The Musicians' Olympus: Roger Pope (drums)

BANDS:

BAND	PERIOD	DETAILS
The Dunc Campbell Combo
The Countdowns	[?-Mar 64]
The Lonely Ones	[Mar 64-Apr 64]
The Soul Agents	[Apr 64-Jun 65]	3 recordings
The Loot		1 compilation
Bread And Beer Band	[1969]
Elton John Band (again)	[1969]
Hookfoot	[Apr 70-1971]	6 recordings + 1 compilation
Elton John Band (again)	[Apr 70-May 70]
Hookfoot (again)	[1971-1974]
Kiki Dee Band	[1974-Apr 75]	1 recording
Elton John Band (again)	[May 75-?]
Howard Werth & The Moonbeams		1 recording
China		1 recording
Hall & Oates	[1978-?]	2 recordings
The Troops
Roxoff
Hookfoot (again)
Rhinomen
Bruce Roberts Band
Georgie Cullum Band	[2012-2013]

BIOGRAPHY:

Roger Pope was born Roger S Pope on March 20th, 1947 in Whitestable, Kent, England. He belonged to a musical family and soon chose drums as his instrument. He started playing in amateur bands (becoming pro at 15!) around Southampton.

Roger Pope

THE DUNC CAMPBELL COMBO

Roger Pope also drummed in The Dunc Campbell Combo:

THE DUNC CAMPBELL COMBO #?	?
Roger Pope † drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!

THE COUNTDOWNS

Roger Pope played with The Countdowns, but haven´t info about other players in the band:

THE COUNTDOWNS #?	?-Mar 64
Roger Pope † drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!
The Lonely Onesê

In March 1964, he left the band to join The Lonely Ones.

THE LONELY ONES

At the end of March 1964, Roger Pope joins The Lonely Ones:

THE LONELY ONES #?			Mar 64-Apr 64
				êThe Countdowns
Johnny Keeping vocals	Tony Good guitar	Jim Sach bass	Don Shinn keyboards	Roger Pope † drums
The Soul Agentsê	The Soul Agentsê	The Soul Agentsê	The Soul Agentsê	The Soul Agentsê

But after a few gigs, they changed their name to The Soul Agents in April 1964.

Other info on members of The Lonely Ones (I know up to 15 members)
To be covered (1):	Don Shinn
Not enough info (13):	Gene Anthony, Johnny Baker, Jerry Bromley, Tony Burnett, Brian Ferguson, Tony Good, Johnny Keeping, Mike Lamb, Johnny Picken, Layne Rogers, Jim Sach, Chris Warman, Johnny Watson

THE SOUL AGENTS

The Soul Agents circa 1964. From left to right: Don Shinn, Johnny Keeping, Jim Sach, Tony Good & Roger Pope

In April 1964, The Lonely Ones changed their name to The Soul Agents:

THE SOUL AGENTS #1			Apr 64-Dec 1964
êThe Lonely Ones	êThe Lonely Ones	êThe Lonely Ones	êThe Lonely Ones	êThe Lonely Ones
Johnny Keeping vocals	Tony Good guitar	Jim Sach bass	Don Shinn keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

They released two singles: ´I just want to make love to you / Mean woman blues ´ (June 1964) and ´Seventh son / Let´s make it, pretty baby´ (October 1964), with no success.

In December 1964, the band teamed with singer Rod Stewart.

In December 1964, The Soul Agents teamed with singer Rod Stewart, who was starting his solo career. They started to be billed as Rod Stewart And The Soul Agents:

THE SOUL AGENTS #2				Dec 1964-Feb 65
Rod Stewart vocals	Johnny Keeping vocals	Tony Good guitar	Jim Sach bass	Don Shinn keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

The band released a third single, ´Don't break it up / Gospel train´ (February 1965), but without Rod Stewart as he had a contract signed with a different record label than the band.

In February 1965, Johnny Keeping left the band.

This was Rod Stewart And The Soul Agents in February 1965:

THE SOUL AGENTS #3			Feb 65-Apr 65
Rod Stewart vocals	Tony Good guitar	Jim Sach bass	Don Shinn keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

The band (without Rod) also backed Buddy Guy in his British tour.

In April 1965, Jim Sach left them.

In April 1965, Rod Stewart And The Soul Agents turned into a quartet, with no bassist:

THE SOUL AGENTS #4		Apr 65-Jun 65
Rod Stewart vocals	Tony Good guitar, bass	Don Shinn keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

In June 1965, Don Shinn went seriously ill, so the band decided to stop playing.

Other info on members of The Soul Agents (I know up to 9 members)
To be covered (4):	Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Don Shinn, Rod Stewart
Not enough info (4):	Tony Good, Pete Hunt, Johnny Keeping, Jim Sach

THE LOOT

This was one of the lineups for The Loot, but don´t know the exact period:

THE LOOT #?			?
Chris Bates vocals	Bruce Turner guitar	Dave Wright † guitar	Jeff Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums

Other info on members of The Loot (I know up to 6 members)
To be covered (1):	Dave Glover
Not enough info (4):	Chris Bates, Jeff Glover, Bruce Turner, Dave Wright

ELTON JOHN BAND

Roger met Elton John at Dick James Studios in the late Sixties. Roger played in many Elton demos, and he was called to play in Elton´s first album.

In 1969, Elton (still Reg Dwight) and Caleb made a private album (as far as I know, it's still unreleased) under the name Bread and Beer Band:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?		1969
Caleb Quaye guitar	Elton John piano, as Reg Dwight	Bernie Calvert bass, from The Hollies	Roger Pope † drums

The only song released from it was one single, 'Dick Barton Theme/Breakdown blues' (1969, Decca; reissued in 1973), which was part later of some compilations.

In July 1969, Elton John recorded some tracks for BBC in two different sessions, both times backed by 3/4 of Hookfoot:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?		1969
Elton John vocals, keyboards	Caleb Quaye guitar	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums

HOOKFOOT

Hookfoot

Around April 1970, Caleb assembles his own band, called Hookfoot, reuniting several session musicians for artists on the DJM label (being Elton John the most famous of them):

HOOKFOOT #1		Apr 70-1971
Caleb Quaye guitar, vocals, keyboards	Ian Duck harmonica, vocals	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums, vocals

The band started recording with Elton John at the end of 1967, and backed Elton in different concerts, as well as playing in some of Elton´s early albums.

Hookfoot - from left to right: Dave Glover, Caleb Quaye, Ian Duck, Roger Pope

ELTON JOHN BAND (again)

In April 1970, just a few days after his 2nd album Elton John was released, Elton played some sessions for the BBC. At that time, he still had no band, so he used his friends from Hookfoot, as well as The Chanter Sisters for background vocals:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?				Apr 70
Elton John vocals, piano	Caleb Quaye guitar	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums	Ian Duck backing vocals	Doreen Chanter backing vocals

Irene Chanter
backing vocals

Elton John returned the favour to the Chanter Sisters playing in their album Birds of a feather.

