Other Bands That Backed Sutch

When Dave Sutch started out at the 2 I’s Coffee Bar, he was backed by the house band featuring the great pianist Wee Willie Harris who used to be dressed in animal skin.
Though Dave Sutch had been usually backed by his own backing band called the Savages throughout his long career, he had often to use existing bands who used to back other british acts in certain periods.
Vince Taylor, Dave Anthony, Neil Christian, Derry Wilkie, Chris Lamb, Neil Landon and many others had to lend him their backing bands when the Savages left him.


Dave Sutch & The 2 i's Coffee Bar House Band (Early 1959)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Tony Harvey (Lead Guitar)
• Wee Willie Harris (Keyboards)
• Bobby "Clarke" Woodman (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Playboys (Summer 1960 - March 1961)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Tony Harvey (Lead Guitar)
• Johnny Vance (Bass)
• Alan LeClaire (Keyboards)
• Bobby  "Clarke" Woodman (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Ravers (Early 1961)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Al Kirtley (Lead Guitar)
• Jet Berryman (Bass)
• Eddie Parsons (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Flee Rekkers (February 1961)
• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals) "Screaming Lord Sutch"
• Tex Cameron (Lead Guitar)
• Alan Monger (Rhythm Guitar)
• Doug Henning (Bass)
• Mickey Waller (Drums)
• Elmy Durrant (Tenor Sax)
• Peter Flerekker (Alto sax)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Strangers (April 1961)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Brian Ray (Lead Guitar)
• Norman ? (Rhythm Guitar)
• Ken Payne (Bass)
• Geoff ? (Tenor Sax)
• Carlo Little (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Three Spirits (December 1963)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Pete Vickery (Rhythm Guitar/Vocals)
• Barry Crowe (Bass)
• Jim Twigg (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Tridents (Eel Pie Club, 1964)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Jeff Beck (Lead Guitar)
• John Lucas (Rhythm Guitar)
• Paul Lucas (Bass)
• Ray Cook (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Crusaders (June 1965)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Mick Abrahams (Lead Guitar)
• Alex Dmchowski (Bass)
• Carlo Little (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch with Derry Wilkie & The Pressmen (Mid 1965 - Mid 1966)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Derry Wilkie (Vocals)
• Ernie Hayes (Lead Guitar)
• Derek Bond (Bass)
• Bill Adamson (Drums)
• Phil Kenzie (Tenor Sax)
• Noel McManus (Tenor Sax)
• Ashton Tootell (Baritone Sax)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Loving Kind (Folkestone, 1966)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Noel Redding (Lead Guitar)
• Jim Leverton (Bass)
• Pete Kirscher (Drums) "Pete Carter"

Lord "Caesar" Sutch & The Roman Empire (December 1966 - April 1967)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Ritchie Blackmore (Lead Guitar)
• John Bedder (Lead Guitar)
• Ged Peck (Lead Guitar)
• Tony Dangerfield (Bass)
• Matthew Fisher (Keyboards)
• Carlo Little (Drums)
• Pete Phillipps (Drums)
• Joel James (Tenor Sax)

Screaming Lord Sutch & The Beautiful Quality #1 (Holland & Germany, Late 1967)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals) "Screaming Lord Sutch"
• Herbie Armstrong (Lead Guitar)
• Rod Demic (Bass)
• Spud Davies (Drums)

Screaming Lord Sutch & The Beautiful Quality #2 (USA, Early - Summer 1968)
• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals) "Screaming Lord Sutch"

• Tony Macrini (Harmonica/Vocals)
• Hal Hollander (Lead Guitar)
• Ron Kellerman (Organ)
• Kenny Eichles (Bass)

• Dennis Connaughton  (Drums)

 

Screaming Lord Sutch & Studio Group "Heavy Friends" (1969)
• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Kent Henrey (Lead Guitar)
• Martin Kohl (Bass)
• Daniel Edwards (Bass)
• Bob Metke (Drums)


Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends #1 (Early - Summer 1970)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Brian Keith (Trombone/Vocals)
• Spencer Davies (Lead Guitar)
• Norman Barrett (Lead Guitar)
• Adrian Gurvitz (Lead Guitar)
• Jeff Beck (Lead Guitar)
• Nick Simper (Bass)
• Matt Fisher (Keyboards)
• Roy Young (Keyboards)
• Carlo Little (Drums)
• Sid Phillips (Sax) "Sid Berry"
• Angela Wayne (Backing Vocals)
• Renee Horshkowitz (Backing Vocals)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Houseshakers (Late 1970)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Graham Fenton (Vocals)
• Terry Gibson (Lead Guitar)
• Jimmy Wallis (Bass)
• Freddie Ling (Tenor Sax)
• Billy Williams (Drums)
• Kim Roberts (Vocals)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Rock Rebellion (January 1971 and Late 1972)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Freddy Fingers Lee (Keyboards/Vocals)
• Keith Evans aka "Frogman Curtis" (Tenor Sax)
• Alan Jarman (Bass)
• Dave Donovan (Drums)

Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends #2 (June 1971)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Brian Keith (Trombone/Vocals)
• Anette Brox (Vocals)
• Victor Brox (Vocals)
• Ritchie Blackmore (Lead Guitar)
• Nick Simper (Bass)
• Noel Redding (Bass)
• Matt Fisher (Keyboards)
• Carlo Little (Drums)
• Keith Moon (Drums)
• Sid Phillips (Sax) "Syd Berry"


Screaming Lord Sutch & Filibuster (Liverpool) (1972)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Bernie Prescott (Lead Guitar)
• Peter Moores (Rhythm Guitar)
• Jim Kane (Keyboards)
• Brian Harcombe (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Zig Zag Band (Copenhagen, February 1974)


Screaming Lord Sutch & Rock Island Line (1973 and 1977)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Steeve Golly (Vocals)
• Tim Green (Lead Guitar)
• Jerry Chapman (Bass)
• Herman Jerian' Dufort then Mike Crawford (Drums)
• Dave Taylor (Keys)

Screaming Lord Sutch & Shotgun (1979 - 1985)
• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Iain Terry (Lead Guitar)
• Ray Neale (Rhythm Guitar)
• Rob Murly (Bass)
• "Wild Bob" Burgos (Drums)


Black Cat featuring Screaming Lord Sutch (1983 - 1986)
• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Chris Black (Lead Guitar)
• Wayne King (Bass)
• Jerry Marshall (Keyboards)
• "Wild Bob" Burgos (Drums)
• Chris Gent (Tenor Sax)
• Ricky Bainbridge (Tenor Sax)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Freddie Fingers Lee Band (1985)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Freddie Fingers Lee (Keyboards/Vocals)
• Dave Briggs (Lead Guitar)
• Ray Neale (Rhythm Guitar)
• Rob Murly (Bass)
• Bob Burgos (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Undertakers (Hemsby, 1990)

• Dave Sutch (Vocals)
• George Collins (Keyboards)
• Chris Gladding (Lead Guitar)
• Geoff Nugent (Rhythm Guitar/Vocals)
• Mark Clarke (Alto Sax)
• Richard Austin (Bass)
• Derek White (Drums)



The Ravers featuring Screaming Lord Sutch (4 months, Late 1980's/Early 1990's)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Geoff Everett (Lead Guitar)
• Tony Ellis (Bass)
• Mike Crawford (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch & The Rapiers (Late 1990/Late 1998/Early 1999)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Colin Pryce-Jones (Lead Guitar)
• Neil Ainsby (Rhythm Guitar)
• Brad Dallaston (Bass)
• John Tuck (Drums)


Screaming Lord Sutch With Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (Late 1991)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Mike Sheridan (Backing Vocals)
• Neil Gauntlett (Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals)
• Alan Garfield (Bass/Backing Vocals)
• Phil Middleton (Drums/Backing Vocals)

Screaming Lord Sutch & The Boston Revue (Alexander’s club, Chester, 1999)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Jason Dale (Lead Guitar/Vocals
• Spencer Dale (Bass)
• Geoff Taylor then Dave Broberg (Drums)
• Allen "Gaz" Gaskell (Tenor Sax)

Screaming Lord Sutch & The Carlo Little All Stars (June 1999)

• Dave Sutch (Lead Vocals)
• Alex Chanter (Lead Guitar)
• Rick Brown (Bass)
• Johnny Casanova (Keyboards)
• Carlo Little (Drums)

THE SAVAGES IN CONCERT - NEXT GIGS

Map of China (Anji & Jack's Current band)
will play At The In Crowd, Mill Hill, on Saturday 26th of June

ALAN CLAYSON & THE ARGONAUTS
WITH SCREAMING LORD SUTCH'S SAVAGES

Friday 24th July,
Boom Boom Club,
Sutton United Football Club
The Borough Sports Ground
Gander Green Lane
Sutton, Surrey SM1 2EY
0208 761 9078
www.boomboomclublive.co.uk
Doors open: 7.30 p.m.


