CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS FAMILY TREE

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #1 (NOV 20, 1962 - DEC 1962)

1) Cyril Davies vocals, electric harp

2) James Patrick 'Jimmy' Page guitar

3) Richard 'Ricky' Brown (aka Ricky Fenson) bass

4) Carlo O'Neil Little drums

5) Nicholas Christian 'Nicky' Hopkins piano

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6) Arthur 'Art' Wood Jr. lead vocals (guest vocalist)

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #2 (DEC 1962 - JAN 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Ricky Fenson

3) Carlo Little

4) Nicky Hopkins

5) Bernard 'Bernie' 'Strawberry' Watson guitar

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6) Art Wood

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #3 (JAN 1963 - APR 2?, 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Ricky Fenson

3) Carlo Little

4) Nicky Hopkins

5) Bernie Watson

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6) William John Baldry (aka Long John Baldry) lead vocals, tambourine (guest vocalist)

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa backing vocals

2) Princess Patience Nyameka Gcwabe (aka Patience Gcwabe, aka Princess Patience Burton) backing vocals

3) Eunice Mamsie Mthombeni (aka Mumsy) backing vocals

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #4 (APR 2?, 1963 - JUN 23, 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Ricky Fenson

3) Carlo Little

4) Bernie Watson

5) Keith Scott piano

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6) Long John Baldry

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa

2) Patience Gcwabe

3) Mumsy

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #5 (JUN 24, 1963 - JUL ?, 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Carlo Little

3) Keith Scott
4) Jimmy Page

5) Clifford Howard 'Cliff' Barton bass

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6) Long John Baldry

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa

2) Patience Gcwabe

3) Mumsy

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #6 (JUL ?, 1963 - AUG ?, 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Carlo Little

3) Cliff Barton

4) Keith Scott

5) Geoffrey Frank 'Geoff' Bradford guitar

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6) Long John Baldry

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa

2) Patience Gcwabe

3) Mumsy

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #7 (AUG ?, 1963 - SEPT 1963)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Cliff Barton

3) Geoff Bradford

4) Keith Scott

5) Michael 'Mickey' 'The Fox' Waller drums

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6) Long John Baldry

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa

2) Patience Gcwabe

3) Mumsy

CYRIL DAVIES AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ALL STARS #8 (SEPT 1963 - JAN 7, 1964)

1) Cyril Davies

2) Cliff Barton

3) Geoff Bradford

4) John Robert 'Johnny' Parker piano

5) Bob Wackett drums

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6) Long John Baldry

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THE VELVETTES

1) Hazel Futa

2) Patience Gcwabe

3) Mumsy

THE ARTWOODS FAMILY FREE

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


THE ART WOOD COMBO #1 (1958 - SUMMER 1958)
1) Arthur 'Art' Wood Jr. lead vocals, harp
2) James "Jim" Willis lead guitar
3) Reginald "Reg" Squires double bass
4) Reginald 'Reg' Dunnage drums
5) "Little" Lenny Case tenor sax


THE ART WOOD COMBO #2 (SUMMER 1958 - 1958/59)
1) Art Wood
2) Jim Willis
3) Reg Squires
4) Reg Dunnage
5) Lenny Case
6) Peter John 'Pete' Simkins piano
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7) Charles 'Chas' Burchell tenor sax (sometimes sat-in as guest)
8) Barry Kerswell alto sax, baritone sax (sometimes sat-in as guest)


THE ART WOOD COMBO #3 (1958/59 - 1958/59)
1) Art Wood
2) Jim Willis
3) Reg Squires
4) Reg Dunnage
5) Lenny Case
6) Pete Simkins
7) Barry Kerswell (now an official member)


THE ART WOOD COMBO #4 (1958/59 - 1959/60)
1) Art Wood
2) Jim Willis
3) Reg Squires
4) Reg Dunnage
5) Pete Simkins
6) Lenny Case
7) Barry Kerswell
8) Gerry Waite trumpet


THE ART WOOD COMBO #5 (1959/60 - SUMMER 1961)
1) Art Wood
2) Jim Willis
3) Reg Squires
4) Reg Dunnage
5) Pete Simkins
6) Lenny Case
7) Barry Kerswell
8) Gerry Waite
9) Johnny O'Donague trombone


THE ART WOOD COMBO #6 (MAR 1962 - 1963)

1) Art Wood

2) Andrew 'Andy' Wren piano

3) Geoffrey Frank 'Geoff' Bradford guitar

4) Kenneth 'Ken' Rankin bass

5) Charles Robert 'Charlie' Watts drums

THE NEW ART WOOD COMBO (1963) / THE GREAT ORGAN-ISED #1 (1963 - ca. FEB 1964)

1) Art Wood

2) Derek Griffiths guitar

3) John Douglas 'Jon' Lord piano, organ

4) Don Wilson bass

5) Reg Dunnage drums

THE GREAT ORGAN-ISED #2 (ca. FEB 1964 - ca. JUL 1964)

1) Art Wood

2) Derek Griffiths

3) Jon Lord

4) Reg Dunnage

5) Malcolm 'Mac' Pool bass

THE GREAT ORGAN-ISED #2 (ca. JUL 1964 - AUG 1964) / THE ARTWOODS #1 (AUG 1964 - SEPT 1964)

1) Art Wood

2) Derek Griffiths

3) Jon Lord

4) Malcolm Pool

5) John Ronald 'Mitch' Mitchell drums

THE ARTWOODS #2 (SEPT 1964 - MAR 1967)

1) Art Wood

2) Derek Griffiths

3) Jon Lord

4) Malcolm Pool

5) Keith 'Keef' Hartley drums 

THE ARTWOODS #2 (MAR 1967 - NOV 1967) / THE ST VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE #1 (NOV 1967 - JAN 1968)

1) Art Wood

2) Derek Griffiths

3) Jon Lord

4) Malcolm Pool

5) Colin Martin drums

THE ST VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE #2 (JAN 1968 - APR 1968)

1) Derek Grifiths

2) Malcolm Pool

3) Colin Martin

4) Steve organ

5) 'Rustic Rod' Goodway vocals