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Friday 24 April 2015

BAND OF TALABENE



Band of Talabene began its short career in April 1972 under the name Willy and The Philtones, consisting of Phil Manning on guitar, Tony Buettel on drums, guitarist Tony Naylor and bassist Phil Gaunt (both ex Ida May Mack). The original name was inspired by Eric Clapton's group of the time, Derek and The Dominos. There was no "Willy" in Manning's band, but the "Philtones" of course combined the names of the two Phils and the two Tonys. A few months later, Phil's young daughter Kim had a dream in which she saw a band called Talabene that featured pumpkins playing guitars. Taking this as a good omen, Phil renamed the group accordingly. In July '72 bassist Gus Fenwick (ex Pleazers) replaced Gaunt. They recorded one single, the rocky "Herbert's Boogie / Tell It Like It Is" (Nov. 1972) which was released on Ron Tudor's new Bootleg label. This lineup split in December 1972 when Manning left to join Mighty Mouse, which in turn led to him rejoin Chain during 1973.
 
Tony Naylor kept the Talabene name, however, and put together a new lineup featuring Peter Roberts (Freshwater, La De Das, Band of Light) on guitar, Fran Kelly on bass, and former Party Machine drummer Peter Curtain. They signed to and released one single, "Oh Darlin/ Blind Man" (April 1973). By June '73 the lineup had changed again -- Kelly and Curtain were replaced by the great Paul "Sheepdog" Wheeler and Dallas Royal, although Royal was soon replaced by Steve Webb (ex Blackfeather, Duck). This last incarnation of Band of Talabene dissolved/devolved at the end of 1973, with Naylor joined the Bootleg Family Band, which included Gus Fenwick, former Cycle drummer Geoff Cox and ex-Ram Jam Big Band trumpeter Russell Smith.

Members

Tony Buettel (drums) Phil Gaunt (bass) Gus Fenwick (bass) Phil Manning (guitar, vocals)
Tony Naylor (guitar, vocals) Peter Roberts (guitar) Fran Kelly (bass) Peter Curtain (drums)
Paul "Sheepdog" Wheeler (bass) Dallas Royal (drums) Steve Webb (drums)








References

http://milesago.com/Artists/ArtistFrames.htm


2 comments:

  1. Fran Kelly was actually Geoff Prime (ex The Kelly) mis-named in a GoSet article i.e bassist from Kelly which morphed to Fran Kelly (funny story!)

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