John Dummer Blues Band

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John Dummer (born in London, 1944) formed the five-piece John Dummer Blues Band and with them made five albums during the 1960s-70s. John Dummer Blues Band also known as John Dummer Band, The John Dummer Blues Band, John Dummer's Blues Band, John Dummer's Famous Music Band, John Dummer's Oobleedooblee Band and The John Dummer Band Featuring Nick Pickett was a British blues band, of the 1960s and 1970s, was noted for its extensive roster of members, including Graham Bond, Dave Kelly, Jo Ann Kelly, Tony McPhee Bob Hall, John O'Leary and Pick Withers, and for supporting US bluesmen such as Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker on UK tours. History The band was formed by drummer John Dummer (born Anthony John Dummer 19 November 1944, Surbiton, Surrey). He formed Lester Square and the G.T's in 1963 with Chris Trengove (alto sax & vocals) and Elton Dean (tenor sax, later of Soft Machine) and toured the UK and Germany for two years. Dummer formed the John Dummer Blues Band in 1965. The original line-up was John Dummer (vocals, harmonica), Roger Pearce (guitar), Pete Moody (bass), Bob Hall (piano) and Dave Bidwell (drums). Moody later left to be replaced by Tony Walker (bass) and his sister Regine Walker joined Dummer as a second vocalist. The band changed its line-up and began a regular Sunday afternoon residency at the Studio 51 Club in London's West End. Dummer had moved onto drums, and Dave Kelly and Tony McPhee joined as guitarist/vocalists, with Iain "Thump" Thomson (bass) and J

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Cabal

Nine By Nine

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Cabal... plus

The Lost 1973 Album

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Cabal...plus

Blue

Cabal (Plus)

John Dummer Band

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Hoochie Coochie Men - A History Of UK Blues And R&B

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Blues Here And There (Essential Blues From Both Sides Of The Atlantic)

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Crawling Up a Hill: a Journey Through the British Blues Boom 1966-71

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And The Heavens Cried

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