950's

The band featured Lou Lewis conducting,Tom Ellis on sax, Bob Johns on piano, Bayliss Thomas on drums,

Dave Stocks on bass, Jerry Rose on trumpet, Tony Watson on alto sax, Tom Ellis on tenor sax, Bob Duck

on tenor sax and John Thompson on baritone sax.The band played the circuit of dancehalls including Brigg,

Louth, Lincoln, Retford, Gainsborough etc.

The Tropics 1964

Rodney Barker (ex Dominators)

Stuart Showler (ex Aztecs)

David Stevenson (ex Aztecs)

Andrew Mayers (ex Dominators)

The Chill 1990

The band featured Alan Occleshaw on lead guitar,

Jim Bryden on vocals,

Gary Drane on drums and

Gordon Cummings on bass.

The band started in 1990 and played the local Scunthorpe and Yorkshire scene.

They play Eric Clapton, Free, Dire Straits, U2 etc. They did a tour of Poland in 1992.

Ian Mavor (Maverick)

Another guy worth a mention is the late Ian Mavor (Maverick). He was the only

guitarist i knew who played a song in the key of 'F', this was in 1958, when

we were still trying to master the keys of 'g','d','e' and 'c'.

My brother Hugh recalls meeting up with him

I met Ian Mavor (Maverick) early in 1958; both of us 'played' guitar & we got

on well together...he had an amplifier for his guitar...WOW!!!... no plans,

just a couple of lads messing around... 'Move it' was released in late 1958

(???) & I had worked out how to play the riff. I went to see him, to show

him- he lived off Frodingham Road somewhere, & we eventually managed to sort

the complete song out between us. He took me 'round the corner' to meet a mate

of his..Dave Churchman... & sometime later Ian or Dave introduced me to a

singer who also lived on or off Frodingham Road called 'Chuck Curtis', whose

mother gave us both a glass of wine, (Rosé I think)... high living in Scunthorpe

in the late 50's.

Maverick later joined the police-force, and later moved to Grimsby with his job.

He started a group in Grimsby, the members all policemen, I can't remember the

name of the group.

Moderation

In 67 the lineup was Rick Laughton (lead), Keith Burdett (drums)

and Andy Mayers (bass), Bill Gibson (rhythm).

Rosie Bembenek of 'The Days of Wine and Rosie' made the occasional

guest appearance with them. Two other members of Rosie's group

(Wine n Rosie), Ernie Boyton and Mick Strangleman were thought by many

to be the top outstanding musicans among the Scunthorpe groups.

The Chechakos appeared in the mid 1960s, another excellent group, I remember seeing them at the Jazz workshop in Ashby, and being very impressed by them. The line-up consisted of Gerry Farnham, Greg Tomlinson, Chris Francis, Pete Jackson and Geoff Theaker.

Later members were Roy Jepson (lead Guitar), Ian King (vocals), Steve Cox (drums)

‘Chechakos’ (L-R) Geoff Theaker (Bass Gtr), Roy Jepson (Lead Gtr),

Ian ‘King’ Stanaghan (Vocals), Gerry Farnham (Rhythm Gtr), Steve Cox (Drums)

Roy Jepson is another of the Towns Musicians from years ago. he started

in my early days playing in a Duo with another well known local

Musician, Stuart Grey and they were doing a lot of ‘Everley Brothers’

material, not unlike another well know local Duo at that time, Jim

Ryder and Pete hornsby. Their frst public appearance was at the ‘aBc Minors’

on Doncaster road. Following this, Roy was in several groups one being ‘Ralph Shawn

and the Bluenotes’ which featured Tony ‘Tosh’ Wallis on Vocals (who

later emigrated to australia). he then went on to play Lead guitar

for ‘The Executioners’ which also featured Mick Cowling (Drums),

Terry Cowling (rhythm gtr), Ralph Beacroft (Bass gtr) and Tony Wallis

(Vocals).After a spell off he then joined ‘The Chechakos’, shown in the photo above

(left to right) Geoff Theaker (Bass gtr), Roy Jepson (Lead gtr), Ian ‘king’ Stranaghan

(Vocals), Gerry Farnham (rhythm gtr), Steve cox (Drums).

