BANDS:
- The Initials
- The Movement
- Third World War [1971-1972]
- Gnidrolog [1973]
- Telemacque
- Hug [1975]
- Illusion [1976-1979]
- Dana Gillespie Band [1978]
- Frankie Reid & The Powerhouse
- Roy Hill Band [1979-Jul 80]
- Strawbs [Jul 80-1980]
- Ruthless Blues [1979-1983]
- The Yardbirds [Mar 83-1983]
- Ruthless Blues [1984-1987]
- Ruthless Blues [1991-Feb 99]
BIOGRAPHY:
Great guitarist, he sadly remains very underrated!!
I think his first bands were in Germany, but can't find any info about that period. So, if someone can help, it would be very appreciated!
THE INITIALS
This is the first band I've been able to trace with John Knightsbridge. The Initials was a band from Brighton:
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THE INITIALS #? |
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John Knightsbridge guitar | Keith Pullen bass | Dave Greenfield † keyboards | Peter Anstis sax | Mick Law drums |
| Other info on members of The Initials (I know up to 5 members) | |
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| Not enough info (4): | Peter Anstis, Dave Greenfield, Mick Law, Keith Pullen |
THE MOVEMENT
The Movement was another band from Brighton with John Knightsbridge:
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THE MOVEMENT #? |
? |
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John Knightsbridge guitar | Dave Greenfield † keyboards | Pete Boughton | Tony Hobbs-Ainley | Susie Cope | Bernice Hobbs-Ainley |
| Other info on members of The Movement (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Not enough info (5): | Pete Boughton, Susie Cope, Dave Greenfield, Bernice Hobbs-Ainley, Tony Hobbs-Ainley |
THIRD WORLD WAR
In 1971, the band recruits new musicians for a tour:
In 1972, Third World War change their drummer for the recording of their 2nd album, Third World War II. This was the lineup:
There were more lineups at the very end of the band, without Hawken and Stamp, but can't find the complete info. Can someone help, please?
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THIRD WORLD WAR #? |
1971-1972 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Stamp vocals, guitar | John Knightsbridge guitar | Jim Avery bass | John Hawken keyboards | Paul Olsen drums |
In 1972, Third World War change their drummer for the recording of their 2nd album, Third World War II. This was the lineup:
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THIRD WORLD WAR #? |
1972 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Stamp vocals, guitar | John Knightsbridge guitar | Jim Avery bass | John Hawken keyboards | Jim Price sax | Craig Collinge drums |
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There were more lineups at the very end of the band, without Hawken and Stamp, but can't find the complete info. Can someone help, please?
| Other info on members of Third World War (I know up to 8 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Jim Avery, Craig Collinge, John Hawken |
| To be covered (4): | Ray Flacke, Paul Olsen, Jim Price, Terry Stamp |
GNIDROLOG
John joined Gnidrolog around 1973, after some internal problems in the band that led Nigel Pegrum and Stewart Goldring to abandon. This was the new lineup:
But things never were the same, and after six months, they split.
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GNIDROLOG #? |
1973 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Colin Goldring vocals, guitar | John Knightsbridge guitar | Pete Cowling † bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Benny ? drums |
But things never were the same, and after six months, they split.
| Other info on members of Gnidrolog (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | John ´Irish´ Earle |
| To be covered (2): | Pete Cowling, Nigel Pegrum |
| Not enough info (2): | Colin Goldring, Stewart Goldring |
TELEMACQUE
John was a member of this band, but haven't been able to find info about them. Help, please!
HUG
This was the 1975 lineup for a band called Hug. It was formed by original Manfred Mann's drummer, Mike Hugg:
They released an album, Neon dream, before disbanding.