Elton John plays another special concert for the BBC in May 1970, with Hookfoot as backing band (although Dee Murray & Nigel Olsson also appear in 1 song):

ELTON JOHN BAND #?				May 70
Elton John vocals, piano	Caleb Quaye guitar	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums	Madeline Bell backing vocals	Ian Duck backing vocals

Kay Garner †
backing vocals

Paul Buckmaster †
conductor

HOOKFOOT (again)

Hookfoot

Hookfoot gets a new member around 1971:

HOOKFOOT #2			1971-?
Caleb Quaye guitar, vocals, keyboards	Ian Duck harmonica, vocals	Peter Ross harmonica, vocals	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums, vocals

They release their first album, Hookfoot. It comprises songs composed by Caleb, plus renditions of Stephen Stills and Neil Young songs. This first album was very innovative with Caleb switching between guitar and keyboards. It even included a great piano-based jazz instrumental (´Wim Wam´) along with a killer tune (´Movies´) that starts out with Quaye and Duck on acoustic and finishes with Wishbone Ash style double-lead electric.

Hookfoot´s lineup changes a bit, with the arrival of a new guitarist, Bob Kulick, who later collaborated with many bands, such as Kiss, Meat Loaf, and with his own band, Skull:

HOOKFOOT #3			1972-1973
Caleb Quaye guitar, vocals, keyboards	Ian Duck harmonica, vocals	Bob Kulick guitar, vocals	Dave Glover bass	Roger Pope † drums, vocals

The second album was called Good Times a-Comin´. It´s more straight-ahead rock with Caleb playing through a Leslie amp a lot.

The personnel in Hookfoot changes again, as Bob Kulick leaves the band. The bassist, Dave Glover, also left them, and for a while, they had the special collaboration of superb guitarist (and Caleb's friend) Mick Grabham, playing bass for one month until they got a permanent member:

HOOKFOOT #4		1973
Caleb Quaye guitar, vocals, keyboards	Ian Duck harmonica, vocals	Mick Grabham bass	Roger Pope † drums, vocals

Fred Gandy got the job as Hookfoot´s new bassist:

HOOKFOOT #5		1973-1974
Caleb Quaye guitar, vocals, keyboards	Ian Duck harmonica, vocals	Fred Gandy bass	Roger Pope † drums, vocals

They finally split up in 1974, and Caleb went to the USA, working as a session musician.

Many years later, a live album appeared: Hookfoot Live In Memphis. It´s not a release through A&M. It is a specialty CD from some German company of a 1973 concert (probably opening for Yes). It was recorded by this last Hookfoot lineup.

KIKI DEE BAND

Kiki Dee Band in 1974 - from left to right: Kiki Dee, Jo Partridge, Phil Curtis (I think), Roger Pope & Bias Boshell

This was the Kiki Dee Band around August 1974, now with Roger Pope (although I think he hadn't joined the band permanently as next month we could find their previous drummer Pete Clarke in the band again):

KIKI DEE BAND #?			1974
Kiki Dee vocals	Jo Partridge guitar	Phil Curtis † bass	Bias Boshell keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

This was the Kiki Dee Band around October 1974:

KIKI DEE BAND #?			1974
Kiki Dee vocals	Jo Partridge guitar	Phil Curtis † bass	Bias Boshell keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

This was the Kiki Dee Band around January 1975:

KIKI DEE BAND #?			1975
Kiki Dee vocals	Jo Partridge guitar	Phil Curtis † bass	Bias Boshell keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

Kiki Dee & Roger Pope

In February 1975, Kiki Dee starts another British tour, adding Ian Duck to the live lineup just for the tour:

KIKI DEE BAND #?				Feb 75-Apr 75
Kiki Dee vocals	Ian Duck harmonica, guitar, vocals	Jo Partridge guitar	Phil Curtis † bass	Bias Boshell keyboards	Roger Pope † drums
					Elton John Bandê

There are some BBC live recording also featuring Mox guesting on flute and harmonica.

In 1974, Kiki Dee was the opening act for Elton John´s world tour, so when Elton left his long-time drummer Nigel Olsson, he asked Roger Pope to rejoin his band, which he did. In April 1975, this edition of the Kiki Dee Band parted ways.

Other info on members of Kiki Dee Band (I know up to 32 members)
Already covered (2):	Phil Curtis, Jo Partridge
Old pages (2):	B J Cole, Tim Hinkley
To be covered (27):	Bias Boshell, Stu Calver, Chandru, Pete Clarke, Dennis Conway, Donnie Dacus, Andy Dalby, Mike Deacon, Kiki Dee, Pandit Dinesh, Ian Duck, Wendy Haas, Steve Holley, Brian Holloway, Brea Howe, Davey Johnstone, Annabel Lamb, Ronnie Leahy, Carmelo Luggeri, Fred Mandel, John McBurnie, Rob Moitza, John Perry, Florian Pilkington Miksa, Tony Rivers,... up to 27 musicians.

ELTON JOHN BAND (again)

Elton John Band - from left to right: Ray Cooper, Caleb Quaye, Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone, Kenny Passarelli, Roger Pope, James Newton Howard

In April 1975, long time bandmates Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson are asked to leave Elton´s band, being replaced by old friend Roger Pope and Kenny Passarelli. Caleb also joins here to start the tour rehearsals in June 1975:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?				May 75-?
Elton John vocals, piano	Davey Johnstone guitar	Caleb Quaye guitar	Kenny Passarelli bass	James Newton Howard keyboards	Ray Cooper percussion

Roger Pope †
drums

+ 3 vocalists, unknown to me. Help!

They released the album Rock of the westies.

Elton John at the Wembley Concert - from left to right: Elton John, Ray Cooper, Roger Pope, Kenny Passarelli, Davey Johnstone, Caleb Quaye. Out of the photo: James Newton Howard, Jeff Skunk Baxter and the backing vocalists

During a short period, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter joins for live concerts. WOW, what a guitar trio!!:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?				1975
Elton John vocals, keyboards	Davey Johnstone guitar	Caleb Quaye guitar	Jeff ´Skunk´ Baxter guitar	Kenny Passarelli bass	James Newton Howard keyboards

Ray Cooper
percussion

Roger Pope †
drums

+ maybe 3 vocalists, unknown to me. Help!

In August 1975, Elton John Band starts an American tour, without Jeff ´Skunk´ Baxter:

ELTON JOHN BAND #?				Aug 75-?
Elton John vocals, piano	Davey Johnstone guitar	Caleb Quaye guitar	Kenny Passarelli bass	James Newton Howard keyboards	Ray Cooper percussion

Roger Pope †
drums

+ 3 vocalists, unknown to me. Help!

Elton John Band in 1976 - Davey Johnstone & Roger Pope

Elton John Band in 1976 - Roger Pope & Kenny Passarelli

Other info on members of Elton John Band (I know up to 69 members)
Already covered (10):	Caroline Attard, Madeline Bell, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Stevie Lange, Jo Partridge, Caleb Quaye, Tim Renwick
To be covered (58):	Guy Babylon, Jeff ´Skunk´ Baxter, Bob Birch, Matt Bissonette, Dave Bitelli, Alex Brown, Paul Buckmaster, Kim Bullard, Cindy Bullens, Alan Carvell, Joel Clempson, Dennis Conway, Ray Cooper, Raul D´Oliveira, Kiki Dee, Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Ken Gold, Stjepan Hauser, Natalie Jackson, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, Elton John, Davey Johnstone, John Jorgenson,... up to 58 musicians.