The band were kept busy with bookings at ‘The Jazz Workshop’ Ashby where they played

regularly. They eventually had an audition at the famous ‘2 I’s’ coffee

Bar in London which secured them a months work in Germany where

they played a gig at ‘The Top Ten club’ in hamburg which is well

known, owing to ‘The Beatles’ having played there. However the story

did not have a happy ending in that on returning to England their van,

containing all of the equipment, was stolen in London and never

recovered and this led to the Band ‘calling it a day’.

Following another spell out of the scene Roy did a regular gig at

‘The cocked hat’ Monday nights along with Pete Johnson (Drums)

and Pete hornsby (Bass).Finally roy joined up with

an old schoolmate, guitarist John Stephenson and his sister Maureen

and became involved with the well know local Band ‘Maureen and the

Freeways’, before retiring from the music scene.

The Ensigns 1964 at the Grosvener Hotel The Ensigns playing at the Baths 1964

The Ensigns 1963/65

Scunthorpe group,'The Ensigns' featured Terry Richardson (keyboards), Mal Smith (guitar) Jeff Sanderson( bass)

& Paul Bryars (drums).

The guys all played in Brumby Youth Orchestra and formed a band called the 'Crusaders' in 62, which eventually

became the Ensigns in 1963.

They were managed by Harry Turner Licensee of the Grosvenor Hotel.The band won the 'Star Challenge Cup',

beat contest in 1964, two points behind were 'The Imps' followed by 'Maureen and the Freeways' in third place.

The group started their spot with an unusual choice of music, namely, their version of 'Swan Lake', brave

choice in 1964. Not thinking themselves very strong on vocals, they played quite a few instrumental numbers,

namely, Shadows, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Etc.

They played many of the local venues, the Sherpa, the Ancholme Inn at Brigg, the Queen Bess and many of

the Scunthorpe working mens clubs.

The band split up in 1965 after a short, but successful couple of years.Jeff Sanderson( bass), went on to

join 'Tony and the Cadallics'. Terry Richardson (keyboards) and Paul Bryars (drums) formed a band called

'The News' which played the local scene for a few years. Mal Smith (guitar)joined 'The Vikings' later

to become 'Del Vikings', which played the local scene for many years, 'Del Vikings' still play the occasional

gig.

The Ensigns

There was always a live band playing in the

Scunthorpe and district pubs and clubs in

the sixties.

“The Shantells” (Back l-r Jimmy Ryder,

Pete Johnson, Pete Hornsby, Front – Mal Turner

Martin Danks.

I didn't know Martin very well, although our

paths crossed a few times in the sixties.

The last time I saw him was in the late sixties, we shared a train journey from Scunthorpe to

Doncaster. We had a very interesting chat about the group scene as I recall. I moved from Scunthorpe shortly after, and we never met again. He struck me as a very pleasant guy, and this has been born out by others i have spoken to. I believe his first group was, 'Blues Syndicate', which included, Dave Churchman (bass), Alan Harsley (lead) and Alex Maw on drums. There next came a spell with the 'Turnabouts', with Ernie Boynton (lead guitar),Paddy O'Connor (bass), Mick Strangleman (drums) and Tandi Carroll (vocals). His next group was 'Profile' with Jock McKay (vocals),Roger Gambridge (drums) and Gordon Brundell (bass).This was followed by the 'Strollers' with Mal Hamilton (guitar), Stuart Smith (drums), Terry List (bass) and John Banks (guitar). He joined the 'Imps' about 2004, fellow members were, Greg Tomilson (guitar), Bill Gibson (bass), Stuart Smith (drums) and Alan Harsley (guitar). Martin sadly passed away in 2004.

He was major influence on the Scunthorpe music scene.