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HUG #? |
1975 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Mike Hugg vocals, keyboards | John Knightsbridge guitar | Marcus James bass | Ron Telemacque drums |
They released an album, Neon dream, before disbanding.
| Other info on members of Hug (I know up to 4 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (2): | Mike Hugg, Ron Telemacque |
| Not enough info (1): | Marcus James |
ILLUSION
Illusion
In 1975, the original members of Renaissance started thinking about reforming the band. Since the band was still active, they decided using the name of their 2nd album as band name. That's how Illusion was born. They recorded some demos, trying to get a recording contract. But again, disgrace came when Keith Relf was electrocuted in his flat in Whitton on May 14th, 1976. They decided carrying on with new members, and that's when Knightsbridge joined them:
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ILLUSION #? |
1976-1979 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jane Relf vocals | Jim McCarty vocals | John Knightsbridge guitar | Louis Cennamo bass | John Hawken keyboards | Eddie McNeil drums |
They released an album, Out of the mist. Their 2nd album was called Illusion, being produced by Paul Samwell-Smith.
They started recording a 3rd album, but due to lack of interest, the band decided calling it a day in late 1979. Fortunately, these songs have finally been released in 1989, forming the album, Enchanted caress. The album also features the last recording ever made by Keith Relf, a song called 'All the falling angels', and guest appearances by Chas Cronk (bass) and Tony Fernandez (drums).
| Other info on members of Illusion (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Louis Cennamo, John Hawken |
| To be covered (3): | Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Jane Relf |
DANA GILLESPIE BAND
This was one of the many lineups for the wonderful Dana Gillespie Band around 1978:
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DANA GILLESPIE BAND #? |
1978 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dana Gillespie vocals | John Knightsbridge guitar | Barbara Spitz guitar | Neil Korner bass | John Hawken keyboards | Tony Hall † sax |
John Barker drums |
| Other info on members of Dana Gillespie Band (I know up to 32 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (4): | Dana Gillespie, John Hawken, Mike Paice, Bob Weston |
| To be covered (27): | Dino Baptiste, John Barker, Alain Baudry, Ed Deane, Shane Fontayne, Javier Garcia, Tony Hall, Chris Hunt, Evan Jenkins, Neil Korner, Glen LeFleur, David Malin, Sam Mitchell, Les Mizraki, Enrico Morena, Fred P G, Simon Phillips, Dave Rowberry, Matt Schofield, Todd Sharpville, Barbara Spitz, Carl Standbridge, Robin Sylvester, Jeff Walker, Martyn C Winning,... up to 27 musicians. |
FRANKIE REID & THE POWERHOUSE
John played from time to time with this band, as it also featured his mates Craig Collinge and John Hawken, but can't find info about the lineups or the period when this happened. Help, please!
ROY HILL BAND
Around 1979, this was the Roy Hill Band:
But when Roy Hill joins Strawbs, the complete band goes with him.
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ROY HILL BAND #? |
1979-Jul 80 |
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Roy Hill vocals | John Knightsbridge guitar | Chas Cronk bass | Bimbo Acock sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
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But when Roy Hill joins Strawbs, the complete band goes with him.
| Other info on members of Roy Hill Band (I know up to 11 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (9): | Bimbo Acock, Chas Cronk, Tony Fernandez, Roy Hill, Steve Shone, Mike Taylor, Gary Twigg, Jamie West Oram, Colin Wilkinson |
| Not enough info (1): | Ross McGeeny |
STRAWBS
This was the Strawbs in July 1980, having recruited the complete Roy Hill Band:
But people missed the original vocalist, Dave Cousins, so after a couple of gigs, they decided not carrying on (Strawbs reformed soon later with some of the original members, without John).
