1960’s


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3 of the Flintstones: Terry Slater (guitar), Rupert Ross (bass), Rod Freeman (guitar/vocal) with Little Richard

Delta Five, 1963

Delta Five onstage, 1963

Nick Simper (guitar); with Ricky Eagles (rhythm guitar); Ken Pickering (vocals); Paul Tait (drums);  Dave Hillyard-Jones (bass).


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‘Some Other Guys’, September 1964: L to R Alan Hill, Nick Simper, Dave Taylor, Mike Payne, Steve Cameron

Cyrano & The Bergeracs c 1964: L to R Terry Burchett (Sax), Mike Lake (Vocal), Dave ‘Cyrano’ Langston (Guitar/Vocals), Alan Camplin (Drums), Keith Dyett (Bass)

The band Nick played lead guitar with in early 1965

Rupert Ross

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Agent’s commission receipt 1964

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West London’s finest! Frankie Reid and the Casuals c1963 at Botwell House, Hayes, Middlesex
L to R Chris Jackson (Rhythm Guitar), Reg Bodman (bass), John Kerrison (drums), Frankie Reid (vocals, and founder of the Good Ol’ Boys), Mick Leiber (Guitar)

‘Episode Six’, with my old mate and fabulous drummer Johnny Kerrison second left.

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Bobby Britten (1963)



Johnny Kidd, 1966




I’ll Never Get Over You / Then I Got Everything HMV POP 1173

Restless / Magic Of Love HMV POP 790 Shakin’ All Over / Yes Sir, That’s My Baby HMV POP 753




Kidd and Vincent: Johnny Irving
in the middle. Circa 1962

Johnny Kidd publicity shot The Pirates at the Kingsbury Odeon, ’66.




Pirates Sept 66: l to r: Nick, Roger Truth (drums), Mick Stewart (guitar), Kidd

   




   

The New Pirates: L to R: Johnny Carroll (vocals/keyboards); Roger Truth (drums); Nick Simper (bass); Mick Stewart (guitar)




The New Pirates at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, March 25th 1967




 

Aboard the Cutty Sark,1967

Nick with a fan, Kelvin Hall, March 27th 1967

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Courtesy of Ged Peck, somewhere in England 1968. Bill, Ged, Nick, and Carlo.

Courtesy of Ged Peck, Nick, Carlo, and Ged when they backed Sutch.

Courtesy of Ged Peck, from the same venue. Sutch is setting fire to the stage.

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Courtesy of Ged Peck, from a Munich gig. It shows Ged watching Carlo doing a drum solo. Nick is on the right and Jon Lord is out of shot to Nick’s right. It was a live TV show, which makes it either  November or December 1967.

With Billie Davis, Germany 1967, courtesy of Ged Peck.

Courtesy of Ged Peck, the near crash in Denmark. Nick, Carlo, and Bill Davidson.