Philip Kinorra (born Robert Cromwell Anson;
20 October 1940), also known by his other stage names, Julian Covey, Julien Covey, and Philamore Lincoln, is a British drummer, singer, songwriter and record producer.
Born in Nottingham, he performed in the early 1960s with
Brian Auger and the Trinity
Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger. His duet with Julie Driscoll, the Bob Dylan– penned "This Wheel's on Fire", was a number 5 hit on the 1968 UK Singles Chart.
The song also reached number 13 in C ...
,
Graham Bond, and
Don Rendell
Donald Percy Rendell (4 March 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an English jazz musician and arranger. Mainly active as a tenor saxophonist, he also played soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet.
Career
Rendell was born in Plymouth, England, an ...
, devising his stage name as a combination of the names of fellow drummers
Phil Seamen,
Tony Kinsey and
Bobby Orr. In the mid-1960s he formed his own band, Julian Covey & The Machine, for which he drummed and sang.
Deciding to go solo, he adopted the pseudonym "Philamore Lincoln" and was signed to the US label
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America
Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
.
[ His only solo album, ''The North Wind Blew South'', was released in 1970 and includes his song " Temma Harbour", which was a hit when recorded as a single by Mary Hopkin in the same year.][
In 1971 and 1972 he produced two albums for the British progressive rock band Paladin, but he became disillusioned with the music industry and moved to Dorset with his wife. he was living in Oxford.][
]
References
Living people
1940 births
People from Sherwood, Nottingham
British male drummers
British male singers
Brian Auger and the Trinity members
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