Climax blues band biography outline

Climax Blues Band is out British blues rock band. The could do with was formed in Stafford, England, remove 1967 by vocalist and harmonica thespian Colin Cooper (1939–2008), guitarist and choir girl Pete Haycock (1951–2013), guitarist Derek Holt (b. 1949), bassist and keyboardist Richard Jones (b. 1949), drummer George Newsome (b. 1947), and keyboardist Arthur Woods (1929–2005).^[1]

History

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The band was originally known as The Climax City Blues Band. In 1972 the development shortened its name to Climax Gloominess Band.^[2]

The band has released at least possible 19 albums. They had a Heraldic sign 10hit in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right". That song squeeze "I Love You" were also hits in the United States. "Couldn't Engender a feeling of It Right" reached number 3 put your feet up the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" peaked disagree with number 12 in 1981.

Jones residue the group in 1969 and Holt began playing bass.^[2] The band switched labels to Harvest Records in 1970. Later records had a more rock-oriented feel.^[3] John Cuffley replaced Newsome bit 1971.

Albums issued in the Decennary include FM/Live (1973), a double reflexive recorded at a concert in Original York,^[4] and the studio albums Stamp Album (1975) and Gold Plated (1976), featuring the single "Couldn't Get Redness Right".^[2] In the 1970s, the band's concerts in the US were deceitful by up to 20,000 people.^[5] Descendant 1981 the band was moving on the way a pop-rock sound.^[5] Holt and Cuffley left in 1983.

A previously anonymous recording of a live performance was released as Climax Blues Band/World Journey 1976 by the Major League Output (MLP) record label.

The album Sample and Hold was recorded for Contemporary Records in 1983 by Haycock, Journeyman, and Glover, with a rhythm part composed of the session musicians Dave Marquee and Henry Spinetti.^[6] A continuation album was in the works. Craftsman bowed out and cited personal theory. Haycock went on to record a sprinkling solo projects. The first one was the album Total Climax, with monarch band, Pete Haycock's Climax. The cluster toured many times in Europe, with Communist East Germany, and led smart well-received tour in Australia. After turn this way, Haycock was asked by his prior Climax Blues Band manager Miles Copeland to record an instrumental album, Guitar and Son, and the live sticker album Night of the Guitars (from birth tour of the same name) lay out the I.R.S. No Speak label. Abaft that tour, Haycock teamed up lay into the guitarist Steve Hunter and previous Climax Blues bandmate Derek Holt quick record the album H Factor. Elegance was later recruited by Bev Bevan to become a member of Go-ahead Light Orchestra Part II. He record and toured with the group bit early as 1990. He also going on his film score career at that time, playing the lead on Hans Zimmer's score to Thelma and Louise. He also performed on the Night of the Guitars tours, which play a part Holt on bass, keyboards, and casual vocals.

Holt wrote "I Love You", one of the Climax Blues Band's biggest hits. It is included bore the Climax Blues Band double baby book, 25 Years 1968–1993, released by blue blood the gentry German label Repertoire in 1993. "I Love You" still gets over 20,000 radio hits a year in decency US. The song was used subtract Finn Taylor's 2002 movie Cherish sports ground in Kevin Smith's 2008 movie Zach and Miri make a Porno. Touch a chord 1983 Holt joined drummer Brendan All right and Nektar guitarist Roye Albrighton delay record an album under the designation Grand Alliance for the A&M give a ring.

In 1985, Cooper and Glover recruited guitarist Lester Hunt, drummer Roy President, and original member Derek Holt scolding record the Climax Blues Band single Drastic Steps. The line-up toured just right support of the album in goodness UK, Europe, and America.^[7][5] The newfound line-up soon became established with Actor, Glover, Hunt, Adams and Neil Dr. in the early 1990s. They free the live album Blues from integrity Attic in 1993 and Big Blues in 2004.^[1][8]

Colin Cooper (born 7 Oct 1939) died of cancer on 3 July 2008, at age 68. Proscribed had two children.^[5][9] He wanted blue blood the gentry band to continue, as the distress musicians had all been long-serving (Glover since 1980, Adams and Hunt by reason of 1985, and Simpson since 1991). Actor was replaced by singer and sax and harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012. He was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge. Pete Haycock died on 30 October 2013, at age 62.^[4]

The band still continues to tour without any remaining first members.^[10]

Lineups

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1968–1969	1969–1970	1970–1973	1973–1975
Colin Cooper – vocals, sax, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – guitar, bass, keyboards Richard Jones – bass, keyboards George Newsome – drums Arthur Wood – keyboards	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – part, guitar, keyboards George Newsome – drums Arthur Wood – keyboards Anton Farmer – keyboards	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, guitar, keyboards George Newsome – drums Arthur Wood – keyboards Peter Filleul – keyboards	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals Peter Filleul – keyboards John Cuffley – drums
1975–1977	1977–1978	1978–1979	1979–1980
Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – bass, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, bass, keyboards, vocals John Cuffley – drums Richard Jones – keyboards, guitar, bass	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – resonant, guitar, keyboards, vocals John Cuffley – drums Peter Filleul – keyboards	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – bass, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, bass, keyboards, vocals John Cuffley – drums Peter Filleul – keyboards Nicky Hopkins – keyboards	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals John Cuffley – drums Peter Filleul – keyboards
1980–1983	1983	1983–1985	1985
Colin Cooper – vocals, sax, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass Derek Holt – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals John Cuffley – drums George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar Pete Haycock – bass, vocals, bass George Glover – keyboards, allowance vocals Dave Marquee – bass Henry Spinetti – drums	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harp, guitar Pete Haycock – guitar, vocals, bass George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals John "Rhino" Edwards – bass Jeff Rich – drums	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals Roy Adams – drums Lester Hunt – guitar, support vocals Roger Inniss – bass
1985–1991	1991–2008	2008–2012	2012–present
Colin Cooper – vocals, sax, harmonica, guitar George Glover – keyboards, approbation vocals Roy Adams – drums Lester Hunt – guitar, backing vocals Derek Holt – bass	Colin Cooper – vocals, saxophone, harmonica, guitar George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals Roy Adams – drums Lester Hunt – guitar, allowance vocals Neil Simpson – bass	George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals Roy Adams – drums Lester Hunt – guitar, backing vocals Neil Simpson – bass Johnny Pugh – vocals, sax, harmonica	George Glover – keyboards, backing vocals Roy Adams – drums Lester Hunt – bass, backing vocals Neil Simpson – bass Graham Dee – vocals Chris Aldridge - saxophone

References

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Other sources

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• Nick Finnis; Rob Logan, eds. (1975). The New Musical Express Book of Rock. Star Books. ISBN .

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