FAMILY - FAMILY TREE

This family tree is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by John H Warburg, to whom I'm most grateful.


THE FARINAS #1 (1962 - 1965)

1) Richard John 'Charlie' Whitney vocals, guitar

2) Alec Woodburn (aka Jim King) lead vocals, harmonica, sax, flute

3) Harry Overnall drums, percussion

4) Tim Kirchin bass


THE FARINAS #2 (1965 - SEPT or OCT 1966)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Jim King

3) Harry Overnall

4) Richard Roman Grechko (aka Rick Grech) vocals, bass, violin


THE FARINAS #3 (aka THE ROARING SIXTIES) (SEPT or OCT 1966 - JAN 1967) / FAMILY #1 (OCT 1966 - FEB or MAR 1967)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Jim King

3) Harry Overnall

4) Rick Grech

5) Roger Maxwell 'Chappo' Chapman lead vocals, sax


FAMILY #2 (FEB or MAR 1967 - APRIL ?, 1969)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Jim King

3) Rick Grech

4) Rger Chapman

5) Robert 'Rob' Townsend drums, percussion


FAMILY #3 (APRIL ?, 1969 - DEC 1969)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Jim King

3) Roger Chapman

4) Rob Townsend

5) John 'Johnny' Weider bass, violin 


FAMILY #4 (DEC 1969 - JUN 1971)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Roger Chapman

3) Rob Townsend

4) John Weider

5) John Michael 'Poli' Palmer vibes, piano, flute


FAMILY #5 (JUN 1971 - AUG or SEPT 1972)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Roger Chapman

3) Rob Townsend

4) Poli Palmer

5) John Kenneth 'Ken' Wetton vocals, bass


FAMILY #6 (AUG or SEPT 1972 - NOV or DEC 1972)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Roger Chapman

3) Rob Townsend

4) Poli Palmer

5) James 'Jim' Cregan bass


FAMILY #7 (NOV or DEC 1972 - OCT 13, 1973)

1) Charlie Whitney

2) Roger Chapman

3) Rob Townsend

4) Jim Cregan

5) Edward Anthony 'Tony' Ashton keyboards