THE BAND,FORMED BY DON FARDON AND BASSIST PHIL PACHAM, WAS PUT TOGETHER TO RELIVE THE EARLY DAYS OF THE ROCK PHENOMENA THAT STUNNED THE WORLD IN THE LATE 50’s AND HAS AN INCREDIBLE PEDIGREE;
FEATURING DON FARDON AS LEAD VOCALIST.
DONS HITS INCLUDE THE MULTI MILLION SELLING NO1 WORLD WIDE HIT “INDIAN RESERVATION” “GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN” WHICH WAS A HIT IN 25 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, “THE LETTER” AND THE GEORGE BEST SIGNATURE SONG “BELFAST BOY” WHICH CAN STILL BE HEARD REVERBERATING AROUND OLD TRAFFORD.
ON PIANO IS COVENTRY LEGEND ROBBIE WOODWARD WHO WROTE PRODUCED AND PERFORMED THE 70’s NO1 HIT “MOULDY OLD DOUGH” WITH LIEUTENANT PIGEON.REGARDED BY MANY AS ONE OF THE BEST ROCK/BLUES PIANISTS IN THE UK, ROBBIE’S PERFORMANCES ARE BREATHTAKING.
ON BASS GUITAR IS PHIL PACKHAM WHO WORKED AND TOURED THE WORLD WITH DON IN THE 60’s HIT BAND “THE SORROWS, WHO RECORDED THE HIT “TAKE A HEART”.
ON DRUMS IS NIGEL LOMAS, A STALWART OF THE ROCK CIRCUIT SINCE THE LATE 50’s WHO HAD PLAYED WITH JOHNNY B GREAT OF “BROTHERHOOD OF MAN” AND HAD ALSO TOURED WITH LITTLE RICHARD.
LEAD GUITARIST AND BABY OF THE BAND IS PAUL ROLLASON FORMALLY OF THE BOSS CATS A MIDLANDS BASED ROCK N ROLL BAND, WITH YEARS OF TOURING UNDER THERE BELTS.
THE SHOW IS CALLED “LETS RIP IT UP” AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THESE GUYS DO,PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO HOW POP MUSIC STARTED FOR THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AND A TRUE NOSTALGIA TRIP FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS.
IT FEATURES SOME 50 OF THE GREATEST SONGS FROM 1956 TO 1964. “LETS RIP IT UP” IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE FIRST HAND THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK N ROLL PLAYED BY THE BAND
COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH VOTED “COVENTRY’S FIRST SUPER GROUP.