HOWARD WERTH & THE MOONBEAMS

This was the magnificent Howard Werth & The Moonbeams personnel, probably around 1975:

HOWARD WERTH & THE MOONBEAMS #?			?
Howard Werth vocals, keyboards	Bob Weston † guitar	Fred Gandy bass	Mike Moran keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

They released the beautiful King Brilliant album in 1975.

Other info on members of Howard Werth & The Moonbeams (I know up to 5 members)
Already covered (1):	Bob Weston
To be covered (3):	Fred Gandy, Mike Moran, Howard Werth

CHINA

Roger Pope was a founder member for the band China. I´m not sure this was the exact lineup (was Jo Partridge a member yet?), so any confirmation would be very welcomed:

CHINA #?			?
Davey Johnstone guitar	Jo Partridge guitar	John ´Cooker´ LoPresti † bass	James Newton Howard keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

But after recording the album, he left (being replaced by Dennis Conway).

Other info on members of China (I know up to 6 members)
Already covered (1):	Jo Partridge
To be covered (4):	Dennis Conway, Davey Johnstone, John ´Cooker´ LoPresti, James Newton Howard

HALL & OATES

Around 1978, most of the Elton John Band convert into Hall & Oates backing band:

HALL & OATES #?			1978
Daryl Hall vocals, guitar, keyboards	John Oates vocals, guitar, keyboards	Caleb Quaye guitar	Kenny Passarelli bass	Roger Pope † drums

Hall & Oates with Caleb Quaye, Kenny Passarelli and Roger Pope

Next step is to cut a live album, with this lineup:

HALL & OATES #?				1978
Daryl Hall vocals, guitar, keyboards	John Oates vocals, guitar, keyboards	Caleb Quaye guitar	Kenny Passarelli bass	Charlie DeChant sax, keyboards	David Kent keyboards

Roger Pope †
drums

In Along the red ledge, we can find a lot of guitar players: Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Dick Wagner (Lou Reed), George Harrison (The Beatles), Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Steve Lukather (Toto), Jay Graydon, etc.

Other info on members of Hall & Oates (I know up to 41 members)
Already covered (2):	Caleb Quaye, Tom T-Bone Wolk
To be covered (38):	Tony Beard, Michael Braun, Pat Buchanan, Chuck Burgi, Porter Carroll, Jeff Catania, Rich Cerniglia, Mickey Curry, Charlie DeChant, Stephen Dees, Brian Dunne, Larry Fast, Mac Gollehon, Daryl Hall, Eileen Ivers, Lisa Ivers, Klyde Jones, Zev Katz, David Kent, Mike Klvana, John Korba, Jeff Levine, Eliot Lewis, Jerry Marotta, Bob Mayo,... up to 38 musicians.

THE TROOPS

In the early 80s, Caleb Quaye and Roger Pope formed The Troops:

THE TROOPS #?		?
Caleb Quaye guitar	Davey Faragher bass	Tommy Faragher keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

They did some recordings, produced by Skip Drinkwater, but they were never released. They also played about a dozen gigs before disbanding.

Other info on members of The Troops (I know up to 4 members)
Already covered (1):	Caleb Quaye
To be covered (2):	Davey Faragher, Tommy Faragher

ROXOFF

Roxoff was a band formed by singer and songwriter Bruce Roberts. Roger Pope was a member of the band:

ROXOFF #?	?
Bruce Roberts vocals, guitar	Roger Pope † drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!

Other info on members of Roxoff (I know up to 4 members)
To be covered (1):	Bruce Roberts
Not enough info (2):	Pete Hunt, Ronnie Taylor

HOOKFOOT (again)

Around 1999, Hookfoot was active again. Now that Caleb Quaye lives in the USA, the band asked him for permission to use the Hookfoot name, now with Bruce Roberts on guitar:

HOOKFOOT #?		1999
Ian Duck vocals, harmonica	Bruce Roberts guitar	Fred Gandy bass	Roger Pope † drums

They played locally around Southampton.

Other info on members of Hookfoot (I know up to 9 members)
Already covered (2):	Mick Grabham, Caleb Quaye
To be covered (6):	Ian Duck, Fred Gandy, Dave Glover, Bob Kulick, Bruce Roberts, Peter Ross

RHINOMEN

Roger Pope also drummer for the band Rhinomen around 1999, formed by his old mate Ian Duck:

RHINOMEN #?	?
Ian Duck vocals, harmonica	Roger Pope † drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!

Other info on members of Rhinomen (I know up to 11 members)
To be covered (5):	John Cuffley, Ian Duck, Spike Edney, Carmelo Luggeri, John Marter
Not enough info (5):	Clive Bates, Alison Leaberry-Smith, Ian MacLaughlin, Jane Mansfield, Alan Partridge

BRUCE ROBERTS BAND

Roger Pope also was drummer in the Bruce Roberts Band, but don´t know when:

BRUCE ROBERTS BAND #?	?-1998
Bruce Roberts	Roger Pope † drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!

Pope left the band in 1998.

Other info on members of Bruce Roberts Band (I know up to 6 members)
To be covered (3):	Gordon Haskell, Bruce Roberts, Martin Smith
Not enough info (2):	Fred Beale, Martin Holloway

GEORGIE CULLUM BAND

In 2012, singer Georgie Cullum recorded a song, ´New beginning´, for a benefit project, featuring Roger Pope on drums and produced by the mythical Martyn Ford. Results were so good that they formed a stable band:

GEORGIE CULLUM BAND #?			2012
Georgie Cullum vocals	Eddy White guitar	Stevie B bass	Jonathan Fashole-Luke keyboards	Roger Pope † drums

The band was looking for a recording contract.

Other info on members of Georgie Cullum Band (I know up to 5 members)
Not enough info (4):	Stevie B, Georgie Cullum, Jonathan Fashole-Luke, Eddy White

AND THEN...

Roger Pope

Roger Pope in 1976

I briefly communicated with Roger via email a few years ago. He was trying to build his own official website and told me he had projects to play again (they had reformed Hookfoot with permission of Caleb Quaye). I sent him one photo I had of the Wembley concert with Elton John.

Roger Pope sadly passed away on September 17th, 2013 in Southampton, England after battling with throat and neck cancer. He was 66. He will be remembered by his master and strong playing.

DISCOGRAPHY: (56 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)

ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (21 credits)

I just want to make love to you / Mean woman blues (SINGLE) - The Soul Agents (June 1964)

Members: Don Shinn (RIP: Roger Pope)

The seventh son / Let´s make it, pretty baby (SINGLE) - The Soul Agents (October 1964)

Members: Don Shinn (RIP: Roger Pope)

Don´t break it up / Gospel train (SINGLE) - The Soul Agents (February 1965)

Members: Don Shinn (RIP: Roger Pope)

Dick Barton Theme / Breakdown blues (SINGLE) - Bread And Beer Band (1969)

Members: Bernie Calvert, Elton John, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: This single, taken from an unreleased album by Bread And Beer Band, was reissued in 1973.

