Saturday 12 February 2011

FAMILY - FAMILY TREE

This family tree is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by John H Warburg, to whom I'm most grateful.


JIM KING AND THE FARINAS (aka THE FARINAS #1) (1962 - 1965)
1) Richard John 'Charlie' Whitney vocals, guitar
2) Alec Woodburn (aka Jim King) lead vocals, harmonica, sax, flute
3) Richard Harry Ovenall (aka Harry Ovenall) drums, percussion
4) Timothy 'Tim' Kirchin bass
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5) Terence 'Terry' Cowlishaw drums (filled in for Harry Ovenall from time to time)


THE FARINAS #2 (1965 - SEPT or OCT 1966)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Jim King
3) Harry Ovenall
4) Richard Roman Grechko (aka Rick Grech) vocals, bass, violin


THE FARINAS #3 (aka THE ROARING SIXTIES) (SEPT or OCT 1966 - JAN 1967) / FAMILY #1 (OCT 1966 - FEB or MAR 1967)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Jim King
3) Harry Ovenall
4) Rick Grech
5) Roger Maxwell 'Chappo' Chapman lead vocals, sax


FAMILY #2 (FEB or MAR 1967 - APRIL ?, 1969)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Jim King
3) Rick Grech
4) Rger Chapman
5) Robert 'Rob' Townsend drums, percussion


FAMILY #3 (APRIL ?, 1969 - DEC 1969)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Jim King
3) Roger Chapman
4) Rob Townsend
5) John 'Johnny' Weider bass, violin 


FAMILY #4 (DEC 1969 - JUN 1971)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Roger Chapman
3) Rob Townsend
4) John Weider
5) John Michael 'Poli' Palmer vibes, piano, flute


FAMILY #5 (JUN 1971 - AUG or SEPT 1972)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Roger Chapman
3) Rob Townsend
4) Poli Palmer
5) John Kenneth 'Ken' Wetton vocals, bass


FAMILY #6 (AUG or SEPT 1972 - NOV or DEC 1972)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Roger Chapman
3) Rob Townsend
4) Poli Palmer
5) James 'Jim' Cregan bass


FAMILY #7 (NOV or DEC 1972 - OCT 13, 1973)
1) Charlie Whitney
2) Roger Chapman
3) Rob Townsend
4) Jim Cregan
5) Edward Anthony 'Tony' Ashton keyboards

Saturday 5 February 2011

MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS FAMILY TREE


THE CHEQUERS #1 (195? - 1959)
1) Brian Cope bass
2) Graham Bull drums
3) Max Griffiths lead guitar
4) Horace Hunt rhythm guitar


THE DAKOTAS (195? - 1959) (NEVER EXISTED?)
1) Michael Tyler (aka Mike Sheridan) vocals, piano
2) ???????? + others unknown


THE CHEQUERS #2 (1959)
1) Brian Cope
2) Graham Bull
3) Max Griffiths
4) Horace Hunt
5) Mike Sheridan vocals, piano


BILLY KING AND THE NIGHTRIDERS (1959)
1) Brian Cope
2) Graham Bull
3) Max Griffiths
4) Horace Hunt
5) Mike Sheridan
6) Billy King lead vocals


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #1 (1959)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Brian Cope
3) Max Griffiths
4) Dave Pritchard rhythm guitar, vocals
5) Roger 'Rog' Spencer drums


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #2 (1959 - ca. OCT 1963)  
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Brian Cope
3) Dave Pritchard
4) Roger Spencer
5) Alan 'Big Al' Johnson lead guitar


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #3 (ca. OCT 1963 - MAR 1964)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Dave Pritchard
3) Roger Spencer
4) Alan Johnson
5) Greg Masters vocals, bass


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #4 (MAR 1964 - SUMMER 1965) / MIKE SHERIDAN'S LOT #1 (SUMMER 1965 - JAN 1966)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Dave Pritchard
3) Roger Spencer
4) Greg Masters
5) Roy Wood vocals, lead guitar


MIKE SHERIDAN'S LOT #2 (JAN 1966 - ca. FEB 1966)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Dave Pritchard
3) Roger Spencer
4) Greg Masters
5) Johnny L. Mann lead guitar


MIKE SHERIDAN'S NEW LOT (ca. FEB 1966 - 1968)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) Joe Dignam drums
3) Pete Oliver lead guitar
4) Terry Wallace rhythm guitar
5) Colin Timmins bass    


THE NIGHTRIDERS #1 (ca. FEB 1966 - MAR 1966)
1) Dave Pritchard
2) Roger Spencer
3) Greg Masters
4) Johnny L. Mann


THE NIGHTRIDERS #2 (MAR 1966 - MAY 1966)
1) Dave Pritchard
2) Roger Spencer
3) Greg Masters
4) Jeff Lynne vocals, lead guitar


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #5 (1983 - 198?)
1) Mike Sheridan vocals, bass
2) Keith Slater vocals, drums
3) Tony Kelsey vocals, lead guitar


MIKE SHERIDAN AND THE NIGHTRIDERS #6 (1991 - 199?)
1) Mike Sheridan
2) ???????? + others unknown