This is a page is dedicated to all our old friends who have passed on, But We must remember them all because they all have a place in music history big or small.
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I have done this in bands in no order
Neil Aspinall
, a lifelong pal of the Beatles from their scuffling days in Liverpool, England, who became their road manager and then spent 40 years as the chief protector of the group's recorded legacy as head of Apple Corps, has died of lung cancer. He was 66.
NASHVILLE
have lost 3 members in a year
Les Evans
singer/guitarist, of Nashville one of the nicest guys in the business and a good friend
Sadly we have now lost the drummer of Nashville,
Bobby Stafford
He was a good friend and I will miss him
Keep Rockin up there Bobb
THE LOSS OF ANOTHER MERSEYBEAT LEGEND
Ian
Edwards
of Ian and the Zodiacs died
Tuesday 23rd Oct 2007
of a Heart attack. Ian and his band were true legends and who made a big success
in Hamburg, the amazing thing is that he didn't make it in England as big as he
should have done. Ian also had a small stint as a member of the FOURMOST. I
liked Ian a lot he always had a nice handshake and friendly word for me when we
met up. And like many others I will miss him�
The Prowlers
Mal Corum drums
The Drumbeats
Tommy Hansen, bass guitar
Sonny Webb and the Cascades
Joe Butler bass
guitarist
with also The Hillsiders and a popular Country and Western radio presenter died May 2007
Gerry Gilbertson rhythm guitar
Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers
Dale (George)Roberts
Passed away
8th January 2007.
George had
been lead vocalist with Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers for 43 Years and one of
the longest surviving bands from the Merseybeat era. George was one the nice men
of the business and I will miss him.
Phil Howard
bass
guitar one the nicest guys that I have had pleasure to know when we have met a
various charity shows, and a man with a great sense of humour
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Freddie
Marsden
drummer
Oct 1940 Dec 2006. I told Freddie he was a big influence on me
as a drummer and he said you can't be much of a drummer if you copied me, I told
it was your stage presence that influenced me most, he always looked liked he
was having a ball.
And now a Very nice man has gone and I will miss him, I always loved meeting up with him.
Riverside Brass
Colin Gilmour drummer
also with Cavern bands The Ramrods and the Sensors
The Mops
Tony Baker lead gtr
The Mojos
Bob Conrad
drummer
a Great drummer just listen to those Mojo singles
Majority Plus
Colin Fitzgibbon keyboards
The Buzz Brothers
Bernie
Wenton
died April 2002 won Stars in Your Eyes as Nat King Cole
Hobsons Choice
Paul (Lash) Goolie vocalist.
Rhythm and Blues Inc
Barry Tweedle drummer died June 2006
Cass and the Cassanovas/ Casey Jones and the Engineers
Brian Casser vocals
The Kirkbys
Jimmy Campbell guitarist/songwriter also Rockin Horse
Alby Power bass guitar
The Addicts
Steve Duggan rhythm guitar
The Harlems
Vinny Ismael lead guitarist
The Atlantics Skiffle
Ken Hardy
Skiffle John Lomax
Ron Higginson
The Cavern
Alan Synter,
The creator of the world-famous Cavern Club,
Bob
Wooler (Robert Wooler),
Cavern
DJ
19.1.1926, Liverpool d. 8.2.2002, Liverpool
One Armed drummer
Arthur
Brindle
The Beatles
John Winston Lennon
rhythm guitar changed to John Ono Lennon
in 1969) - Died
12-8-1980 - Shot by
a fan ( Rock - Pop ) Born 10-9-1940 in Liverpool,
(George Harold Harrison)
-
Died 11-29-2001 - Metastatic non-small lung cancer lead guitar sitar player
and singer (He did,"My Sweet Lord" and "All Those Years Ago") ") He worked with
Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the group The Traveling
Wilburys (They did,"Handle With Care" and "End Of The Line") and also worked
with Phil Spector, Jools Holland and Eric Clapton - He was a film producer
working on "The Life Of Brian" and "Time Bandits" among others
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe
-
Died
4-10-1962 - Cerebral Paralysis ( Rock ) Born 6-23-1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Tommy Moore -
Died 1981 ( Rock ) He was a tour drummer for The
Silver Beetles who were backing up Johnny Gentle - Worked with Stu Sutcliffe,
John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison
Brian
Epstein -
Died
8-27-1967 - Accidental overdose of brandy and barbiturates Manager ) Born
9-19-1934 in Liverpool, England
Beatles
Road manager
Mal
Evans
-
Died
1976 - Shot by the Police because he was waving a gun at them after threatening
his girlfriend - Born 1936 -
Maureen
Tigrett
(Maureen Cox)
-
Died
12-30-1994 - Mylodysplasia, a form of leukemia despite a bone marrow transplant
from her son Zak Born 8-4-1946 in Liverpool, England - She sang backup vocals on
The Beatles, "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" - She had been married to
Ringo Starr and was married to Isaac Tigrett who owned the Hard
Rock Cafe chain and House of
Blues.