Next June 16th 2009
Dave Sutch passed away, 10 Years Ago

RADIO SUTCH

Pictured Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages on the Cornucopia on the Thames, in front of London Bridge, May 1964
left to right: Terry King (Kings Agency), David Sutch, Brian Paul (road manager), Candy Calvert (13 year old broadcaster), Reg Calvert (Sutch's manager) with the Savages, dressed in animal skins and stone age gear - Pete Phillipps (drums), Geoff Mew (lead guitar), Colin Dale (disc jockey on Radio Sutch), Paul Dean and Ronnie Harwood (bass guitar). At the back is Screaming Lord Sutch pictured on a kite.


Radio Sutch launched at the end of May 1964 from Shivering Sands anti-aircraft fort in the Thames - "Britain’s First Teenage Radio Station" on 194 metres (1542khz).

Brian Paul was the road manager of ‘Screaming’ Lord Sutch who used him for publicity. Sutch's manager, Reg Calvert took the idea of the launch a pirate radio station seriously. So Brian found himself roped into becoming a broadcaster.

First, they decided to do a gimmick to promote Sutch by hiring a fishing trawler Cornucopia and having a Rock’n’Roll party with the Savages and friends on the Thames. They sailed “through London playing Rock’n’Roll - saying that this was Radio Sutch.”

As his daughter, Susan recalls, Reg Calvert had always dreamed of having his own local radio station – “and when the family moved to Clifton Hall - near Rugby - he applied for a Radio Broadcasting licence - although at the time - no one in the country was allowed to run commercial radio.”

“When Radio Caroline started (using 'Caroline' as the theme tune which was recorded by the Fortunes, a group my father managed), Reg knew that his dream could become reality - if he had enough money! Unfortunately - he had just spent all his 'spare' cash trying to get a nightclub started at Loughborough.”

“Dave and my father sat in the car all evening - outside the Co-op Hall in Nuneaton on a Saturday night just after Radio Caroline first broadcast, planning how they could have a station.
On the way home, he was really excited. They couldn't afford to have a 'ship' suitable to run a radio station from - but they were going to hire a boat on the Thames and had a Rock’n’Roll party with the Savages and friends - and do another publicity stunt for David - saying it was Radio Sutch.”
Again - great publicity - which made Screaming Lord Sutch even more 'famous.'

In fact, Screaming Lord Sutch had been using this boat during 2 weeks, to anchor off Shoeburyness in the Thames estuary he broadcast as Radio Sutch, until he discovered the Shivering Sands army fort.

Susan:
“A little later - my father discovered the war time forts in the Thames estuary - and he and Dave went out and messed about trying to do a broadcast with bits and pieces from the Towers - as a bit of a lark and publicity campaign. David however - soon lost interest and back to performing - but my father was determined to make it a success. He decided to carry on and changed the name to RADIO CITY.”

In late May 1964, along with the Savages, dressed in animal skins and stone-age gear, Sutch set sail from Leigh-On-Sea, Essex on board the Lowestoft registered fishing trawler The Cornucopia. Along with the motley crew, a large amount of equipment and supplies were taken aboard for later use in the station's new base.

Sutch's party boarded the tower, and began transferring the supplies and equipment for the station from The Cornucopia.
On the last trip in from broadcasting on the Cornocopia Sutch and his crew spotted the old wartime gun platforms at Shivering Sands.

On 27th May 1964, Radio Sutch was back on the air with it's first track being Screaming Lord Sutch's very own Jack The Ripper.

In September 1964, fed up with the bureaucratic side of running a pirate radio station (due to touring and recording commitments), Screaming Lord Sutch sold the station to his manager Reg Calvert who changed the name of the station to Radio City and installed new, and better equipment. A new more powerful transmitter was installed and over the months that followed the station gradually grew in power, in proficiency and in revenue.