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STRAWBS #? |
Jul 80 |
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Roy Hill vocals | Brian Willoughby guitar, vocals | John Knightsbridge guitar | Chas Cronk bass | Andy Richards keyboards | Bimbo Acock sax |
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Tony Fernandez drums |
But people missed the original vocalist, Dave Cousins, so after a couple of gigs, they decided not carrying on (Strawbs reformed soon later with some of the original members, without John).
| Other info on members of Strawbs (I know up to 31 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (4): | Don Airey, Rod Coombes, John Hawken, Chris Parren |
| To be covered (26): | Bimbo Acock, Ron Chesterman, Lindsay L Cooper, Mailto Correa, Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk, Rod Demick, Claire Deniz, Sandy Denny, Tony Fernandez, John Ford, Roy Hill, Tony Hooper, Rick Hudson, Robert Kirby, Sonja Kristina, Dave Lambert, John Mealing, Andy Richards, Adam Wakeman, Oliver Wakeman, Rick Wakeman, Blue Weaver, Paul Wiffen, Brian Willoughby,... up to 26 musicians. |
RUTHLESS BLUES
This was the original lineup of the great band Ruthless Blues, around 1979:
Jeremy Truelove left the band in 1981.
New harmonicist for Ruthless Blues was the famous Johnny Mars, who joined around 1981:
Dave Blake left them in 1982, reducing the band to a quartet.
This was Rutless Blues in 1982:
The band split for a while when Jim McCarty reformed the Yardbirds in 1983.
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RUTHLESS BLUES #1 |
1979-1981 |
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Jeremy Truelove harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Dave Blake guitar | Paul McCallum bass | Jim McCarty drums |
Jeremy Truelove left the band in 1981.
New harmonicist for Ruthless Blues was the famous Johnny Mars, who joined around 1981:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #2 |
1981-1982 |
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Johnny Mars vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Dave Blake guitar | Paul McCallum bass | Jim McCarty drums |
Dave Blake left them in 1982, reducing the band to a quartet.
This was Rutless Blues in 1982:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #3 |
1982-1983 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Mars vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Paul McCallum bass | Jim McCarty drums |
The band split for a while when Jim McCarty reformed the Yardbirds in 1983.
THE YARDBIRDS
In March 1983, Jim McCarty reforms The Yardbirds, and John Knightsbridge is called to be the lead guitarist:
But, after a few months, they turned into Box of Frogs, without Knightsbridge.
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THE YARDBIRDS #? |
Mar 83-? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Feltham harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Chris Dreja guitar | Paul Samwell-Smith bass | Jim McCarty drums, vocals |
But, after a few months, they turned into Box of Frogs, without Knightsbridge.
| Other info on members of The Yardbirds (I know up to 27 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Denny Ball, Jeff Beck, Gypie Mayo |
| To be covered (23): | Johnny A, Kenny Aaronson, Eric Clapton, Rod Demick, Jerry Donahue, Chris Dreja, Mark Feltham, Laurence Garman, Alan Glen, John Idan, Ben King, Ray Majors, Jim McCarty, Billy-Boy Miskimmin, Andy Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Myke Scavone, Earl Slick, David Smale, Top Topham, Godfrey Townsend |
RUTHLESS BLUES (again)
After a short split, Rutless Blues comes to life again in 1984 with veteran drummer Tony Fernandez instead of their original member Jim McCarty:
But Johnny Mars left that same year 1984.
Now Rutless Blues changes harmonica for sax with the arrival of the fantastic John 'Irish' Earle in 1985:
But Earle's stay was quite brief.
In 1985, Steve Smith joins on harmonica:
This lineup remained together until 1986.
In 1986, John 'Irish' Earle rejoins Ruthless Blues, becoming a quintet:
But original member Paul McCallum left the band in 1987.
New bassist for Ruthless Blues in 1987 is Martyn Taylor:
They released the album Ruthless Blues. But the band stopped working for a second time this same year.
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RUTHLESS BLUES #4 |
1984 |
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Johnny Mars vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Paul McCallum bass | Tony Fernandez drums |
But Johnny Mars left that same year 1984.
Now Rutless Blues changes harmonica for sax with the arrival of the fantastic John 'Irish' Earle in 1985:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #5 |
1985 |
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|---|---|---|---|
John Knightsbridge guitar | Paul McCallum bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
But Earle's stay was quite brief.
