THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND - PLAYS ON

The Climax Chicago Blues Band based in Stafford, England was formed in late 1968. The original members were guitarists Derek Holt and Peter Haycock, keyboardist Arthur Wood, bassist Richard Jones and drummer George Newsome. Colin Cooper on vocals and saxophone made up the sextet. In 1970, the band shortened its name to the Climax Blues Band. The band has released eighteen albums and has had Top 40 hits in 1976 in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right"; and in 1981 in the United States with "I Love You". The two songs were also big American hits; "Couldn't Get It Right" reached #3 on the Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" reached #12 in 1981.







Tracks :

01-Flight
02-Hey Baby Everything's Gonna Be Alright Yeh Yeh
03-Cubano Chant
04-Little Girl
05-Mum's The Word
06-Twenty Past Two , Temptation Rag
07-So Many Roads
08-City Ways
09-Crazy 'Bout My Baby



Band members history :

• Vocals
  • Colin Cooper (born Colin Francis Richard Cooper, 7 October 1939, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK - died 3 July 2008) - vocalist / saxophonist - also played reeds, harp, flute and guitars.^[1]
• Guitar
  • Lester Hunt - (born 21 February 1956, Stretford, Manchester) - also plays bass guitar, keyboards and vocals.
  • Derek Holt - (born 26 January 1949, Stafford) - also backing vocals.
  • Pete Haycock (born Peter John Haycock, 4 April 1951, Stafford) - guitarist 1968-1984.
• Bass Guitar
  • Neil Simpson (born 6 January 1959, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) - also plays seven-string bass-guitar and midi bass-synthesizer.
  • John 'Rhino' Edwards (born John Victor Edwards, 9 May 1953, Chiswick, West London). Left to join Dexy's Midnight Runners and later Status Quo.
  • Derek Holt - moved from rhythm guitar to bass guitar. Wrote and sang the hit "I Love You", but left in 1982 to form the band Grand Alliance.
  • Richard Jones - original bass guitarist on the first album. Left for Cambridge University in 1971. Returned from 1975-1977 to keyboards.
• Keyboards
  • George Glover - (born 28 October 1947, Stoke-on-Trent). Also back-up vocalist.
  • Nicky Hopkins - studio keyboardist replaced Filleul and was in Climax for two albums.
  • Peter Filleul - live performance keyboardist until 1980.
  • Anton Farmer - Second keyboardist, Farmer (nick name 'Humpty') replaced Arthur Wood in 1969 when the band turned professional, and remained with them until 1970, playing on the A Lot Of Bottle album and the single "Reap What I've Sowed", and shared recording work with Wood.
  • Arthur Wood (born 3 August 1929, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) - original keyboardist late 1968-1973, although he stopped live performances in 1971.
• Drums
  • Roy Adams (born 17 May 1952, Birmingham) - also does backing vocals.
  • Neil McCallum - fills in when needed.
  • Jeff Rich (born 8 June 1953, Hackney, London) - left to join Status Quo after two years.
  • John Cuffley - replaced Newsome and was with Climax from 1973-1983.
  • George Newsome (born George Ewart Newsome, 19 August 1947, Stafford) - original drummer for the first four albums. Left Climax in 1973.

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