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Jun 8, 2011 · Bill "Buddy Gask" spent 14 years with the Teddy Boy-styled group and sang lead vocals on the band's first hit single Hey Rock 'n' Roll in 1974. The group went on to record 15 UK top 20 hit singles ...
The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise (Dave Bartram, Trevor Oakes, Al James, and Romeo Challenger) and the Golden Hammers (Buddy Gask, Russ Field, Rod Deas, and Malcolm Allured), the latter often known simply as The Hammers. They both played at the Fosse Way pub in Leicester, and soon discovered shared musical tastes.
Buddy passed away in 2011. 2003 saw the band's 30th Anniversary, and they celebrated by completing a successful 40-date UK-wide tour along with The Rubettes and Sweet. For many years (1987 to 2008), the line up consisted of five of the original eight members: Dave, Trevor, Al, Rod and Romeo, along with Ray Martinez on lead guitar (1985 to 1995) followed by Danny Willson on lead guitar (1995 to ...
Official Showaddywaddy Web Site. Buddy Gask. Buddy Gask - Vocals - 1973 to September 1987. William Gask was born in 18th December 1945 in Leicester. His first band was called Billy & The Fenders, and it was as a teenager that he first met up with Malcolm Allured and then with him formed the Golden Hammers along with another local musician Rod ...
Buddy Gask (vocals) Malcolm Allured (drums) Russ Field (guitar) Rod Deas (bass) In 1973 the two bands met in the Fosse Way pub. They would listen to each other's music and occasionally they would ...
Lily-O emerged from Amidon's collaboration with guitarist Bill Frisell, who had been a hero of Amidon's since his youth.Starting in 2011, Frisell and Amidon collaborated in an array of contexts, starting with Amidon's appearing as a guest with Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers Trio in Ludwigsburg, Germany; [11] a brief duo tour of the Northeastern US by the two musicians; [12] and a concert by ...
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Amidon has performed as part of the Bedroom Community Whale Watching Tour [21] at The Barbican and Reykjavík's Harpa concert hall. He has also appeared in 2015 and 2016 at the Bon Iver -curated Eaux Claires festival in Wisconsin , [ 22 ] performing his own music and appearing onstage as guest vocalist with Bon Iver , Richard Reed Parry, and parading the grounds of the festival leading a pop ...
