b. Howard William Casey, 12 July 1937, Liverpool, Britain. Casey enlisted in the military in order that he could play baritone saxophone inside a armed service music group. Demobbed in 1958, he bought a tenor saxophone and performed in early Liverpool defeat groups, the Tempo Rockers as well as the …

The fiddle tradition of america coupled with Scandanavian music tradition through the music from the American Cafe Orchestra. Their exclusive record, Egyptian Dominoes, included rearranged fiddle music from Greece, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and america. The theory for the American Cafe Orchestra was sparked when Boston-based fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld fulfilled Copenhagen-based …

Ian & the Zodiacs had among the longest histories of any music group employed in Liverpool, making their utter obscurity for the reason that city a lot more of the puzzle, due to the fact they had an awesome name and played R&B sufficiently to become superstars in Germany. The …

This bass vocalist has already established an extended career, getting started within a country blues band, dealing with groups like the Ink Spots in the mid-’40s, and finally turning up on Ry Cooder and James Taylor sessions in the ’80s. For some critics, the procedure seemed unfocused, also “meandering” to …

Vocalist Taylor led probably one of the most exciting Liverpool defeat groups through the early 60s, but approbation within their homeland was undermined by an nearly perpetual residency in German night clubs. Originally authorized to Philips Information, they completed many singles not released in the united kingdom before compounding this …

A trumpeter and vocalist with the term “breathing” located inside his surname can’t fail, so that it is no real surprise that the profession of Frank Galbreath spans minstel displays, classic jazz, tempo and blues and vocal music. On the way he caused a number of the biggest brands, gigging …

Jamme recorded an obscure, pleasant self-titled recording that couldn’t help but remind listeners from the mildest part from the Beatles when it had been issued in 1970, influenced by California pop/rock and roll. The storyplot of Jamme, nevertheless, was quite difficult and interwoven with a lot more popular figures, and …

The professional career of the pianist and prolific recording artist began when he wandered in to the publishing offices of then-successful recording artist and composer Clarence Williams with hopes of selling and song or two. It had been the middle-’30s, and whatever tracks Erskine Butterfield experienced on tap in those …

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Armed with a really outstanding debut one, “Monsters Beneath the Bed,” that recalls artists which range from Odelay-era Beck to ’80s U.K. cult heroes the tv screen Personalities, Eugene McGuinness made an appearance rather out of nowhere in 2007, seeming like he could end up being the Damon Albarn of …