Bread And Beer Band - Bread And Beer Band (1969)

Members: Bernie Calvert, Elton John, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: This album remains unreleased, except for a single, ´Dick Barton Theme/Breakdown blues´ issued in 1969 and later reissued in 1973.

Empty sky - Elton John (1969)

Members: Elton John + Nigel Olsson, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Guests: Don Fay
Producer: (RIP: Steve Brown)

Tumbleweed connection - Elton John (October 1970)

Members: Elton John + Madeline Bell, Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Nigel Olsson, Caleb Quaye, Bernie Taupin (RIP: Paul Buckmaster, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Dee Murray, Roger Pope)
Guests: Tony Burrows, Brian Dee, Mike Egan, Herbie Flowers, Sue Glover, Tony Hazzard, Karl Jenkins, Robin Jones, Skaila Kanga, Chris Laurence, Sunny Leslie (RIP: Gordon Huntley, Barry Morgan, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Van Derrick)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Robin Geoffrey Cable

Hookfoot - Hookfoot (1971)

Members: Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Caleb Quaye, Peter Ross (RIP: Roger Pope)
Technical: Jeff Titmus
My opinion: Their first album, it consisted of songs composed by Caleb Quaye, plus renditions of Stephen Stills and Neil Young songs. It was very innovative with Caleb switching between guitar and keyboards. It even included a great piano-based jazz instrumental (´Wim Wam´) along with a killer tune (´Movies´) that starts out with Quaye and Duck on acoustic and finishes with Wishbone Ash style double-lead electric.

Madman across the water - Elton John (November 1971)

Members: Elton John + Ray Cooper, Dave Glover, Davey Johnstone, David Katz, Nigel Olsson, Alan Parker, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Paul Buckmaster, Lesley Duncan, Dee Murray, Roger Pope)
Guests: Tony Burrows, B J Cole, Roger Cook, Terry Cox, Brian Dee, Jack Emblow, Herbie Flowers, Sue Glover, Chris Laurence, Sunny Leslie, Diana Lewis, Brian Odgers, Chris Spedding, Barry St John, Liza Strike, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Robert Kirby, Barry Morgan)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Robin Geoffrey Cable, Tony Cousins, Ken Scott
Comments: Recorded in February and August 1971.

Good times a comin´ - Hookfoot (1972)

Members: Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Bob Kulick, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: This is their second album, containing more straight-ahead rock with Caleb playing through a Leslie amp alot.

Communication - Hookfoot (1973)

Members: Ian Duck, Fred Gandy, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)

I´ve got the music in me - Kiki Dee Band (1974)

Members: Kiki Dee + Bias Boshell, Pete Clarke, B J Cole, Mike Deacon, Jo Partridge (RIP: Phil Curtis, Roger Pope)
Guests: Joshie Armstead, Irene Chanter, Stuart Epps, Richard Hewson, Cissy Houston, Del Newman, Gary Osborne, Barry St John, Maeretha Stewart, Jeff Titmus, Paul Vigrass (RIP: Kay Garner, Barry Morgan)
Producer: Elton John (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Comments: I´ve got the music in me contains appearances by: Jo Partridge (guitar), B.J. Cole (pedal steel guitar), Phil Curtis (bass), Bias Boshell (keyboards), Mike Deacon (keyboards), Roger Pope (drums), Barry Morgan (drums), Pete Clarke (drums), and on backing vocals: Irene Chanter, Josie Armstead, Kay Garner, Cissy Houston (yep! Whitney Houston's mummy, a superb singer!), Billy Lawrie, Gary Osborne, Barry St. John and Paul Vigrass. CD reissue contains 4 bonus tracks, one of them produced by Elton John.

Roaring - Hookfoot (1974)

Members: Ian Duck, Fred Gandy, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: Recorded in 1973. CD reissue contains 5 bonus tracks taken from the Good times a comin´ album.

Rock of the westies - Elton John (1975)

Members: Elton John + Ray Cooper, Kiki Dee, Davey Johnstone, James Newton Howard, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye, Bernie Taupin (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Tony Cousins
Comments: Some CD reissue contains 1 bonus track.

King Brilliant - Howard Werth & The Moonbeams (1975)

Members: Howard Werth + Fred Gandy, Mike Moran (RIP: Roger Pope, Bob Weston)
Guests: Trevor Williams + Steve Bingham, David Hentschel, Richard Hewson, Davey Johnstone, Tony O´Malley, Alan Skidmore, Terry Stannard, Larry Steele, Liza Strike (RIP: Vicki Brown, Kay Garner, John Gustafson)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Comments: Howard Werth was a member of the band Audience. This beautiful album features many good performers: Davey Johnstone (guitar), Bob Weston (guitar), John Gustafson (bass), Steve Bingham (bass), Fred Gandy (bass), David Hentschel (keyboards), Mike Moran (keyboards), the great Tony O'Malley (keyboards), Alan Skidmore (sax), Roger Pope (drums), Terry Stannard (drums), and vocals by Vicki Brown, Kay Garner, Larry Steele and Liza Strike. Producer Gus Dudgeon also plays percussion. Different CD reissues contain different bonus tracks.

Blue moves - Elton John (1976)

Members: Elton John + Cindy Bullens, Ray Cooper, Davey Johnstone, James Newton Howard, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Paul Buckmaster, Roger Pope)
Guests: Harry Bluestone, Randy Brecker, Joe Chemay, David Crosby, Martyn Ford, Ron Hicklin, Michael Hurwitz, Bruce Johnston, Jon Joyce, Gene Morford, Graham Nash, David Sanborn, Richard Studt, Toni Tennille (RIP: Michael Brecker, Darryl Dragon, Gene Page, Barry Rogers)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Aaron Chakraverty, John Kurlander, Earle Mankey
My opinion: Beware as some of the older CD reissues omit 3 tracks to fit all in one CD.

China - China (1977)

Members: Dennis Conway, Davey Johnstone, James Newton Howard (RIP: John ´Cooker´ LoPresti, Roger Pope)
Guests: Kiki Dee + Venette Gloud, Carmen Twillie
Producer: Elton John

Livetime - Hall & Oates (May 1978) (LIVE)

Members: Charlie DeChant, Daryl Hall, David Kent, John Oates, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)

Along the red ledge - Hall & Oates (September 1978)

Members: Charlie DeChant, Daryl Hall, David Kent, John Oates, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Guests: Robert Fripp, Todd Rundgren + George Bitzer, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro (RIP: George Harrison, Gene Page, Dick Wagner)
Producer: David Foster
Technical: Humberto Gatica, Mark Linett
Comments: In Along the red ledge, we can find a lot of guitar players: Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Dick Wagner (Lou Reed), George Harrison (The Beatles), Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Steve Lukather (Toto), Jay Graydon, etc.