Ian King and the Classics

Ian King

I first met Ian King (real name Ian Stranahan) while playing with the 'Jesters'. This is where he got the name King from, Ian King and the Jesters. The lineup was Ian on vocals, Dereck Hodson (lead guitar), Dave Churchman (bass), Jim Gourley (rhythmn guitar) and John Gouldthorpe (drums). He then joined the 'Classics' which became known as 'Ian King and the Classics. The Classics lineup was Ian on vocals, Hugh Gourley (rhythmn guitar), John Hill (lead guitar), Rod Clarke (bass) and Colin Hatton (drums).The group was very popular in the sixties and had a regular gig at the Priory Hotel. After singing with the 'Classics' for several years, he then joined up with the 'Chechakos', the lineup was Ian on vocals, Geoff Theaker (bass),Roy Jepson (lead guitar),Gerry Farnham (rhythmn Guitar) and Steve Cox (drums). Another group was

'Assortment' with Martin Danks, Ian King,Roger Gammidge, Mick Harriman and Irving Brunnel. Ian later emigrated to America where he sadly died several years ago.

Triple Standard 1990/92

Gordon Blundell, (Bass),

Shaun Shepherdson, (vocals)

Steve Wright (guitar)

Triple Standard did quite a few pub dates around Scunthorpe.

They used a sophisticated drum machine,(for the time), which Gordon had to program in for each number they played.

The Morning Glory Band 1968

The group featured, Dave Waterman on vocals, Alan Beasty on drums, Ray Johnson on organ, Alan Browes on trumpet,

Colin Baseford on trumpet, Andy Boyd on lead and Martin (Tweedy) Street on bass

After Methuselah disbanded, Craig Austen went on to form 'Distant Jim' in 1969

The group featured Craig on bass/vocals, Hull based Les Nicol,lead/vocals and Steve Chapman

drums. The group were based in London were they had a recording contract.

'Distant Jim', Members featured Craig Austen, Les Nical

and Steve Chapman

John Vessey (drummer/guitarist)

John Vessey (pictured above) has been on the Scunthorpe music scene from the early sixties.

In 1968 John played Guitar in a Band called “After Midnight People”. He returned to the Drums

in 1969 in a Band called “5AD” which also had Keith Grice (later of “New Era”) on Lead Guitar.

In 1970 John began a long association with Gloria Mayne (“The Gloria Mayne Trio”) which also

featured Cliff Batty (Guitar), doing Cabaret.

About a year later he moved back to Guitar and formed “The Sound-breakers” with Stef Chriyinski.

In 1972 he re-joined Gloria Mayne who by this time had been joined by her Daughter Allison and

somewhere around 1973 he adopted the stage name Johnnie Vee. In 1974 he began touring with them.

In 1977 Allison left to join a Band called “Judy Blue” and John met the Whiteley family for the

frst time . He joined their Band “Southbank” and did the local circuit with them for a while.

He then became the resident Drummer at “Elm House” in Scunthorpe around 1978.

After a couple of years he returned to Guitar once again and played with John and

Chris Whiteley in “Ocean Blue” before forming a ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ Band called “Red Hot” with

Guitarist Keith Mullard (he actually played Bass with this Band for a while after their Bass

player left and the only substitute they could get was another Drummer (Roy ‘Animal’ Allenby).

In 1981 he joined up with Chris Whiteley (Guitar), Terry Pitchfork (Guitar), Kev Oades (Bass)

and the late Roly Smith (Vocals) to form “Hybrid” which was a popular Band doing the local circuit.

This was followed by a 2 year period with “Contact Four” which featured a number of different

local Musicians including Paddy O’Connor (Bass) Roly Smith, (Vocals), Toyne Tomlinson & Trev Mitchell

(Drums) and Frank Cornish (Bass).

During the period when Trev Mitchell was with them, John played Bass and one of the features of

the show was a Drum solo with both of them playing together.During the period 1984 to 1988 John

did Summer Season work with local Organist, Dave Jacklin playing at “Coastfeld” (Ingoldmells) and “Seymours”

(Humberston) as well as doing work with Grimsby Band “Kenny King and the Breakaways” which com-

menced during 1985 and lasted until around 1990.

The Vikings later to be renamed 'Del Vikings' playing at the Baths 1965

Bas Brader (guitar), Mal Smith (guitar), Les Stringfellow (Bass) & Trevor Gammidge (drums).