Linda McCartney
(Pauls
Wife) and a member of wings
Alf Bicknell -
Died
3-9-2004
in Oxford - Born 1929 - He was a chauffeur for The Beatles during the 60's and
was the inspiration for their song, "Baby You Can Drive My Car
The Quarrymen
Ivan Vaughan
Eric Griffiths
(Eric Ronald Griffiths) - Died 1-29-2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland - Pancreatic cancer (
Skiffle ) Born 10-31-1940
in Denbigh - Played guitar and sang - Was a founding member of
The Quarrymen
who would later become The Beatles - Worked with John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Pete Best Four
Tommy McGurk lead guitar
The Blackwells
Roy Little drums
Phil Brady and the Ranchers
Bob Frost drums
The Blues Angels
Derek Armstrong
Charlie Crane
The Blue Mountain Boys
Andy Dwyer lead guitar
Billy Cooper steel guitar
Kenny Navies bass guitar
Tommy Brownell drums
John E Paul vocals Johnnie Paul The Dee Jays
The Clayton Squares
Les Smith sax
The Calderstones/ Badfinger
Tom Evans
-
Died 11-23-1983 -
Hung himself ( Rock ) Born
6-5-1947 in
Liverpool
The Cryin Shames
Joey Kneen lead guitar
Charlie Crane vocals
Jimmy Ryan
Norman Eastwood.
Manager/roadie with the Cryin Shames and Bumblies.
Clay Ellis and the Raiders
Clay Ellis vocals
Steve Day and The Drifters
Steve Day vocals
Dusty Rd Ramblers
Bob Kelly
The Dark Town Skiffle
Jill Martin vocals
Dave McKew
The Delacardoes
Rodney Day drum s
The Detours
Dick Yates vocals
The Dennisons
Terry
"Tex" Carson
(Allan Willis) - Died 1991 bass player
Steve McClaren died 2007 lead guitar
Eddie Parry - Died 1995 - Heart attack
Ray
Scragg
(Raymond
Arthur Scragg) -
Died
2-7-2001 - Throat cancer ( Rock ) Born 8-4-1946 - He was a guitarist and
vocalist (They did,"Be My Girl" and "Nobody Like My Baby") and The Dennisons
2000 (They did a remake of,"Unchain My Heart") They appeared several times on
the same bill with The Beatles at The Cavern Club.
Colin
Aryeety
vocalist The
Contrasts & Micheal Henry Group and a popular cabaret singer
The Executioners
Ray Milne rhythm guitar
The Almost Blues
Sol Raye
The Excerts
Tommy Shire bass guitar�
Earl Royce and the Olympics
Brian Dee bass guitar
Stuart (Kenny ) Hazard rhythm guitar
The Federal Five
Phil Gannon vocals
Faron's Flamingos
Dave
"Mushy" Cooper -
Died 1998
( Rock ) Was also bass guitarist for
The Undertakers
Faron's Flamingos
The Renegades, The Pawns and Lee Curtis & The All Stars .
