Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers were an eleven piece band led by
Rick Bryant
Donald Richard Bryant (1948 – 5 December 2019), generally known as Rick Bryant, was a New Zealand blues and rock singer/songwriter.
Bands include Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir, and Windy City Strugglers. With ove ...
that performed 1960s and later styles of
R&B music in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. Although it started as a covers band in 1983, it gradually transformed through several line up changes, with a repertoire of Rick Bryant compositions resulting in a CD release of songs by Rick Bryant in 2004 "Time" – the title track with image compilation by Radio Active New Zealand.
In 2007–2008, the band performed shows at The London Bar in Central Auckland.
Rick Bryant had a five-decade music history in bands including Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir, Blerta, the Windy City Strugglers and the Black Soap Boys. He was reported deceased on Facebook on 5 December 2019.
A drawing of Bryant was the cover of "cult classic" rock history ''Stranded in Paradise'' by John Dix (1988).
RedRocks Records released "The Black Soap from Monkeyburg" in 2013. The Black Soap Boys made an EP in 2014 which is available online.
Rick Bryant was convicted and jailed on cannabis charges in 2010.
Band members included
*Rick Bryant
*Mike Croft
*Alistair Dougal
*Tom Ludvigson
*Mike Fullerton
*Wayne Baird
*Andrew Kimber
*Chris Neilson
*Andrew Clouston
*Jeff Hill
*Janelle Aston
*Merrin Smith
*Joanna Clouston
*Andrew Langsford
*Cadzow Cossar
Discography
References
New Zealand contemporary R&B musical groups
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