'Inner Movement' (1967/71)

Inner Movement featured Wil Jefferys on drums

John Underwood on lead

Mick Bryan on rhythm

Pat Byran on keyboards

Paul Elleron on bass

Barry Hessleton on vocals

The guys played quite a lot in the Doncaster area, (which was quite common in those days, there were loads of working mens clubs to go at)

The group was managed by Terry Richardson

Road manager Lou Nikolajew and van driver David Cook

The Inner Movement

The group was reduced to a four piece on midweek bookings as Paul Ellerton was studying at Bradford University, John Underwood and Mick Bryan would fill in on bass on these occasions.

The group hoped to get a record contract after recording two songs they had wrote. The first was written by lead guitarist John Underwood with a song called The Colour Change, and the second track which was co written by all the guys was called Heartburn. What ever happened to those tracks?

'Scott Pearson Set' 1971

The Scott Pearson Set featured

Scott Pearson with Pat Bryan on keyboards and Ann Hilder on vocals they played at 'Tiffany's'

Ann Hilder went on to sing for 'The News' which also featured Terry Richardson and Paul Bryan. They played mainly clubs and private functions.

“Stella & The Misfits”

Kev Ladden – Gtr/Vocs,

Bob Little – Bass/Vocals and

Paul Vollans – Drums.

The Misfits started up about 2000,

They play a large range of music from the sixties, seventies and eighties

Happy Daze 2001

Martin Street, Andy Boyd, Mark Nicklen, Mel Oliver, Roger Gammidge

The guys played Rock n roll music 2000/2002

Chaser 2003

Darrell Lofthouse, Bob McDonnell, Mel Oliver, Chris Whitetely

Mel joined this Band in 2002 and prior to this they had been playing as a Trio for some time.

In 2004 the Bass player, Simon Patterson left and was replaced by Bob McDonnell.

Sounds Familiar (80’s) Doug Houton (Vocals), Mal Hatton (Drums), Terry Huish (Bass), Mel Oliver (Piano), Edna Houton (Vocals), Alan Harsley (Guitar).

Blues Syndicate circa 1964,

Dave Churchman (Bass),

Alan Harsley (Guitar),

Alex Maw (Drums),

Martin Danks (Piano).

The Notorious Boyd Brothers

The Notorious Boyd Brothers featured Mick Boyd, Andy Boyd, Pete Boyd and Graham Boyd

The Wall Street Crash and the Case of the missing Statue (1973)

Andy Boyd told me a story about a night they were playing at the Kirton Lindsey army barracks.

the guys had set on a new roadie to help with setting up and carrying the gear, all went well

until this new guy, unbeknown to the band, decided to nick a solid silver regimental trophy which

he duely hid under the drivers seat of the groups van. Of course before long, it was noticed the

trophy was missing and being the main suspects,the van was searched and sure enough the

trophy was discovered. The army guys wanted to beat the band up but were persuaded to chuck

them in a cell in the guardhouse, where they were all questioned for about two hours.

The band couldn't answer the questions because they hadn't a clue what had happened.

Eventually the army called the police, and when they arrived the police decided to take the band

back to Scunthorpe for questioning. One of the band asked if they could take the van back as

well, but the army refused to hand over the keys, saying they had plans for the van,

Andy Boyd remembers thinking, 'they're going to use it for target practise and then blow it up'.

Andy also remembered,he had a set of keys for his Ford Cortina in his pocket and by sheer

luck these also fitted the van, so they were able to rescue the van and their gear.

They then all went to the Scunthorpe Nick where they were questioned for a further two hours,

but not knowing anything about the theft, they were still unable to tell the police anything.

They were eventually released in the early morning. It was only later they found out, the new

roadie was an excon and had only been released from prison the week before, it later transpired

he was known by his nickname of of Mad Mick.

The Problems changed their name to The Peighton Checks in 1966

The lineup was Eric McCutheon on drums, Mick West on vocals, Charlie Gillis on rhythm,

Andy Boyd on lead and Martin street on bass

The Poachers 1966

The group featured Jeff Lawson on lead, Will Jefferies on drums, Ian McKay on vocals, Kevin Smith on bass and Mick Harriman on rhythm.