Paddy
Chambers
(Patrick
John Chambers) -
Died 9-28-2000 - CancerBorn 4-30-1944 in Liverpool, England -
Guitarist - Was a member of The Creoles, Steve Bennett And The Syndicate, The
Dominoes, The Eyes, Paddy, Klaus And Gibson, Sinbad, Faron's Flamingoes and The
Big Three.
Pam Connelly vocals
Ross Sullivan keyboards
Mogsy Cook vocals
Arthur Hayes bass guitar
Vic Grace lead guitar
Don Alcyd drums
The Fourmost
Mike
Millward -
Died
3-?-1966 - Leukemia Born 5-9-1942 in Bromborough, England - Vocalist and
rhythm guitarist
Brian
O'Hara
-
Died
6-27-1999 - Found hanged ( Rock ) Born 3-12-1942 in Liverpool, England - Was
the singer and guitarist for the group(They recorded,"A Little Loving" and
"Hello Little Girl") The Fourmost were also known as The Four Jays and The Four
Mosts.
The Four Just Men/ Denny Seyton Showband
Lally Stott lead guitar
Howie Casey and the Seniors
Frank Wibberley drums
Derry Wilkie -
Derek Davis
Died 12-22-2001Born 1-10-1941 in Liverpool,
England - Singer - Member of Derry And The Seniors, Derry
Wilkie And The Pressmen,
Derry Wilkie & The Others and Howie
Casey And The Seniors.
The Hideaways
John Shell bass guitar
died in US Army in The Vietnam conflict
Billy (Elvis) HelmsOne Liverpool's First Elvis Impersonators I joined Billy as drummer in the 70s had a few rehearsals and decided I didn't really want to play Elvis in Las Vegas Style, But I found him to be a really nice guy, and am sad to hear of his untimely death by accident in Ireland
The Incas
Bob Martin bass guitar
Alf Anslow drums
Johnny Gus Set
Daryl Dugdale keyboards
Jeannie & the Big Guys
Rita (Jeannie)Hughes vocals
Pete Kellys Solution
Ollie
Halsall (Peter John Halsall)-
Died 5-29-1992 - Heart attack Born 3-14-1949
The Kruzads
Fat Larry Coulson vocals
Eddie Hill bass guitar
Sonny Kaye and the Reds
Sonny Kaye (FrankKeenan) vocals
Paddy Mullen bass guitar
The Koobas ( The
Kubas)
Keith Ellis
bass gtr
Died 1978 - Overdose ( Rock ) Bassist - Worked with The
Thunderbeats,
The Koobas
(They did, "I Love Her" and "You'd Better Make Up Your Mind"),
Van der Graaf
Generator (They did, "People You Were Going To" and
"Firebrand"),
Spooky Tooth,
Juicy Lucy (They did, "She's
Mine/She's Yours" and "Whisky In My Jar"), Uriah Heep and
Boxer
(They did, "Hip Kiss" and "Town Drunk").
Stuart Leathwood
d.2004
Billy j Kramer and the Dakotas
Ray Jones
(Raymond Jones) -
Died
1-20-2000 - Heart attack? ( Rock ) Born 10-20-1940 - Was the bassist for
Billy J. Kramer & The
Dakotas (They did,"Little Children" and "Bad To Me
Kenny Johnson's Northwind
Bobby Arnold lead guitar
The Merseybeats
John Banks drums
The Markfour
Derek Shaw lead guitar
The Merseysippi Jazz band
Gill Martin also vocalist with Thursdays Children
The Nitelife
Cliff White sax
Larry Downey lead guitar
The Pressure Points
Greg
Reece
rhythm guitar
Greg was
in the first band I ever played in he dressed so old fashioned apart from his
Beatle boots, He was a great singer that was a loss to the entertainment World.
his big song was "Blowiin the wind" sang in TOP C. I tried to find him many
times, then I read of his death in The Runcorn Weekly News from a car crash.
