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JAMES TAYLOR MOVE Adelaide 1967-68 Lance Dixon (organ, sax) 1968 Kevin Peek (guitar) 1967 - May 1968 John Pugh (guitar) 1968 Wendy Saddington (vocals) 1968 Trevor Spencer (drums) Allan Tarney (bass) Robert (RJ) Taylor (vocals, bass) 1967 - June 1968 History Although almost unknown today, seminal Adelaide band James Taylor Move formed at the start of 1967, apparently at the behest of a local disco owner. They are considered one of Australia's first psychedelic rock groups, blending influences from Hendrix, the American West Coast scene, Motown, and Chicago blues, and they boasted some of South Australia's best young musicians. The original members -- Taylor, Peek, Tarney and Spencer -- were all respected local players who had close connections with Adelaide's No.1 pop group The Twilights. Peek, Tarney and Spencer had played in a couple of earlier Adelaide bands, The Hurricanes and Johnny Broome & The Handels, whose various members formed the nuclei of both The Twilights and the James Taylor Move. Peek was Adelaide's guitar hero at the time -- the young Terry Britten was reputedly Kevin's eager disciple and used carry his guitar to and from gigs. Not surprisingly, their early gigs were as support for The Twilights. They built up a solid following in Adelaide and in the first half of '67 they followed in The Twilights' footsteps, winning the South Australian final of the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds. They headed to Melbourne in July for the national finals, and altho

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