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) on drums, Phil Gaunt (ex-Ida May Mack) on bass guitar, Phil Manning (ex-Bay City Union,

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, Pilgrimage,

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) on lead guitar and lead vocals, and Tony Naylor (ex-Ida May Mack) on guitar and vocals. According to Australian musicologist,

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, their name was both, " homage to bands like Derek and the Dominoes (i.e. no-one called Willy in the band) and because it comprised two Phils and two Tonys." In July Gaunt was replaced on bass guitar by Gus Fenwick (ex-Pleazers) and they were renamed as Band of Talabene.* 2nd Edn: * 1st Edn: Manning explained that his young daughter had dreamt of a band, Talabene, with pumpkins playing guitars. Band of Talabene issued a single, "Herbert's Boogie", in November 1972 on the Bootleg label. Manning left to join Mighty Mouse in December. Naylor continued with a new line-up: Peter Curtain (ex-the Party Machine) on drums, Fran Kelly on bass guitar, and Peter Roberts (ex- The La De Da's, Band of Light) on guitar. This line-up issued a single, "Oh Darling", in April 1973. Naylor and Roberts were joined by Paul Wheeler (ex-

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) on bass guitar and

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on drums. Steve Webb (ex-

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, Wolfe, Duck, Tramp) replaced Royall on drums before the group disbanded in late 1973. After leaving Band of Talabene, Buettel was a founding member of Band of Light, while in the 1980s he worked as a record producer.McFarlane
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on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2020. Manning used his Mighty Mouse band mates to reconvene Chain in February 1973, but left again in July 1974 to work on solo projects, while periodically returning to Chain. Fenwick and Naylor were original members of

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(1973–75), Naylor continued with the group, which became Avalanche, until 1978. Fenwick was in Ray Burton's Nightflyers in 1977.McFarlane
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(1976–83). Roberts was in

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(renamed as Chariot) from May 1974.McFarlane
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Members

* Tony Buettel – drums (1972) * Phil Gaunt – bass guitar (1972) * Phil Manning – lead guitar, lead vocals (1972) * Tony Naylor – guitar, vocals (1972–73) * Gus Fenwick – bass guitar (1972) * Fran Kelly – bass guitar (1973) * Peter Curtain – drums (1973) * Peter Roberts – guitar (1973) * Paul Wheeler – bass guitar (1973) *

– drums (1973) * Steve Webb – drums (1973)

References

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