The Bullets 1966 (from Barton) The line was Doug Johnson on lead, Jeff West on bass and Dave Grimbleby on drums

The Commancheros 1966 with Dave Churchman on bass and Eric McCutheon on drums.

The Moderation (formerly The Rebels) 1966

The group featured Rick Laughton, Keith Burdett and Mick Gravelling (Ian McDonald was vocalist with the Rebels)

New groups on the scene 1966 were

The Moquetts and The Chain Gang (from Barton)

Another Barton Group was Portrait featuring Richard Trees on lead, Ian Nicholson on sax and Steve Turnbill on drums

Scunny groups part 2 - Gourley Family Site

The Worrying Kind 1966

The lineup in 66 was Terry Burnham on drums, Jimmy Clayton on lead, Ray Johnson on organ,

Andy Mayers on bass, Syd Cuthbert on vocals and Dave Waterman also on vocals.

The News 1967

The News featured Paul Bryers on drums, Terry Richardson on Organ, Keith Hudson on vocals,

Kevin Smith on bass and John Underwood on lead. Ann Hilder sang vocals in 1968.

The Midnight Hour 1967

The lineup was Martyn Whitehouse on vocals, Ralph Kitchen on lead, Keith Mullard on rhythm and Dave Thomas on bass

The San-Q-Letts started up in june 1967

the band featured, George Milton on drums, Paul Duffin on lead, Dave Churchman on bass and Rick Przystupa on rhythm.

Average Content 1967 (Gainsborough)

The lineup was Dave Bloomfield on bass, Graeme Lowther on drums, Steve Davis on organ and Malc Lundy on lead.

The Hybirds 1967 (Gainsborough)

The band featured Owen Cockram on bass, Michael Simpson on rhythm, Alan Gale on drums and Malcolm Lundy on lead

The Planets 1967 (Kirton)

The lineup was Earl Rhoades on lead, Alan Roades on bass, Mark Patterson on organ, Roger Taylor on drums and Trev Black on vocals.

The Terry Thompson Quartet

Pete Johnson on drums

Terry Huish on bass

Paul Davidson on lead guitar

Terry Thompson on sax

Early version of The Badd Ladds mid 1960's

Graham Jackson lead, Barry Roberts vocals, Stuart Leah rhythm, Graham White drums

and Nigel Hudson on bass, The first four guys were only 14yrs old.

The Badd Ladds 1967

The Badd Ladds 1967, Graham White drums, Ivan Tate vocals, Nigel Hudson bass, Graham Jackson lead and Stuart Leah on rhythm guitar

The New Era

The Bluebell Hotel finally closed in oct 1969, another landmark gone.

The Harlem Shuffle reverted to their old name the 'National Soul Band' in 1968

Groups that appeared at The Sherpa Hotel in late 1969

19th sept The Del Viking Show

20th sept The Belmonts

21st sept The Concordes

22nd sept Apex Jazzmen

10th oct The Four R's

24th oct The Martells

25th oct Allan Barry Five

26th oct Garry Jay Four

7th nov Dave Kay Five

8th nov Garry Dean Trio

?th dec The Satin Shades

The Jerks 1964 featured Penny Pickwell on rhythm and Stuart Mc Donnel on piano.

Midnight Hag 1969

The group featured John Schofield on percussion, Dave Grimbleby on bongos/vocals and harmonia,

and Steve Brailford on vocals /guitar the band did all original material

Mick Taylor and Scott Miller performing as 'Mick & Scott' a guitar vocal duo, played at the final stages

at the Gaity Theatre Butlins Skegness, the first prize was £1000.

The Three of Clubs formed in 1965, members were Hugh Gourley on lead, Terry Huish on bass and Jim gourley on rhythm, all three sang vocals.

Groups appearing at the Ancholme Inn Brigg in May 68

The Lucky Charms

The Debonaires

Ultrasonics

Buzz Ford Show.

