The Derby gig was called but he was fit to do the Klooks Kleek gig. Jimmy James — lead vocals. The final gig with the old line-up appears to have been 2 March. Another new recruit was trumpet player Barry Sutton and guitarist Dave Tedstone, who gave notice with his current employer Freddie Mack. Roy Stacey — bass replaced by John Roberts. Pat Gravesende — tenor and baritone saxophone. Roy Stacey left to work in a short-lived group with Iain Clark who went on to Cressida in late and John Roberts joined on bass.
Dave Tedstone leaves immediately after this tour to work with Geno Washington. Around this time Art Regis departs and Bill Coleman takes over on organ. Tony Priestland also moves on to join Titus Groan. Another former Ram Jam member, Lionel Kingham comes in on sax. In late December Jimmy James dissolves the current formation and puts together a new line up the following month. He was also getting tired of the soul scene and started to get into more early jazz fusion so later that year he and Stephens left to form Dada.
Chen also departs and Coleman helps Jimmy James revamped the group again. Melody Maker notes that Jimmy James split from their recording manager John Schroeder and will use independent producers from now on. From his recollections, it looks like some of the musicians who had played with Jimmy James in returned. The group later split from Jimmy James to back Jimmy Ruffin. In early , James completely revised the group line-up as the following:.
Art Regis helped greatly by sharing his diary dates. Big thanks to David Else for his help with chronology of the early years and fact checking. Dave Allen provided Birdcage gigs for Southsea and Eastney. Your email address will not be published. He nevertheless continued touring the cabaret circuit into the next century.
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