Classic British 60s R’nB
Saw him in 2013 with Alan Price at the Half Moon in Putney. Shook his hand. Of course i didn’t get a photo.
R.I.P. Zoot Money
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Here’s a lovingly researched article about Zoot and his life and times.
https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/zoot-money/
A very entertaining read.
Here’s Zoot during his psychedelic phase with the band Dantalian’s Chariot.
Excellent read and a veritable who’s who of musicians, interesting to see where he got the name Big Roll Band as I’d always thought it was big roll band in the lyrics to Johnny B Goode.
Aberdeen 1967, Douglas Hotel. Best mate dragged me screaming to Zoot &Co. I was more of a Jefferson Airplane kinda guy. I was also very silly. One of the best gigs I’ve ever been to.
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
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Early 2000s, The Rayners Hotel, Rayners Lane I saw Pete Brown with Zoot Money.
Pete’s vocals were a bit ropey tbh. Zoot of course accompanied him superbly.
Thanks for putting up “Big Time Operator” – recognised it as soon as it started, but haven’t heard it in decades as it’s not the kind of song that ever got played on those “greatest hits of the 60s-70s-80s” type radio stations, and I didn’t know who it was by or what it was called.
He was hard to miss in the 60s, I must have seen him half a dozen times in various places, including once or twice at the Flamingo, where that iconic photo that I can’t upload because Imgur is down was taken. Featuring the young Andrew Summers. Was always a great sweaty night.
Imgur decided to play nice.
We saw him, a few years ago now, with a setup called The British Blues Quintet. A bit of digging says this must have been around 2006. It featured Money and drummer Colin Allen, Maggie Bell, bassist Colin Hodgkinson and guitarist Miller Anderson. They were terrific!
Colin “Bomber” Hodgkinson who did one album and tour with Whitesnake..,yes indeed?
Colin Hodgkinson was in Back Door. They were a Big Thing for 5 minutes in the early seventies (ie NME said they were good). They WERE good, IIRC they opened for ELP when I saw them at at Wembley in 1974. This track is typical of his “lead bass” concept
They did indeed open for ELP, but at Earls Court, a vile arena. They were ill received by the punters and were dull. ELP were overblown and overdone, having gone the full pomprock with Brain Salad Surgery. My love of the band, based on the first 4 albums, t/i Pictures At An Exhibition, faded fast.
Yikes…jaunty AND parpy!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00230qh?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
This tribute, on Radio Ulster, is well worth a listen. Download it, before it disappears into the ether.
Thanks for this, what a great programme. Amazed and very happy that this type of show still exists on the BBC (or anywhere). Think I’ll be a regular listener in future
There was a similarly excellent tribute to Herbie Flowers