Rory Storm and The Hurricanes
Rory Storm
( Alan Caldwell )
Died 9-27-1972 in Stormville, Liverpool, England - Overdose
of sleeping pills Born 9-21-1939 in Old Swan, Liverpool, England
Ty
Brian -
Died
1967 - Complications from an appendicitis operation Born 1941
Johnny
Guitar (Johnny
Byrne)
Died 8-18-1999 - Motor neurone disease ( Rock ) Born 12-4-1939 in Liverpool, England - Guitarist and vocalist . They did,"Dr. Feelgood" and "America"). Johnny became a good friend and used to ask my advice on his disability, I didn't know too much about the actual condition, but I gave him advice on handling things. A sad loss of one of Merseysides Nice Guys.
The Remo Four
Colin Manley -
Died 4-9-1999 - Cancer Born 1943 - Was the lead guitarist for Tommy Quickly And The Remo Four (They did,"Tip Of My Tongue" and "You Might As Well Forget Him").also for many years with Swinging Blue Jeans
(Edward Anthony Ashton)- Died 5-28-2001 - Cancer Born 3-1-1946 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England - Organist and vocalist - He was a member of The Executives (They did,"March Of The Mods"), The College Boys, The Mastersounds, The Remo Four (They did remakes of,"Nothin's Too Good For My Baby" and No Money Down"), Ashton,Gardner & Dyke (They did,"Reserruction Shuffle"), P.A.L. (Paice, Ashton, Lord) and Family - Worked with Chicken Shack and Wings.
Rave on /Vince Taylor and the Playboys
Kenny Fillingham lead guitar
Red Mountain Skiffle
Roy Kelly guitar
The Searchers
Tony Jackson
(Anthony Paul Jackson)
(aka Black Jake) - Died 8-18-2003 in Nottingham ( Merseybeat ) Born 7-16-1940 in Liverpool, England - Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The Martinis, The Searchers (They did, "Needles And Pins" and "Don't Throw Your Love Away") and The Vibrations (They did, "Bye Bye Baby").
Johnny Sandon
vocals committed suicide. Later was with Johnny Sandon and the Remo Four
Chris
Curtis
(Christopher Crummy) drums- Died 2-28-2005 - After a long illness ( Merseybeat ) Born 8-26-1941 in Oldham - Drummer and singer -was with Roundabout who later became Deep Purple a;so made appearences at The Merseycats - Produced Paul and Barry Ryan. Chris has gone now, from our point of veiw it wasn't unexpected, Poor Chris was 63 but he looked more like 73 or more, it was a shame to see him like that. The amazing thing is that he still had a good voice even if he did mix songs up. We were playing at merseycats and Chris sang Hound Dog, then we went into Matchbox, but half way through we suddenly realised Chris had gone back into Hound Dog, We did Needles and Pins that night . I will treasure that moment, I have it on video and it is the last live ever performance of Chris Curtis and I was behind him playing drums, to me a Magic Moment backing one of my heroes. Rest In Peace Chris
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Les
Braid
bass
guitar, died 31st july 2005 at fazackerly hospital with cancer
Colin
Manley
See Remo Four
The Shufflers
Mike Kearns sax
The TTs (Tempest Tornadoes)
Johnny Tempest vocals
Lance Railton - lead gtr Died 12-24-1989
Don Alcyd drums
Ritchie Galvin
(Richard Hughes)
- Died 7-13-2001 ( Rock - Country ) Born 12-28-1943 in
Liverpool, England - Drummer - Was a member of The Tigers and
Earl Preston
And The TTs (They did,"I Know Something" and "Watch Your
Step") - Worked with Joe Piper, The Stringdusters and Western Union.
