Islington
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, London) is an English bassist, singer and record producer. He was a member of
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers were one of the main British pub rock groups of the early 1970s. Later managed by Jake Riviera, who first worked for the band as a roadie, they reached their peak as part of the "Naughty Rhythms Tour" of ...
and
Roogalator
Roogalator was a Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock band formed in London in 1972, by the United States, US-born guitarist Danny Adler.
Earlier that year, Adler recorded demos with 10cc's Graham Gouldman at Strawberry Studios. Prior to Rooga ...
in the 1970s.
Biography
His career in music began at the beginning of the 1970s as bass player with various visiting blues artists, notably:
Albert Collins
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Champion Jack Dupree
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Dupree was a New Orleans ...
Lightnin' Slim
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Homesick James
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Early years
Homesick James was born in Somervil ...
– and continued through the decade with seminal pub-rockers
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers were one of the main British pub rock groups of the early 1970s. Later managed by Jake Riviera, who first worked for the band as a roadie, they reached their peak as part of the "Naughty Rhythms Tour" of ...
Rockpile
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(as featured on the album '' Get It''), and with guitarist Danny Adler's
Roogalator
Roogalator was a Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock band formed in London in 1972, by the United States, US-born guitarist Danny Adler.
Earlier that year, Adler recorded demos with 10cc's Graham Gouldman at Strawberry Studios. Prior to Rooga ...
.
By the closing years of the 1970s, he had become involved in record production and (briefly) artist-management, co-managing and producing
The Sinceros
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.
As the 1970s moved into the 1980s he took over the running of
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and new wave,Carlene Carter
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As of 2020, since 1978, Carter has recorded 12 album ...
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Elvis Costello
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,
Nick Lowe
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The Anti-Nowhere League
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Career Early days
The band first played at the 1980 Cha ...
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The Ruts
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Robert Wyatt
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Edwyn Collins
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Kirsty McColl
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Genny Schorr
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History
Born in Ancona, Arnaldo Girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in ...
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Tony Riviera Sales
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and more.
In 1985, he was invited to join the staff of
Demon Records
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History
DM ...
to add some technical understanding and help enable production of the brand-new compact-disc format, to assume responsibility for all mastering issues and to become archivist of the burgeoning tape archive (a legacy of the prodigious output of
Elvis Costello
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,
Nick Lowe
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The Balham Alligators
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Career
The band came together by chance at ...
, playing alongside
Geraint Watkins
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and
Bobby Irwin
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with whom in 1994, he would serve as a member of
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and new wave,Proper Records
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