In 1985, Steve Smith joins on harmonica:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #6 |
1985 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Paul McCallum bass | Tony Fernandez drums |
This lineup remained together until 1986.
In 1986, John 'Irish' Earle rejoins Ruthless Blues, becoming a quintet:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #7 |
1986 |
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Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Paul McCallum bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
But original member Paul McCallum left the band in 1987.
New bassist for Ruthless Blues in 1987 is Martyn Taylor:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #8 |
1987 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Martyn Taylor bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
They released the album Ruthless Blues. But the band stopped working for a second time this same year.
AND THEN...
I don't know what John did between 1987 and 1991. Any clue?
RUTHLESS BLUES (again)
In 1991, Ruthless Blues comes to life again with the same musicians from their last lineup with the only change of bassist, now with the superb Peter Rees:
But Rees stayed only some months in the band.
Rob Burns played many gigs with Ruthless Blues when their official bassist, Andy Herbert couldn't attend the concerts:
Peter Rees is replaced by Andy Herbert, still in 1991:
And I'm not sure, but I think they split again. Can someone confirm me that, please?
New lineup for Ruthless Blues in 1996, with another great bassist, Peter Stroud:
In 1997, John Earle left them.
So, in 1997, Ruthless Blues becomes a quartet again:
And in February 1999, Knightsbridge and Stroud left the band.
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RUTHLESS BLUES #9 |
1991 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Peter Rees bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
But Rees stayed only some months in the band.
Rob Burns played many gigs with Ruthless Blues when their official bassist, Andy Herbert couldn't attend the concerts:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Rob Burns bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
Peter Rees is replaced by Andy Herbert, still in 1991:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #10 |
1991 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Andy Herbert bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
And I'm not sure, but I think they split again. Can someone confirm me that, please?
New lineup for Ruthless Blues in 1996, with another great bassist, Peter Stroud:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #11 |
1996 |
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Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Peter Stroud bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
In 1997, John Earle left them.
So, in 1997, Ruthless Blues becomes a quartet again:
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RUTHLESS BLUES #12 |
1997-Feb 99 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Peter Stroud bass | Tony Fernandez drums |
And in February 1999, Knightsbridge and Stroud left the band.
| Other info on members of Ruthless Blues (I know up to 17 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Denny Ball, Rob Burns, John ´Irish´ Earle |
| To be covered (13): | Dave Blake, Chas Cronk, Steve Dixon, Tony Fernandez, Andy Herbert, Johnny Mars, Paul McCallum, Jim McCarty, Peter Rees, Steve Smith, Peter Stroud, Martyn Taylor, Jeremy Truelove |
AND THEN...
I haven't know any more things about John's musical career. It's like he's disappeared. Can someone help me with info, please?
UNRELEASED PROJECTS:
Denny Ball was deputy for Ruthless Blues on a few occasions. Don´t know the exact lineups, but it was probably with John Knightsbridge (guitar) and Tony Fernandez (drums).
DISCOGRAPHY: (14 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (9 credits)
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 14
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:
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:
THANKS:
Very Special Thanks to:
Dave Blake: for info on Ruthless Blues and John.
Special Thanks to:
Brandon Kincade: for writing.
Ian Cook: for info on Ruthless Blues.
Tony Hobbs-Ainley: for writing.
Keith Pullen: for writing.
Thanks to:
my friend Alex Gitlin: for some scans as well as album credits on Limey.
Mark Saunders: for his review of Ruthless Blues gigs.
Jeb Castelo: for info.
Also thanks for writing to:
Kjell Kristiansen, Gary Clarke, Nigel Morris-Cotterill.
WHAT'S NEW:
09/August/2010 - Page added to the blog.
02/October/2000 - Original page written by me (in the old site).