Hookfoot live in Memphis - Hookfoot (1990) (LIVE)

Members: Ian Duck, Fred Gandy, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: This is not a release through A&M. It is a specialty CD from some German company of a 1973 concert (probably opening for Yes). It was recorded by the last Hookfoot lineup.

A Piece of Pye - Hookfoot ( - )

Members: Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: These are great news! This album comprises unreleased tracks recorded by Hookfoot in 1969.
My opinion: Fantastic!

COMPILATIONS AS A BAND MEMBER (5 credits)

Headlines - Hookfoot (1975)

Members: Ian Duck, Fred Gandy, Dave Glover, Bob Kulick, Caleb Quaye, Peter Ross (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: Double LP compilation with unreleased tracks.

Greatest hits volume II - Elton John (1976)

Members: Elton John + Ray Cooper, Kiki Dee, Dave Glover, Davey Johnstone, James Newton Howard, Nigel Olsson, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Lesley Duncan, Dee Murray, Roger Pope)
Guests: Tony Burrows, B J Cole, Roger Cook, Brian Dee, Sue Glover, Bruce Johnston, Sunny Leslie, Shirley Matthews, Brian Odgers, Lenny Pickett, Barry St John, Liza Strike (RIP: Clydie King, Barry Morgan, Gene Page, Dusty Springfield)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Comments: Compilation with some tracks that don´t appear in any other album.

To be continued... - Elton John (1990)

Members: Elton John + Madeline Bell, Stewart Brown, Alan Carvell, Ray Cooper, Kiki Dee, Ian Duck, Mick Inkpen, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, Davey Johnstone, Shirley Lewis, Jody Linscott, Fred Mandel, Jonathan Moffett, Dave Murphy, Gordon Neville, James Newton Howard, Nigel Olsson, Kenny Passarelli, David Paton, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Guy Babylon, Paul Buckmaster, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Dee Murray, Roger Pope)
Guests: Rex Bishop + Greg Adams, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Tony Burrows, Lenny Castro, Bill Champlin, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Roger Cook, Terry Cox, Paulinho Da Costa, Brian Dee, Deon Estus, Chuck Findley, Herbie Flowers, Mel Gaynor, Roger Glover, Sue Glover, Colin Green, Tony Hazzard, David Hentschel, Jerry Hey, Clive Hicks, Steve Holley, Jim Horn, Paul Jackson, Randy Jackson, Ivan Julien, Michael Landau, Diana Lewis, Dennis Lopez, Steve Lukather, Shirley Matthews, Reggie McBride, Brian Odgers, David Paich, Lenny Pickett (RIP: John Lennon + Bob Babbitt, Tony Bell, Victor Feldman, Gordon Huntley, Clydie King, Barry Morgan, Gene Page, Marty Paich)
Producer: (RIP: Michel Berger, Steve Brown, Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Ed Cherney, Stuart Epps, Bill Price
Comments: 4CD boxset with some rarities.

Greatest hits 1976-1986 - Elton John (November 1992)

Members: Elton John + Dave Bitelli, Ray Cooper, Raul D´Oliveira, Kiki Dee, Davey Johnstone, Fred Mandel, Charlie Morgan, James Newton Howard, Nigel Olsson, Kenny Passarelli, David Paton, Paul Spong, Rick Taylor, Richie Zito (RIP: Dee Murray, Roger Pope)
Guests: Max Carl, Bill Champlin, Chuck Findley, Jerry Hey, Jim Horn, Katie Kissoon, Dave Mattacks, Reggie McBride, Phil Todd, Paul Westwood, Pete Wingfield, Stevie Wonder (RIP: Bob Babbitt, Tony Bell, George Michael, Jeff Porcaro, Larry Washington)
Producer: Chris Thomas (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Stuart Epps, Bill Price

Singles A´s and B´s - The Loot ( - )

Members: (RIP: Roger Pope, Dave Wright)
Guests: Caleb Quaye
Producer: (RIP: Ronnie Bond)
Comments: Caleb Quaye is rumoured to play in some of their songs (he was the writer of some track).

ALBUMS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (1 credit)

Sacred songs - Daryl Hall (1980)

Members: Daryl Hall + Charlie DeChant
Guests: David Kent, Kenny Passarelli, Caleb Quaye + Phil Collins, Brian Eno, Tony Levin (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: Robert Fripp
Comments: This was the 1st solo album from Daryl Hall (half of the duo Hall & Oates), recorded with Robert Fripp (guitar and producer). It included some of the then-current Hall & Oates band members, like Caleb, Kenny Passarelli (bass), Roger Pope (drums) and Charlie De Chant (sax). Rumour has it that it was recorded in 1977, and delayed because of Hall's record label.

COMPILATIONS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (1 credit)

Boogie woogie: the Warner Bros recordings - Long John Baldry (2005)

Members: Jimmy Horowitz (RIP: Long John Baldry + Ian Armit, Sam Mitchell, Micky Waller, Bob Weston)
Guests: Ray Cooper, Dave Glover, Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson, Caleb Quaye, Ron Wood + Madeline Bell, Maggie Bell, Rick Brown, Tony Burrows, Joyce Everson, Tony Hazzard, Ray Jackson, David Katz, James Litherland, John Porter, Alan Skidmore, Bill Smith, Barry St John, Terry Stannard, Liza Strike, Theodore Thunder, Klaus Voormann (RIP: Lesley Duncan, Roger Pope + Kay Garner, Doris Troy)
Producer: Bill Inglot, Elton John, Rod Stewart
Technical: Mike Bobak, Dan Hersch
Comments: Double CD, including two complete albums, It ain´t easy and Everything stops for tea, plus unreleased tracks.

SESSIONS (24 credits)

As I am - Chris Britton (1969)

Guests: Ian Duck, Nigel Olsson (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: Colin Frechter

Evie / Fat crow (SINGLE) - Steve Ellis (1970)

Members: Steve Ellis + Caleb Quaye
Guests: (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: Caleb Quaye and Hookfoot backed Steve Ellis on this single.

About that man - Cliff Richard (October 1970)

Members: Cliff Richard + Brian Bennett, Terry Britten, Alan Hawkshaw, Richard Hewson, Alan Jones, John Perry, Frank Ricotti, Tony Rivers, Alan Tarney, Bruce Welch (RIP: Graham Todd)
Guests: Mo Witham (RIP: Roger Pope)

It ain´t easy - Long John Baldry (1971)

Members: Rod Stewart (RIP: Long John Baldry + Ian Armit, Sam Mitchell)
Guests: Caleb Quaye + Maggie Bell, Tony Burrows, Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Tony Hazzard, Ray Jackson, Elton John, Alan Skidmore, Liza Strike, Ron Wood (RIP: Lesley Duncan + Kay Garner, Roger Pope, Doris Troy)
Producer: Jimmy Horowitz
Comments: It ain't easy was co-produced between Elton John & Rod Stewart. It features Maggie Bell (vocals), Ron Wood (guitar), Sam Mitchell (guitar), Ray Jackson (mandolin), Ian Armitt (keyboards), Alan Skidmore (sax). Jimmy Horowitz acts as executive producer. Also appearing the complete lineup of Hookfoot: Caleb Quaye (guitar), Ian Duck (vocals, harmonica), Dave Glover (bass), Roger Pope (drums).
My opinion: It includes a song written by Lesley Duncan, ´Mr Rubin´.