The Toreadors
Tommy Longman drums
The Tropics
Albert Gibb
The Vocals
Les Herdman bass guitar
Johnny Templer and the Hi cats
Roy Woods rhythm guitar
The Zodiacs
Peter Griffiths lead guitar
Liverpool's first Rock n Roll Stars
Billy
Fury
( Ronald Wycherley )
Died 1-28-1983 - Heart disease ( Rockabilly - Pop ) Born 4-17-1941 in
Liverpool,
Frankie
Vaughan (Francis Abelson)
Mr. Moonlight - Died 9-17-1999 Born 2-3-1928 in Liverpool, England (He did,"Give me the Moonlight" and "Green Door").
Reginald (Red) Price
1926 (1933), Liverpool d. 7.2.1984 (1987), Hong Kong, (Lord Rockingham's XI, The New Orleans Rockers, The Red Price Combo, The Red Price Band).
Micheal Holliday
Committed suicide
The Undertakers
Mushy Cooper bass guitar
Ralph Webster (manager)
Vera
Nugent
(wife of Geoff Nugent) died 23rd jan 2006
The Strettons
John (Jack) Clarke drums died of motor neurone,
Promoters/managers/misc
Doug Martin
Ted Knibbs
Beryl Adams
-
Died 3-1-2003 - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ( Secretary ) Born 1937 in Liverpool, England - She was a secretary for The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein and for Ray McFall, owner of The Cavern club- She also managed The Kirkbys - You can read about her life in the book, "The Tragical History Tour" to be released in the summer of 2003 was married to Bob Wooler for a time..
Charlie McBain
Jim Ireland
Maroulla
Stepanades
Former
Member of the Merseycats Committee, she was a hard workin lady for the Cats and
was always there for everybody, she was very kind to Me when i first joined
Merseycats. She was a Big Cliff Richard fan and travelled when she could to see
him in concert. But also this lady and I say lady with affection loved all the
guys and girls that played Merseybeat, she will be missed by all who loved her.
Bobby
Willis -
Died 10-23-1999 - Pneumonia Born 1942 - Was husband and manager of pop star Cilla Black (She did,"Anyone Who Had a Heart'' and `You're My World").
Graham Spencer
Bob Aurzidia
Geoff Leack
Tuni
Allcock
long time wife of Mojos bass player Keith Karlson
Charles Comer
-
Died 2-11-1999 - Complications due to diabetes ( Music Publicist - Promoter ) Born 1935 in Liverpool, England - Help to start the careers of Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Chieftians and Marianne Faithful - Promoted the first Beatles album - Represented Bob Marley, John Lennon and The Rolling Stones.
Clifford
T. Ward
(Clifford Thomas Ward) - Died 12-18-2001 - Pneumonia Born 2-10-1944 in Stourport-on-Severn near Kidderminster, Worcestershire - Singer and songwriter - (He did,"Gaye" and "Scullery") Was a member of The Cruisers and The Secrets (They did,"Candy To Me) I've included Clifford as a tribute from the guys who went to play for him from Our Merseycats, weeks before he died.
John Peel
( John Robert Parker Ravenscoft) - Died 10-25-2004 in Cuzco, Peru - Heart attack ( DJ - Music Promoter ) Born 8-30-1939 in Heswall near Chester, England - He was BBC's longest serving radio DJ - First DJ to introduce U2, Roxy Music, The Smiths, The Fall, Rod Stewart, Blur, The Sex Pistols, T-Rex and others to the masses - Founded Dandelion Records which released records by Gene Vincent, Lol Coxhill and Kevin Coyne - Maybe best known for his, "Peel Sessions" releases of live radio broadcasts of different music groups.
I would like to honour my dad James Arthur Davies who died the week of 4th July 2007 aged 87, he has a been a great inspiration to me for many years and even managed my first band the Pressure Points, we didn't have a phone but he used to do his business in the phone box on the end of our street and even the neighbours used to come and tell my dad there was a phone call for him. He always encouraged me to better myself as a musician and a sportsman. I will miss as he was always there for me
Farewell Dad you were great and I loved you
If I have Missed anyone please contact me,
We want to remember Them All.
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