At the Open Hearth Hotel

24th july Plastercine

28th aug Witchcraft

The Sockets 1968

The group featured Jeff Leonard on vocals, Ricky Hood on lead, Stuart Dron on bass

and Doug Kirk on drums. The group later changed their name to 'Manhatton Lime'

The Earls formed in 1964, the group featured Greg Tomilson on lead/vocals, Terry Huish on bass/vocals

Stuart McDonald on Piano and Jim Gourley on rhythm/vocals, drummer unknown.

The Reps 1965 featured Pete Hornsby on bass, Pete Johnson on drums, Malc Turner on rhythm

Colin Chambers on organ, and Paul Davidson on lead. They called it a day in june 1966.

The Sunspots later to be Tony and the Cadillacs

The Daleks 1964

The group featured Derek Hodson on lead, Eddie Ashword also on lead, John Hicks on bass and Dave Allen on drums

The Daleks 1965

Steve Bainbridge on vocals, (he took over from Dave Waterland),

John Duncan on bass, John Scott on rhythm, Dave Allen on drums, Tony Bee on lead/ vocals

and Vivian Scales also on vocals.

007 1965

The group 007 consisted of shiftworker, so the guys had to pick their engagement dates very carefully.

The band featured Bill Barker on bass, Malc Skinner on drums, Roger Wilson on rhythm and Mick Lefley on lead.

The list of groups playing at St Pauls Church Charity Show in aid of The Spastic in set 1964 were

The Turnabouts, The Jesters, The Iron Dukes, The Chechakos, The Decoys, Chapter Six, The Lawmen,

The VJ's, Little eddie and the Freeways and The Imps.

The list of groups entered in the Star Big Beat Contest 1964 were

The Kingpins, The Tropics, The Imps, Blues Anonymous, The Colorados (from Barton), The Dimples (newly formed),

Maureen and the Freeways, The Ensigns, and The Kraakans the contest was held on the 26th Nov 1964.

The Iron Dukes 1964

The guys did a lot of work for charity, one stunt in particular was quite brilliant, they toured Scunthorpe High Street

on the back of a flatback lorry giving a free concert to the general public, collecting money as they passed.

The lorry was loaned by Clugstons and the generator by Lysaghts steelworks, The money raised £47 went to

Cancer Research. The band consisted of Wliiam Cumberlidge, Ronald Tuplin, Fred Studwick and Dave Raffery.

The Inverts 1966

The band featured Ken Ashley on rhythm, Pete Boyd on bass, Dave Bent on lead,

Jed Cox on drums and Dave Keave on vocals.

The Dave Vincent Quartet 1966

The group featured Dave Churchman on bass, Eric McCuthen on drums, Derek Hodson on lead and John Parker on vocals.

Size 5 1966

The band featured Tony Steeper on rhythm, Dave Tuplin on lead, Graham Starkey on bass,

Trev Mitchell on drums and Lionel Sergeant on vocals.

The Soul Survivors 1966

The guys were mostly from Barton and were formerly called 'The System'.

The group featured Ray Johnson on drums, Bob Lawtey on bass, Alan Hopkins on lead and Pete Guy on vocals,

the groups manager was Arthur Staves.

The Jumpback 1966 formerly the Thunderbirds

The band consisted of Alan Parker on drums, Chris Pettinger on lead and Ray Morgan on rhythm and bass.

The Cossacks 1966 with Ray Anderson on drums and Richard Emsley on lead.

March 1967 the former Barton group 'Armadillos' change their name to 'Route 66'.

The Days of Wine and Rosie 1967

The band featured Rosie Bembenek on vocals, Paddy O Connor on bass, Mick Strangleman on drums, and Brian Hayes, Hughie Callaghan, Ian Nicholson and Darrel Wood. (top band).

The Cyrkel of Least Confusion 1967

The band members were Colin Marshall, Dennis Lonsdale, Russel Wainwright, John Whittaker, Richard Allen, Roy Brader, Terry Pitchfork, Paul Stevenson, Steve Wright, Chris Jones, John Fidell, Paul Hipkins, Ken Powers and Phillip Bootland. I bet the pub landlords loved this group, if they all took their wives and girlfriends they would fill the pub.