Shalom - Shalom Chanoch (1971)

Guests: B J Cole, Ian Duck, Dave Glover, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Lol Coxhill, Roger Pope, Ray Warleigh)
Comments: A very rare album by Israeli singer Shalom Chanoch, recorded with English musicians.

Take Your Love / Jingle jangle Jasmine (SINGLE) - Steve Ellis (1971)

Members: Steve Ellis + Caleb Quaye
Guests: (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: Caleb Quaye and Hookfoot backed Steve Ellis on this single.

Keep America beautiful, get a haircut - Ray Fenwick (1971)

Members: Ray Fenwick
Guests: Mick Grabham, Tony Newman, Pete York + B J Cole, Nigel Olsson, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Eddie Hardin, Dee Murray + Vicki Brown, Dave Hynes, Roger Pope)
Comments: Keep America beautiful, get a haircut was the solo album from Ray Fenwick. Recorded in 1971, but conceived while he was in Spencer Davis Group. With great friends and companions guesting here: Eddie Hardin & Pete York (both from Spencer Davis Group, then with their own duo Hardin-York), B.J. Cole & Mick Grabham (both from Cochise), Dee Murray (bass) & Nigel Olsson (drums) (both from Elton John Band), Caleb Quaye (here, playing piano in the song ´City ride´) & Roger Pope (drums) (both from Hookfoot), plus Hans Vermeulen (backing vocals, from Sandy Coast), Robert ´Polle´ Eduard (backing vocals, from After Tea). By the way, the CD edition has 5 bonus tracks. Along the 5 bonus tracks, we can find more featured musicians: Tony Newman (drums), Vicky Brown (backing vocals), Margot Newman (backing vocals), Dave Hynes (drums).
My opinion: A fantastic, superb album!

John Kongos - John Kongos (1971)

Members: John Kongos
Guests: Dave Chambers, Ray Cooper, Claire Deniz, Dave Glover, Sue Glover, Sunny Leslie, Ralph McTell, Mike Moran, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Lol Coxhill, Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Comments: This must be his 2nd album, and he is backed by 3 members of Hookfoot (Caleb Quaye, Roger Pope and Dave Glover), plus Ray Cooper, Ralph McTell (guitar), Lol Coxhill (sax), Mike Moran (keyboards), and Sue Glover on vocals.

New York City (You´re a woman) - Al Kooper (1971)

Members: Al Kooper
Guests: Rita Coolidge, Venetta Fields, Herbie Flowers, Bobbye Hall, Paul Humphrey, Carol Kaye, Claudia Lennear, Robbie Montgomery, Dorothy Morrison, Caleb Quaye, Louie Shelton, Jessie Smith, Julia Tillman Waters, Donna Weiss, Maxine Willard Waters, Lorna Willard (RIP: Mike Gately + Clydie King, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Roger Pope)
Technical: Mark Friedman, Ken Scott
Comments: Talented keyboardist, guitarist, singer and producer (he was the one who discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Tubes), leader of Blood Sweat & Tears and Blues Project, he helped Bob Dylan in his electrical change. In this album, he is backed by many musicians: Rita Coolidge (vocals), Caleb Quaye, Herbie Flowers (bass), Carol Kaye (bass), Sneaky Pete Kleinow (steel guitar) and Roger Pope (drums) among others, as well as vocals by Claudia Lennear, Venetta Fields, Rita Coolidge, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydie King, etc.

You, well-meaning brought me here - Ralph McTell (1971)

Members: Ralph McTell + Danny Thompson
Guests: Davey Johnstone + Caleb Quaye, Mike Vickers, Tony Visconti, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Robert Kirby, Roger Pope, Johnny Van Derrick)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Robin Geoffrey Cable
Comments: Great English folk singer, Ralph McTell had his biggest success with the song ´The streets of London´ (about homeless people), originally not included in this album (although the American issue included it). This is his 5th album, I think. With Rick Wakeman (keyboards, from Strawbs, later in Yes), Danny Thompson (bass, from Pentangle), Roger Pope (drums), and produced by Gus Dudgeon. The album has been reissued with different titles: Streets of London (in 1972), and The ferryman (in 1987).

I think I´ll write a song - Phillip Goodhand-Tait (August 1971)

Members: Doug Ferguson, Andy Latimer, Andy Ward
Guests: B J Cole, Ian Duck, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Roger Pope)
Technical: Jeff Titmus
Comments: Second album by Phillip Goodhand-Tait, with the musicians that formed his first backing band (and later went to form Camel), plus contributions by B J Cole, Ian Duck and Caleb Quaye.
The American edition has 1 more track, with the sleeve of a different album, Rehearsal. Weird! CD reissue contains two bonus tracks: one of them is ´Why a woman needs a man´, recorded in November 1969 with Caleb Quaye and Roger Pope (Hookfoot and Goodhand-Tait shared the same manager at that time).

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson (November 1971)

Members: (RIP: Harry Nilsson)
Guests: Roger Coulam, Ian Duck, Herbie Flowers, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Jim Price, Caleb Quaye, Chris Spedding, Klaus Voormann, Gary Wright (RIP: Paul Buckmaster, Bobby Keys, Roger Pope)
Producer: Richard Perry
Technical: Phill Brown, Robin Geoffrey Cable
Comments: The late Harry Nilsson had huge hits with beautiful songs like ´Without you´ (included in this album, and written by Badfinger members) or ´Everybody´s talkin´´. He was closely related to some members of the Beatles, mainly John Lennon (we can see them together in the cover of Nilsson's album Pussy cats), and Keith Moon from The Who. The list of musicians include: Gary Wright (piano, from Spooky Tooth), Chris Spedding (guitar), Klaus Voorman (bass, from Plastic Ono Band), Jim Gordon (drums), Herbie Flowers (bass), and members from Hookfoot (Caleb Quaye, Roger Pope and Ian Duck).

Under my own disguise - Chris Darrow (1972)

Members: Chris Darrow
Guests: B J Cole, Mark Naftalin (RIP: Roger Pope)
Comments: Third solo album by Chris Darrow, it was recorded partly in England.

Gately´s cafe - Michael Gately (1972)

Members: (RIP: Mike Gately)
Guests: Ian Duck, Herbie Flowers, Jerry Goodman, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Paul Kossoff, Roger Pope)
Producer: Al Kooper
Technical: John Punter, Shelly Yakus

Somewhere - Mike Hugg (1972)

Members: Mike Hugg (RIP: Micky Waller)
Guests: Manfred Mann, Tom McGuinness, Mick Rogers, Liza Strike + Gerry Beckley, Andy Bown, Terry Britten, Judith Powell, Graham Preskett, Caleb Quaye, Henry Spinetti, Barry St John, Alan Tarney (RIP: Elton Dean, Kevin Peek, Roger Pope)
Comments: Mike Hugg was the drummer in Manfred Mann, and later singer in avant-garde band Manfred Mann Chapter Three. Lots of good musicians in this album: Kevin Peek (guitar, later in Sky), Gerry Beckley (guitar, from America), Mick Rogers (guitar, later in Aviator), Andy Bown (bass, now in Status Quo), Tom McGuinness (guitar, later in Blues Band), Elton Dean (sax, ex-Bluesology, later in Soft Machine), Mickey Waller (drums) and Roger Pope (drums).