RELATED MUSICIANS:
John Knightsbridge mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
John Hawken (6)
Jim McCarty (6)
Louis Cennamo (5)
Eddie McNeil (5)
Jane Relf (5)
Tony Fernandez (4)
Paul Samwell-Smith (4)
Doug Bogie (3)
John Burns (2)
John ´Irish´ Earle (2)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 02/October/2000 - Last modified on: 22/September/2021. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
Please, note than you can check the indexes (musicians, bands, obituaries) at the top of this page.
UNRELEASED PROJECTS:
DISCOGRAPHY: (14 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (9 credits)
- Third World War II - Third World War (1972)
- Members: Jim Avery, Craig Collinge, Ray Flacke, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Jim Price, Terry Stamp
- Technical: George Chkiantz
- Neon dream - Hug (1975)
- Members: Mike Hugg, John Knightsbridge, Ron Telemacque
- Out of the mist - Illusion (1977)
- Members: Louis Cennamo, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Jane Relf
- Technical: Dennis MacKay
- Illusion - Illusion (1978)
- Members: Louis Cennamo, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Jane Relf
- Producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
- Ruthless! live at Kingston Poly - Ruthless Blues (1988) (LIVE)
- Members: John Knightsbridge
- Comments: Tape only, i think.
- Ruthless Blues - Ruthless Blues (1989)
- Members: Tony Fernandez, Andy Herbert, John Knightsbridge, Steve Smith (RIP: John ´Irish´ Earle)
- Guests: Dave Lennox, Gavin Povey
- Technical: John Burns
- Comments: CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks.
- Sure enough - Ruthless Blues (1992)
- Members: Tony Fernandez, John Knightsbridge, Steve Smith, Martyn Taylor (RIP: John ´Irish´ Earle)
- Enchanted caress - Illusion (November 1996)
- Members: Louis Cennamo, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Jane Relf (RIP: Keith Relf)
- Guests: Chas Cronk, Tony Fernandez
- Jane´s Renaissance - the complete Jane Relf recordings 1969-1995 - Jane Relf (November 2008)
- Members: Jane Relf + Louis Cennamo, Terry Crowe, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Neil Korner, Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Terry Slade (RIP: Michael Dunford, Keith Relf, John Tout)
- Guests: Paul Samwell-Smith, Don Shinn, Chris Spedding, Jeff Wayne (RIP: Tommy Eyre)
- Comments: Compilation including mostly tracks by Renaissance, Illusion and Stairway.
- The Island recordings - Illusion (November 2003)
- Members: Louis Cennamo, John Hawken, John Knightsbridge, Jim McCarty, Eddie McNeil, Jane Relf
- Guests: (RIP: Robert Kirby)
- Producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
- Technical: Mike Bobak
- Strange land - Box Of Frogs (May 1986)
- Members: Chris Dreja, John Fiddler, Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith
- Guests: Graham Gouldman, John Knightsbridge, Jimmy Page + Roger Chapman, Dave Clayton, Steve Hackett, Neil Lockwood, Dzal Martin, Max Middleton, Graham Parker, Juliet Roberts, Carol Thompson, Peter John Vettesse, Geraint Watkins (RIP: Ian Dury, Rory Gallagher)
- Time machine - Rick Wakeman (1988)
- Members: Rick Wakeman + Tony Fernandez, Ashley Holt, David Paton
- Guests: John Knightsbridge + Roy Wood
- Technical: John Burns
- Comments: Recorded from June to October 1987.
