Jeff Bannister

Jeff Bannister was a key pad participant and sometimes singer who, for a short while, bidded fair to become superstar on London’s booming mid-1960’s spirit scene. Bannister’s initial main gig was using the John Barry Seven, at the tail-end of their life — he was recruited by Alan Bown, a longtime friend who’d bought out the command of the group (Barry getting otherwise involved in his flourishing film music profession) to displace organist Mike O’Neil, within a line-up that also included reedman Dave Green and bassist Stan Haldane. At that time, furthermore to producing their own strikes, the Barry group was among the best support rings on England’s rock and roll ‘n’ roll picture, playing behind going to Americans such as for example Brenda Lee if they toured the united kingdom and continental European countries. When Barry disbanded the group in 1965, Bown made a decision to make use of the unexpected option of some best workers with whom he appreciated working — he previously previously fronted several short-lived line-ups, however now he create a permanent edition of what became referred to as the Alan Bown Established, attracting three Barry group bandmates, with Bannister as vocalist aswell as playing body organ and piano. To listen to the initial two single edges cut with the group, one of these an excellent cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “I’m THE MAIN ONE Who Loves You” (released as “I’m THE MAIN ONE”), Bannister could have grown to be established among the great white spirit singers employed in middle-1960’s London. However, Pye Information overruled manufacturer Tony Hatch and place that song over the flip-side from the much less impressive “Can’t Allow Her Move”, which hardly ever charted. It had been a calendar year before another one was forthcoming in the group, where period he was supplanted in middle stage in the music group by vocalist Jess Roden (who defeat out Robert Vegetable for the vocalist place throughout a shuffle from the band’s employees). Bannister focused on keyboards and support vocals for another 3 years, while also composing tracks for the music group. In 1970, following a Bown group’s break up, he became a member of Roden’s Bronco, and he later on performed, sang, and made up songs as an associate from the middle-1970’s disco clothing A Band Known as “O”. He also performed on Joan Jett’s Poor Status, and on saxophone veteran Raphael Ravenscroft single album Her Dad Didn’t Like Me Anyhow.