Orange - Al Stewart (1972)

Members: Al Stewart + Tim Renwick
Guests: Bob Andrews, Brian Odgers, Brinsley Schwarz, Bruce Thomas, Rick Wakeman, John ´Willie´ Wilson (RIP: Cal Batchelor, Roger Pope)
Comments: Orange includes collaborations by Brinsley Schwarz (guitar), Tim Walker (guitar), Bob Andrews (keyboards), Brian Odgers (bass), Rick Wakeman (keyboards), Roger Pope (drums), Graham Hunt (drums), and the complete Quiver lineup: Tim Renwick (guitar), Cal Batchelor (guitar), Bruce Thomas (bass), John 'Willie' Wilson (drums). Hey, it includes a song called 'The news of Spain'!

Songfall - Phillip Goodhand-Tait (June 1972)

Members: Chas Cronk, Ernie Hayes
Guests: B J Cole, Ray Cooper, Davey Johnstone, Helen Liebmann, Donald McVay, Peter Ross, Marian Segal, Barry St John, Liza Strike, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Caroline Attard, Barry De Souza, Tony Harris, Roger Pope)
Comments: Third album by Phillip Goodhand-Tait.

Isaac Guillory - Isaac Guillory (1974)

Members: (RIP: Isaac Guillory)
Guests: Fred Gandy, Pete Gavin (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Ian Samwell)
Technical: Mike Ross

Chris Darrow - Chris Darrow (1976)

Members: Chris Darrow
Guests: Clive Chaman, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Caleb Quaye, Rod Skeaping, Trevor White (RIP: Dolly Collins, Roger Pope)
Comments: Fine multiinstrumentist, he once was a member of The Corvettes, the backing band for Linda Ronstadt in the late sixties. Later he formed Kaleidoscope and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This was his first solo album, with celtic harpist Alan Stivell, plus Caleb Quaye, Roger Pope (drums), Dave Pegg (bass), Clive Chaman (bass, from Jeff Beck Group) and Dave Mattacks (drums).

Yes we have no mananas so get your mananas today - Kevin Ayers (July 1976)

Members: Billy Livsey, Charlie McCracken, Zoot Money, Tony Newman, Rob Townsend, Rick Wills (RIP: Kevin Ayers + David Bedford, Ollie Halsall)
Guests: B J Cole, Mickey Feat, Andy Roberts, Pip Williams (RIP: Roger Pope, Roger Saunders)
Producer: Muff Winwood
Comments: Rick Wills still played in this album, after the separation of Kevin Ayers & The Soporifics. Great musicians here: Andy Roberts (guitar), B.J. Cole (steel guitar, Rick's companion in Cochise), Charlie McCracken (guitar), Rick Wills (bass), Mickey Feat (bass), Zoot Money (keyboards), Bill Livsey (keyboards), Roger Pope (drums), Tony Newman (drums) and Rob Townsend (drums).

Every face tells a story - Cliff Richard (March 1977)

Members: Cliff Richard + Brian Bennett, Terry Britten, Alan Hawkshaw, Richard Hewson, Alan Jones, John Perry, Frank Ricotti, Tony Rivers, Alan Tarney (RIP: Graham Todd)
Guests: Mo Witham (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: Bruce Welch
Technical: Haydn Bendall, Tony Clark (RIP: Allan Rouse)
Comments: CD reissue contains 3 bonus tracks.

Rock´n´roll resurrection - Mylon Lefevre (1980)

Members: Mylon LeFevre
Guests: Leo Nocentelli, Caleb Quaye, Tom Robb (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Allen Toussaint)
Comments: He is a gospel singer. He started in a band with his family, The LeFevres. He even recorded a joint album with Alvin Lee (guitarist from Ten Years After). Mylon also appears in some albums by Christian artists, like Kerry Livgren (from Kansas) and Phil Keaggy. In this album, we can find Caleb Quaye and Roger Pope (drums), Leo Nocentelli, and some others lesser known musicians. Allen Toussaint is the album producer.

Kongos - John Kongos (1997)

Members: John Kongos
Guests: Ray Cooper, Claire Deniz, Dave Glover, Sue Glover, Sunny Leslie, Ralph McTell, Mike Moran, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Lol Coxhill, Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
Technical: Roy Thomas Baker

The Turning tide - P P Arnold (October 2017)

Members: P P Arnold
Guests: Madeline Bell, Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon, Jim Price, Bobby Whitlock + Rita Coolidge, Dave Glover, Caleb Quaye (RIP: Bobby Keys, Carl Radle, Doris Troy + Roger Pope, Bill Shepherd)
Producer: Barry Gibb

COMPILATIONS (SESSIONS) (4 credits)

The Early years - Al Stewart (1977)

Members: Al Stewart + Tim Renwick
Guests: Bob Andrews, Brian Brocklehurst, Harvey Burns, Steve Gray, Ashley Hutchings, Brian Odgers, Jimmy Page, Brinsley Schwarz, Bruce Thomas, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Alexander Faris, Roger Pope)
Producer: John Wood
Technical: Jerry Boys, Bernie Grundman
Comments: 2LP compilation.

Rare + well done - the greatest & most obscure recordings - Al Kooper (September 2001)

Members: Al Kooper + Roy Blumenfeld, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Anton Fig, Steve Katz, Jeff Stout, Jimmy Vivino (RIP: Mike Bloomfield, Andy Kulberg)
Guests: Randy Brecker, Dick Halligan, Danny Kalb, Fred Lipsius, Stephen Stills, Jerry Weiss + Tom Bahler, Madeline Bell, Harvey Brooks, Artie Butler, Charles Calello, Rita Coolidge, Tom Cosgrove, John Cowan, Charlie Daniels, Jerry Douglas, Venetta Fields, Herbie Flowers, Paul Franklin, Barry Goldberg, Hilda Harris, Jerry Kennedy, Will Lee, Claudia Lennear, Roy Markowitz, Rick Marotta, Gene Morford, Dorothy Morrison, Wayne Moss, Caleb Quaye, Catherine Russell, Sol Schlinger, John Simon, Valerie Simpson, Barry St John, Marvin Stamm, Maeretha Stewart, Liza Strike, Neil Stubenhaus, Tony Studd, Oren Waters, Donna Weiss, Stu Woods, Tubby Ziegler (RIP: Kenny Buttrey, Joe Farrell, Mike Gately, Bernie Glow, Paul Griffin, Eddie Hoh, Wells Kelly, Clydie King, Ed King, Jimmy Knepper, Roger Pope, Seldon Powell, Ernie Royal, Walter E Sear)
Technical: Fred Catero, Bill Szymczyk
Comments: Double CD with many rarities and some hits.

