GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES FAMILY TREE

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


CLAY NICHOLLS AND THE BLUE FLAMES #1 (ca. NOV 1958 - ca. MAR 1959)
1) Vincente Tartaglia (aka Clay Nicholls) vocals
2) Anthony 'Tony' Harvey guitar
3) Michael 'Mike' O'Neill piano
4) ? bass
5) Alan 'Al' Allison drums


CLAY NICHOLLS AND THE BLUE FLAMES #2 (JUN 1959 - AUG 1959)
1) Clay Nicholls
2) Joseph Roger 'Joe' Brown lead guitar
3) Richard William 'Rick' Hardy rhythm guitar
4) Peter Wharton bass
5) Johnny Watson drums


CLAY NICHOLLS AND THE BLUE FLAMES #3 (AUG 1959 - SEPT 1959)
1) Clay Nicholls
2) Rick Hardy
3) Peter Wharton
4) Johnny Watson
5) Tony Harvey lead guitar


BILLY FURY AND THE BLUE FLAMES #1 (DEC 1959)

1) Ronald William Wycherley (aka Billy Fury) vocals

2) Clive Powell (aka Georgie Fame) piano
3) Brian Gregg bass
4) Clemente Anselmo Arturo 'Clem' Cattini drums
5) Kenneth 'Kenny' Packwood guitar


CLAY NICHOLLS AND THE BLUE FLAMES #4 (JUN 1961)
1) Clay Nicholls
2) Georgie Fame
3) Anthony Paul 'Tex' Makins bass

4) Red Reece drums

5) Colin Green guitar


BILLY FURY AND THE BLUE FLAMES #2 (JUN 1961 - DEC 1961)
1) Billy Fury
2) Georgie Fame
3) Tex Makins
4) Red Reece
5) Colin Green


EARL WATSON AND THE BLUE FLAMES (DEC 1961 - MAY 1962)

1) Alan 'Earl' Watson vocals, tenor sax

2) Georgie Fame

3) Tex Makins

4) Red Reece

5) Colin Green

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #1 (MAY 1962 - JUN 1962)

1) Georgie Fame now also on vocals

2) Tex Makins

3) Red Reece

4) Michael 'Mick' Eve tenor sax

5) Joseph Edward 'Joe' Moretti guitar

6) Nii Moi 'Speedy' Acquaye percussion

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #2 (JUN 1962 - JUL 1962)

 1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Red Reece

4) Mick Eve

5) Speedy Acquaye

6) John McLaughlin guitar

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #3 (JUL 1962 - OCT 1962)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Red Reece

4) Mick Eve

5) Speedy Acquaye
6) John McLaughlin

7) Johnny Marshall baritone sax

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #4 (OCT 1962 - APR 1963)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Red Reece

3) Mick Eve

4) Speedy Acquaye

5) John McLaughlin

6) Johnny Marshall

7) Ray 'Boots' Slade bass

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #5 (APR 1963 - 1963)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Red Reece

3) Mick Eve

4) Speedy Acquaye

5) Johnny Marshall

6) Boots Slade

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #6 (1963 - OCT 1963)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Red Reece

3) Mick Eve

4) Johnny Marshall

5) Boots Slade

6) Edward 'Eddie' Thornton trumpet

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #7 (OCT 1963 - ca. DEC 1963)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Red Reece

3) Mick Eve

4) Johnny Marshall

5) Tex Makins

6) Eddie Thornton

7) Speedy Acquaye

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #8 (ca. DEC 1963 - ca. JAN 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Mick Eve

3) Johnny Marshall

4) Tex Makins

5) Eddie Thornton

6) Speedy Acquaye

7) Tommy Frost drums (sometimes play him and sometimes the other below drummer)

8) Roy Mills drums (sometimes play him and sometimes the other above drummer)

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #9 (aka #7) (ca. JAN 1964 - APR 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Red Reece

3) Mick Eve

4) Johnny Marshall

5) Tex Makins

6) Eddie Thornton

7) Speedy Acquaye

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #10 (APR 1964 - MAY 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Mick Eve

4) Speedy Acquaye

5) Peter Coe sax

6) James George 'Jimmy' Nicol drums

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #11 (MAY 1964 - JUL 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Mick Eve

4) Speedy Acquaye

5) Peter Coe

6) Phillip William 'Phil' Seamen drums

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #12 (JUL 1964 - SEPT 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Speedy Acquaye

4) Peter Coe

5) Phil Seamen

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6) Michael 'Mickey' 'The Fox' Waller drums (filled in for Phil Seamen in several shows when the latter was too ill to play)

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #13 (SEPT 1964 - OCT 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Tex Makins

3) Speedy Acquaye

4) Peter Coe

5) Bill Eyden drums

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #14 (OCT 1964 - NOV 1964)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Peter Coe

3) Speedy Acquaye

4) Tex Makins

5) Bill Eyden

6) Colin Green

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #15 (NOV 1964 - MAR 1965)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Peter Coe

3) Speedy Acquaye

4) Tex Makins

5) Bill Eyden

6) Colin Green

7) Glenn Hughes baritone sax

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #16 (MAR 1965 - DEC 1965)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Peter Coe

3) Speedy Acquaye

4) Tex Makins

5) Bill Eyden

6) Colin Green

7) Glenn Hughes

8) Eddie Thornton 

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #17 (DEC 1965 - JUL 1966)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Colin Green

3) Glenn Hughes

4) Eddie Thornton

5) Speedy Acquaye

6) Peter Coe

7) Clifford Howard 'Cliff' Barton bass

8) John Ronald 'Mitch' Mitchell drums

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES #18 (JUL 1966 - OCT 2, 1966)

1) Georgie Fame

2) Peter Coe

3) Colin Green

4) Glenn Hughes

5) Mitch Mitchell

6 Richard 'Ricky' Brown bass