Unfortunately this big adventure ended with Reg Calvert’s death, 2 years later.
It was a tragic loss not only for Reg's family and friends but also for the whole British music scene and entertainment. It signalled the beginning of the end for British offshore radio as the killing spurred the Government into legislative action.
BBC Radio One started to broadcast in September 1967, using the disc-jockeys from the former pirate radios and playing pop music for the younger audience.


Thanks to Dorothy Calvert and Susan Moore (nee Calvert), respectively Reg Calvert’s widow and daughter for their recollections and photographs

If you want to know more about the subject, Susan Moore has just completed writing a musical play 'THE SCHOOL OF ROCK & ROLL' and the 'DEATH OF PIRATE RADIO.'



Susan Moore (nee Calvert)

I remember him very well. He used to come to stay at Clifton Hall with us. He was quite a character - and my father got on with him very well. They 'bounced' ideas off each other.

My mother disliked David. She thought he was 'dirty' i.e. he didn't bath enough - and she disliked his greasy black hair that was tied back in a pony tail. Unusual for the times - as all the other singers had short well groomed hair. All the other singers and musicians used their own kitchen - which adjoined our kitchen, and knocked the door when they wanted to come into our 'family' kitchen. David however, had no respect for this, and would come and sit with us in our kitchen - much to my mother's disapproval. Dad did not mind - and we would talk about anything and everything.

I remember my Dad and David planning the first political campaign - round the kitchen table. We thought it was a crazy idea! 18 year olds would never get the vote!! They really enjoyed the politics - and did it as a one-off publicity campaign for David - never expecting him to carry on with the Monster Raving Party.

My father used to pay for most things - David rarely contributed to anything and I believe he didn't pay commission either for the bookings he had.

After this we moved from Clifton Hall - and I didn't see David again.

Pictures courtesy Colin Dale

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Reg Calvert (1928 – 1966)

Until 1966, Screaming Lord Sutch was managed by Reg Calvert who was one of the great hustlers of the fifties and sixties music scene, managing a stable of solo singers and succesful groups – The Fortunes, the Rocking Berries amongst them. Reg Calvert was also responsible for the political career of Screaming Lord Sutch by suggesting him to stand for parliament after the Profumo affair in 1963. The following year, the two of them ventured to run commercial radios, offering teenagers programmes different from those usually broadcasted on the BBC - sadly it was a partnership with a tragic ending.

Screaming Lord Sutch was just one of the several acts that Reg Calvert managed since the mid 1950's. Alongside Larry Parnes and Don Arden, Reg was one of the main figures in the emerging British Rock scene. Contrary to his two main rivals, he paid his protégés a basic wage with all there living accommodation and food as part of the contract. He was one of the first to import Rock & Roll music from the U.S.A. such as Bill Haley and Chuck Berry in Europe. He was also the first in the U.K. to run 'rock and roll' dances for teenagers and open air rock concerts.

Reg Calvert started out as a qualified hairdresser then ran a sweet shop in Northam, Southampton, and later a sweet stall on local fairgrounds. In the evenings, to earn extra money, he played the piano in local clubs and also compered for the big bands.

When the arrival of american Rock & Roll music captured the teenager public's imagination in the mid 1950's, he tried to persuade the managers of the dancehalls to play it instead of Big Bands.
His idea was first to use the fairground’s Dodgem Bumper Car track as travelling dancehall all over the country.
He started to use the expression 'teenager' to promote his dances.
Then he searched all over the south and London for good musicians and singers to form into bands and found dancehalls to put his proper 'shows' on - with variety, comedy and competitions. Star drummer Rory Blackwell, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard came onto the scene.

In the late 1950's, he ran various dance halls round the Midlands where he booked a few theme and copycat acts, on of the first to do look alike bands. The Nevitt Brothers or the Dowlands which were Everly Brothers sounding duos. Buddy Britain & the Regents, were a Buddy Holly tribute acts. Danny Storm was a Cliff Richard look-alike plastered etc.
Most of Reg Calvert's bands lived at one of his houses in Clifton Hall, near Rugby, where they practised by day.
His other old Southampton town house in Portland Terrace was housing a small printing firm in the basement by the name of ‘Hartex’and producing advertising leaflets, flyers and posters.

In the early Sixties more and more bands wanted Reg Calvert to manage them including Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages, so he started an agency in London with Terry King, called “Kings Agency”.