Just yesterday - Al Stewart (May 2005)

Members: Steve Chapman, Gerry Conway, Stuart Elliott, Mark Goldenberg, Tim Hinkley, Laurence Juber, Howard Kaylan, Phil Kenzie, Krysia Kristianne, Robin Lamble, Jerry McMillan, Francis Monkman, Ken Nicol, Simon Nicol, Steve Recker, Tim Renwick, Peter Robinson, Bryan Savage, Harry Stinson, Mark Volman, Peter White, Adam Yurman (RIP: George Ford, Isaac Guillory, Peter Wood)
Guests: Bob Andrews, Brian Bennett, Pete Berryman, Charlie Bisharat, Dave Boruff, Brian Brocklehurst, Bobby Bruce, Kim Bullard, Harvey Burns, Denny Carmassi, Tony Carr, Lenny Castro, Louis Cennamo, Vinnie Colaiuta, B J Cole, Luis Conte, Stuart Cowell, Jim Cox, Lynn Davis, Bruce Dukov, Steve Farris, Michael Fisher, Denny Fongheiser, Dominic Genova, Richard Hewson, Carroll Sue Hill, Ashley Hutchings, Lennox James, Michael Jochum, Suzie Katayama, Jim Keltner, Joyce Kennedy, Russ Kunkel, Neil Lancaster, Tim Landers, Marcy Levy, Chas Mills, Neal Morse, Novi Novag, Brian Odgers, David Pack, Jimmy Page, Frank Ricotti, Sam Riney, Tony Rivers, Mark Sanders, Bob Sargeant, Brinsley Schwarz, Todd Sharp, Pete Solley, Larry Steele, Bruce Thomas, Lee R Thornburg, Ed Tree, Artie Tripp, Rick Wakeman, Robin Williamson, John ´Willie´ Wilson, Mike Woods (RIP: Guy Babylon, Barry De Souza, Alexander Faris, Bruce Gary, Trevor Lucas, Michael Oliver, Roger Pope, Jeff Porcaro, Duffy Power, Dave Swarbrick)
Producer: Joe Chiccarelli, Alan Parsons

The Atlantic years - Isaac Guillory ( - )

Members: Bernie Holland (RIP: Isaac Guillory)
Guests: B J Cole, Fred Gandy, Pete Gavin (RIP: Roger Pope)
Producer: (RIP: Ian Samwell)
Comments: This album is a reissue of Isaac´s first solo album, comprising almost all the tracks, plus 4 unreleased ones.

QUESTIONS:

01. Has Roger played in albums by Seals & Croft, Raymond Frogatt and Mason Williams?

02. Did Roger play in some recording by the band Magna Carta? Davey Johnstone was a member of this band...

03. Was Ian Duck a member of The Loot too?

04. Does anybody know if Jeff Glover of The Loot is the same person as Dave Glover from Hookfoot?

05. Was Roger involved (as the rest of Hookfoot) in the recordings of the band Mr Bloe?

06. Did Roger play with Denny Laine?

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 15

Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:

From the always interesting Alex's Picks (by Alex Gitlin), we have:

From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:

From the fantastic The British Sound blog (by Bruno Ceriotti), we have rock family trees about:

The Soul Agents

Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:

Assorted links:

Rod Stewart mailing list (by Ken Bourbeau)
Elton John links (by Lucie Bellemare)
Elton John Band website (includes a page for Caleb Quaye) (by Brooke Murphy)
Steve Ellis (by Sven Gusevik)

RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 29
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Roger Pope, please, also write me with the link.

Kiki Dee - I´ve Got The Music In Me

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Kiki Dee - I´ve Got The Music In Me

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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Elton John - Documentary (part 1)

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Elton John - Documentary (part 2)

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Elton John - Documentary (part 3)

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Elton John - Bennie & The Jets

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Elton John - Your Song

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Elton John - Pinball Wizard

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Elton John - Island Girl

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Elton John - Don´t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

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Elton John - Bennie & The Jets

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Elton John - Rocket Man (1976)

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Elton John - Hercules

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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Elton John - Funeral For A Friend - Love Lies Bleeding

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Elton John - Grow Some Funk Of Your Own

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Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

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Elton John - Saturday night´s alright for fighting

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Elton John - Bennie & The Jets

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Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

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Kiki Dee & Elton John - I´ve Got The Music In Me

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Kiki Dee & Elton John - Don´t Go Breaking My Heart

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Elton John - Funeral For A Friend - Love Lies Bleeding

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Elton John - Pinball Wizard

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Elton John - Skyline Pigeon

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Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady

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Hall & Oates - Rich Girl

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Bruce Roberts - Bert´s Apple Crumble

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THANKS:

Very Special Thanks to:

Roger Pope: for writing me. You´ll be very missed (2000).

Caleb Quaye: for info on the lineup in Hookfoot live album.

Sue Tresidder: for her message (2013).

Special Thanks to:

Jamie Tresidder: for putting me in contact with Roger Pope (1999).

Rick Lafosse: for writing me about Roger and some recordings they made together with a bassist from Frank Zappa Band (1998).

Martin Airey: for offering me to contact Roger (1999).

Sven Gusevik: for info on Hookfoot appearing in two singles by Steve Ellis (2000).

Andrew Vertal: for info on The Troops (1999).

Noreen Romano: for help with the Wembley photo as well as for giving me inside info on Roger Pope (1998 & 2006).

Thanks to:

Alex Gitlin: my friend, for help with album credits, scans and albums (1998).

Boris Shnitzer: my friend, with help getting more info on the Shalom album (2002).

James Lodge: for his message about meeting Roger Pope (2007).

Dan Frederiksen: for his message about Caleb Quaye and Roger Pope (2007).

Bob Henley: for info on Roger playing with Rhinomen and Bruce Roberts (2008).

Chris Topley: for his message with info about Roger Pope (2001).

Dave Day: for interesting info on Roger (2001).

Andy McKay: for info on Ralph McTell (2001).

Eran Dinar: for info and scans of the Shalom album (great find!!) (2002).

Brent Connell: for asking about Roger (2002).

RELATED MUSICIANS:

Roger Pope mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Caleb Quaye (38)
Ian Duck (15)
Elton John (14)
Dave Glover (13)
Gus Dudgeon (12)
B J Cole (11)
Davey Johnstone (11)
Ray Cooper (10)
Nigel Olsson (9)
Kenny Passarelli (8)

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7 comments:

Bellydancer4918 January 2015 at 16:48
Hookfoot reunion gig (a one-off) was on 29th April 1995 at The Brook in Southampton, U.K.
Unknown3 June 2018 at 13:39
No mention[that i could see ]of the Mr. Bloe Groovin with Mr. Bloe hit single plus album from 1970.. Which was Hookfoot under assumed name .. Also didn't Roger play with Zappa at some point later... 80s or 90s?
Unknown3 June 2018 at 13:41
MR .BLOE ..GROOVIN' WITH MR. BLOE 1970 SINGLE AND ALBUM .. Plus didn't roger play for Zappa at some point in the 80s/90s?
Bellydancer4929 July 2019 at 18:07
Please remove The Van Dells from Roger's information. He never played in a band called the Van Dells.

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