Spiv

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there are more than one artist called Spiv: 1) Spiv were a British group signed by Pye records. They were sent into the studio with Pye A&R man Laurcie aka Paul St. John aka Laurie Marshall. They released one single, "Oh You Beautiful Child" b/w "Little Girl" for Pye records 1973. Laurice blamed BBC's less than enthusiastic reaction to Birtish groups and lack of air-play as the band's foil. New York's Mighty Mouth Music recently reissued the single. 2) aka Tuomas Salmela 3) Since 1997, the rock songwriter and performer Chris Barber, from Denver, Colorado, has used the combination pseudonym and band name Spiv. He claims he came upon the word on a random trip through the dictionary, a time-honored way of naming a combo. One motivation to establish another name might have been to avoid confusion with the older British trombonist, bandleader, and all-around man about jazz of the same name. While a jam session between the two of them might have its moments, the younger Barber is no swinger and rock music in general has come a long way from the rudimentary skiffle sound that is an important part of the background of the older man. "Brit-pop voodoo" is Barber's own choice of label for his projects. This sounds logical for someone who was raised in Salt Lake City, with a mother who actually took banjo lessons from Jerry Garcia. Barber began playing professionally in punk rock bands when the scene for that style in Utah was still being banned in clubs. Barber fled to the more sy

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