- Warm Dust - Warm Dust (1972)
- Members: John Bedson, Paul Carrack, Terry ´Tex´ Comer, Alan Soloman, John Surguy, Les Walker
- Guests: John Knightsbridge
- Producer: (RIP: Derek Lawrence)
- Technical: (RIP: Martin Birch)
- Silver eagle - Limey (1977)
- Members: Ian Kewley (RIP: Jim Rodford)
- Guests: Rod Argent, Bob Henrit + Paul Keogh, John Knightsbridge, Garth Watt-Roy, Tommy Willis (RIP: Tommy Eyre, Alan Spenner)
- Comments: Not much info about this band. Great musicians included: John Knightsbridge (guitar), Garth Watt-Roy (guitar), Paul Keogh (guitar), Alan Spenner (bass), Ian Kewley (keyboards), Tommy Eyre (flute, keyboards), and the rhythm section from Argent: Jim Rodford (bass, a brief member, later to join The Kinks) and Bob Henrit (drums).
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 14
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:
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:
THANKS:
Very Special Thanks to:
Special Thanks to:
Thanks to:
Also thanks for writing to:
WHAT'S NEW:
09/August/2010 - Page added to the blog.
02/October/2000 - Original page written by me (in the old site).
RELATED MUSICIANS:
John Knightsbridge mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
John Hawken (6)
Jim McCarty (6)
Louis Cennamo (5)
Eddie McNeil (5)
Jane Relf (5)
Tony Fernandez (4)
Paul Samwell-Smith (4)
Doug Bogie (3)
John Burns (2)
John ´Irish´ Earle (2)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 02/October/2000 - Last modified on: 22/September/2021. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
Please, note than you can check the indexes (musicians, bands, obituaries) at the top of this page.
John gave up playing completely,he got married and moved to America,I was a long time friend of Johns,there were some other cassette only releases from Ruthless Blues,recorded at the infamous"Angies" which I have somewhere,if I remember will dig out the info for you.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards
Richard
PS I used to run a uk fanzine called Yardbirds World for around 15 years,
This comment was from Richard Mckay, who was a friend of mine from 1962. He passes away last year. We followed Ruthless for several years and became friends with JK (and Jim McCarty). Richard had a host of recordings of RB and I have a few (LOL) pics of them. Great days!
DeleteOh, sad to read about Richard. He wrote his comment 12 years ago. Thanks a lot for writing, any input is very welcomed.
DeleteThanks for the info, Richard. I'd love getting that info about the cassette releases from Ruthless Blues. And if the fanzine name tells about its content, I´ll let you know that all the Yardbirds members (past and present: from Keith Relf to Billy-Boy Miskimmin) will be featured in my site. If you don't mind writing me by email, I'd like to ask you one thing about a Yardbirds photo I have from a TV concert in Spain in the 80s. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteyou might be able to reach John on the Myspace set up,I know he has a page or two on there.
No joke, Johnny Knightsbridge lives next door to me in Carmel, Indiana....still playing...still strong....
ReplyDeleteHi, Allen - please, when you see John, let him know about my page on him; I'd love to know from him, to speak about his career. He's so great!
DeleteHe lived in Indiana for around 15 years, now in Wisconsin
DeleteI worked with John Knightsbridge on a Paris gig for Third World War.If I remember rightly we both rehearsed at Track Records basement studio with John Speedy Keen of ThunderClap Newman but the band never gig.We had a mutual friend in Peter Cowling. Say hello to John from me Allen Bridgeman !
ReplyDeleteI worked with John Knightsbridge on a Paris gig for Third World War.If I remember rightly we both rehearsed at Track Records basement studio with John Speedy Keen of ThunderClap Newman but the band never gig.We had a mutual friend in Peter Cowling. Say hello to John from me Allen Bridgeman !
ReplyDeleteJohn was awesome with Illusion! That much I know.
ReplyDeletemolympus: Did you ever get a hold of John through Allen, his Carmel, Indiana neighbor?
Hi, A D - no I didn´t. Thanks for writing.
DeleteJohn now lives in Kenosha.
DeleteJohn is living in Wisconsin
ReplyDelete, now.
Kenosha
DeleteI met JK in the early 80s. when he joined Jim McCarty in the reformed Yardbirds, through Richard McKay. I don't know if Richard mentioned this to John, just in case I have passed your site on to John.
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