The Accent

Shaped in Yorkshire, England, originally because the Blue Bloodstream Group, the Highlight relocated to London in 1966. Composed of Pete Beetham (drums), Alan Davies (bass), Rick Birkett (acoustic guitar) and John Hebron (vocals, acoustic guitar), the group guaranteed a residency at Billy Walker’s Top Cut Golf club in Forest Gate, east London. Their status in the administrative centre partly established, then they documented their debut solitary, ‘Crimson Sky At Night time’/‘Wind flow Of Modification’, for Decca Information in 1967. Made by Mike Vernon, it shown the group’s uncommon songwriting, using the a-side including a propulsive acoustic guitar riff in addition to several disorientating sound files. However, the solitary didn’t fulfil Decca’s objectives and it became the Accent’s only release. Birkett later on released a single album (acknowledged to Rick Heyward) for Vernon’s Blue Horizon Information, before becoming a member of Jellybread as well as the Zombies. ‘Reddish colored Sky At Night time’ later on became a cult item among UK intensifying rock enthusiasts, and was included on many posthumous compilations like the United kingdom Psychedelic Trip Vol. 1, Chocolates Soup For Diabetics Vol. III and Illusions THROUGH THE Cracking Void.