From the 9th to the 12th of May 1962, Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages did a 3 day Tour for Reg Calvert.
Ritchie Blackmore made his debut with the Savages during this tour. He and drummer Carlo Little were paid each other £16.

Dorothy Calvert recalls the beginning of their partnership with Screaming Lord Sutch:
“David was booked to play In Exmouth the first time he worked for us. At that time I was running the Devon venues and it was quite something when David drove up in a van that was coverted to carrying racks of clothes. He worked for us a lot and was always good entertainment. He had a book where he made a note of the acts so that he didn`t repeat tham if he was booked again.”

The following year, Reg Calvert and Screaming Lord Sutch plotted a fantastic publicity campaign during the Profumo affair. Reg Calvert suggested Sutch to stand for parliament at the The Stratford-upon-Avon By Election in august 1963. Dorothy Calvert came up with the idea that his campaign should be for 'Votes for 18 year olds.'
And that was the first Screaming Lord Sutch’s political campaign, the first of his long political career that carried on with the Monster Raving Party.

Dorothy Calvert :
“He was playing at Nuneaton for Reg when the news about Profumo broke and Reg Suggested that he stood for parliament as a publicity stunt. That was a lot of work for Reg and me as David didn’t have a clue.”

Then Screaming Lord Sutch decided to launch himself into the pirate radio field circa 1964.
Radio Sutch launched at the end of May 1964 from Shivering Sands anti-aircraft fort in the Thames but originally it was Reg Calvert’s own idea.
As his daughter, Susan recalls, Reg had always dreamed of having his own local radio station – “and when the family moved to Clifton Hall - he applied for a Radio Broadcasting licence.”

“When Radio Caroline started (using the Fortunes song 'Caroline' as the theme tune) in early 1964, Reg knew that his dream could become reality.”
“Reg and Dave Sutch planned a new publicity campaign - as neither of them could afford to have a 'ship' suitable to run a radio station from.” So they hired a fishing trawler Cornucopia on the Thames and sailed through London, having a Rock’n’Roll party with the Savages and friends - saying it was 'Radio Sutch.'

In fact, Screaming Lord Sutch had been using this boat during 2 weeks, to anchor off Shoeburyness in the Thames estuary he broadcast as Radio Sutch, until he discovered the Shivering Sands army fort.

In September 1964, Reg Calvert bought out Screaming Lord Sutch and changed the name of the station to Radio City. A new more powerful transmitter was installed and over the months that followed the station gradually grew in power, in proficiency and in revenue.

In June 1965, Reg Calvert suggested Screaming Lord Sutch once again to stand at Huyton, in prime minister Harold Wilson’s constituency.

By 1966, Radio City began to re-broadcast Caroline's news and plug some of the bigger station's programmes.
A certain Major Oliver Smedley, a chartered accountant, who ran a station called Radio Atlanta, persuaded Reg Calvert that he would provide a much more powerful transmitter and they could go into partnership together.
The transmitter was delivered to the fort, intended to be used by Caroline when it jumped ship. But the merger plans collapsed.

Reg Calvert and Caroline's great rival, Radio London decided to launch a new sweet music station from the fort - To be called UKGM (United Kingdom Good Music).

Smedley claimed ownership of the transmitter and, on the night of 19th/20th June 1966 sent a group of burly dock workers to take possession of Shivering Sands. They surprised the sleeping occupants and locked the disc-jockeys and engineers out of their studio. Smedley wanted his transmitter back or he wanted a piece of the UKGM deal. So that evening Reg Calvert took with him money to pay off the boarders but unfortunately was shot dead when visiting Smedley's home.
This tragic loss signalled the beginning of the end for British offshore radio as the killing spurred the Government into legislative action. BBC Radio One started to broadcast the following year using the disc-jockeys from the former pirate radios and playing pop music for the younger audience.

Nevertheless, Reg Calvert was well ahead of his time and the concepts he pioneered changed the style and direction not only of the British music scene and entertainment but also British politics forever.

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Thanks to Dorothy Calvert and Susan Moore (nee Calvert), respectively Reg Calvert’s widow and daughter for their recollections and photographs
Susan Moore has just completed writing a musical play 'THE SCHOOL OF ROCK & ROLL' and the 'DEATH OF PIRATE RADIO.'




Celebrity singers and performers were booked into the shows including the Billy Fury, The Rolling Stones and the Beatles.


Article by Little Big Paddy from The Musicstorytellers