Birmingham UK's music connections.......covers so many groups mentioned in this thread.
As Pipedr says - the DNA.....
Dexy's Midnight Runners (Kevin Rowland and most other members)
Christine Perfect (Fleetwood Mac)
Judas Priest
Joan Armatrading - St Kitts born and Handsworth raised singer/songwriter.
Astro - Reggae toaster for 'UB40'
Martin Barre - Electric & Acoustic Guitar and Flute Barriemore Barlow, Drummer. Dave Pegg and Jonathan Noyce, Bass Guitar all played for 'Jethro Tull'
Bev Bevan - drummer for 'Denny Laine and The Diplomats', 'Carl Wayne and the Vikings', 'The Move' and E.L.O.
John Bonham - drummer for various mid sixties Brum bands including 'Band Of Joy' and 'Led Zeppelin'
Ali Campbell - singer/songwriter for 'UB40'
John Carter - fronted 'Carter-Lewis And The Southerners' with a young Jimmy Page as well as founding 'The Flower Pot Men' and 'The Ivy League'
Dave 'Clem' Clempson - Tamworth born, Clempson played in many Birmingham bands. Clem formed the 'Bakerloo' band and later sang and played guitar for 'Colosseum'. He also played for Humble Pie and Strange Brew, and performed with artists shuch as 'Bob Dylan', 'Jack Bruce', 'Chris De Burgh', 'Cozy Powell' and 'Roger Chapman' from 'Family'
Stephen Duffy, who first came to National fame in the mid-1980s (after a short stint as lead vocalist/founding member of Duran Duran) as Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy, scoring six top-twenty hits. In the 1986, he formed the ethereally brilliant folk-pop group The Lilac Time with his brother Nick, which released seven critically acclaimed albums. Throughout this time he has released five solo albums, including one with classical violinist Nigel Kennedy and in 2002, a collaboration with Duran Duran co-founder Nick Rhodes as 'The Devils'. Also he's co-written some dozen songs with Canadian songwriter and Barenaked Ladies member Steven Page that have appeared on their albums. Unfortunately, Duffy also holds the rare distinction of actually been signed and subsequently dropped by every major label in the UK! For the last three years he has been working with an obscure fellow by the name of Robbie Williams, co-writing the albums, 'Intensive Care' and 'Rudebox'.
Steve Gibbons - singer/songwriter for 'Idle Race' and 'The Steve Gibbons Band'
Roland Gift - vocalist 'Fine Young Cannibals'
Paul Hancox - drummer with 60's band 'The Mindbenders'
Tony Iommi - guitarist for 'Mythology', 'The Chevrolets', 'Jethro Tull' and founding member of 'Black Sabbath'
Mike Kellie - band member of 60's rock group 'Spooky Tooth'
Denny Laine - formed 'Denny Laine & The Diplomats' in 1962 with Bev Bevan, he also formed 'The Moody Blues', also played same bill as 'Jimmy Hendrix' as 'The Denny Laine Electric Strings Band'. Denny was the bassist for 'Balls' and played for 'Ginger Baker's Airforce' as well as singing and playing guitar for 'Paul McCartneys' 'Wings'
Ken Lewis - (see John Carter)
Jeff Lynne - member of the Brumbeat scene, he later formed E.L.O. and played alongside 'George Harrison', 'Roy Orbison', 'Tom Petty' and 'Bob Dylan' in 'The Traveling Wilburys'. Lynne has produced for legendary rock artists like Roy Orbison, George Harrison, 'Ringo Starr' and 'Brian Wilson' (of 'The Beach Boys') as well as producing 'The Beatles Anthology' records in the mid-1990s.
Phil Lynott - Birmingham born and Dublin raised, Lynott formed 'Thin Lizzy'
Les Marshall - Drummer took over from John Bonham when he joined Tim Rose. Following that Les was Galliards drummer >website
Nick Mason - Born in Birmingham and raised in London, Mason is the longest serving member of 'Pink Floyd'
Susan Maughan 1960's singer. Susan Maughan b1942 lived in Greenway Street Small Heath and went to Tilton Road school before hitting the charts with Bobby's Girl.
Fritz Mcintyre - keyboardist for 'Simply Red'
Dave Mason - member of 'Traffic', friend of 'Jimmy James Hendrix'. Hendrix first heard "All Along The Watchtower" by Bob Dylan at a party he was invited to by Mason, he decided to record his own version the same night with Mason playing acoustic guitar.
John "Ozzy" Osbourne - 'Black Sabbath' fame
Carl Palmer - drummer of 'Emerson Lake and Palmer'
Christine Perfect - Bearwood born and raised singer & pianist for many Brumbeat bands and later 'Fleetwood Mac'
Robert Plant - born and raised in West Bromwich, Plant became leader of 'The Midland Flower People' and learned his trade in several Birmingham bands, he later fronted 'Led Zeppelin'
Colin "Cozy" Powell - Famous Cotswolds drummer who later lived in Sutton Coldfield, started his musical career in Brumbeat bands 'The Sorcerers', 'The Mayfair set' and 'The Ace Kefford Stand'. Powell worked with artists such as 'Donovan' to 'Roger Daltry', 'Jack Bruce' to 'Jeff Beck' and 'Gary Moore' to 'Brian May' as well as being a full time member of 'Black Sabbath'
Nick Rhodes - musician with 'Duran Duran' was born Nicholas Bates in Moseley and grew up in Hollywood on the outskirts of Birmingham
John Henry Rostill - bass guitarist/composer for 'The Shadows'
Dave Rotheray - songwriter/guitarist for 'The Beautiful South'
Kevin Rowland - singer/songwriter for 'Dexys Midnight Runners'
Mike Skinner - 'The Streets'
Dave Swarbrick - awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for his work with 'Fairport Convention'
John Taylor - musician with Duran Duran
Roger Taylor - musician with Duran Duran
Max Thomas - "City Boy" folk-turned-art-rock sextet. Very big in Canada during the 70's.
Fuzz Townsend - drummer with 'Bently Rthym Ace' and Stourbridge based 'Pop Will Eat Itself'
Ruby Turner - Soul singer of the 80's now regularly supports 'Jules Holland'
Ted Turner - guitar/vocals, 'Wishbone Ash'
Peter Overend Watts - Birmingham born, founding member of 'Mott The Hoople'
Toyah Willcox - 70's punk queen
Stevie Winwood - Member of 'The Spencer Davis Group', 'Traffic' and 'The Idle Race'. Winwood was a close friend of Jimi Hendrix and played on 5 Hendrix LP's including playing the wild organ riff on 'Voodoo Chile', he also played the powerful organ riff on 'Joe Cocker's' 'With A Little Help From My Friends' as well as 'Toots & The Maytals' 'Reggae Got Soul' album.
Roy Wood - leader/co-founder of 'The Move' and 'E.L.O.' as well as a particular popular spell with 'Wizard' (too many festive hits to mention)
Benjamin Zephaniah - Rasta dub poet, performed for 'Bob Marley's 'Wailers' and dance musicians such as 'Kinobe' and 'Bomb The Bass'
