BIOGRAPHY:
Percussionist, also credited as Bobby John or Bobby Johns. I don´t have too much data about him, so any info someone could provide would be very interesting. I have big gaps in his career, so I just include the data I have on him.
BANDS:
| BAND | PERIOD | DETAILS |
| Marsha Hunt Band | [1969] | |
| Gonzalez | 6 recordings | |
| Paz | ||
| Diablo | ||
| The Engine Room Collective | ||
| Red Hot Sunday Band |
MARSHA HUNT BAND
Ged Peck and Pete Phillips joined Marsha Hunt with the new bass player being Ged's mate, Nick Simper (having left Deep Purple in July 1969), as well as percussionist Bobby Stignac (later to join Gonzalez with Chris Mercer):
I´m not sure of the period, but I guess it was still 1969. But Stignac didn't stay too much in the band.
I have live footage of the band at the Bilzen Festival in 1969, and I see two black percussionists in the band. Can someone tell me who could he be, apart from Bobby Stignac? I´m not sure of the lineup appearing here, can someone confirm me that, please?
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MARSHA HUNT BAND #? |
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Marsha Hunt vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Bobby Stignac percussion | Pete Phillips drums |
I´m not sure of the period, but I guess it was still 1969. But Stignac didn't stay too much in the band.
I have live footage of the band at the Bilzen Festival in 1969, and I see two black percussionists in the band. Can someone tell me who could he be, apart from Bobby Stignac? I´m not sure of the lineup appearing here, can someone confirm me that, please?
| Other info on members of Marsha Hunt Band (I know up to 9 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Ged Peck, Mac Poole |
| To be covered (5): | Elton Dean, Marsha Hunt, Pete Phillips, Nick Simper, Roger Truth |
GONZALEZ
Oh, this is hard to track! Gonzalez was a British band, formed around 1971, whose members weren't a stable lineup. The lineup could include from 10 up to 30 musicians.
Bobby Stignac was their main percussionist after the first couple of years, and became a constant member.
When they were ready to record their first album, the main core of the band consisted of:
- George Chandler (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- DeLisle Harper (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Geoffrey 'Bud' Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Allan Sharpe (percussion)
- Bobby Stignac (percussion) (as Bobby Johns)
- Richard Bailey (drums)
- Glen LeFleur (drums)
They released their first, self-titled Gonzalez album in 1974, with this lineup.
This is the lineup for Gonzalez in November 1974:
Their second album, Our only weapon is our music, was recorded by:
- Viola Wills (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- Lenny Zakatek (guitar)
- Robert Ahwai (guitar)
- Larry Steele (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Lance Dixon (keyboards)
- Ken Freeman (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Malcolm Griffiths (trombone)
- Godfrey McLean (percussion)
- Allan Sharpe (percussion)
- Preston Heyman (drums)
- Glen LeFleur (drums)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
Finally there's some Gonzalez album released on CD. There's a 2in1 CD containing the 1st and the 2nd albums (that is, Gonzalez (1974) and Our only weapon is our music (1975)). It's a release from June 1998 in the label See For Miles.
This is the lineup for some BBC sessions for Gonzalez in October 1975, with Viola Wills as guest lead vocals:
The third album, Shipwrecked, features this lineup:
- Linda Taylor (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- Lenny Zakatek (guitar)
- Steve Waller (guitar, vocals)
- John Giblin (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Colin Jacas (trombone)
- Martin Drover (horns)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
- Richard Bailey (drums)
For some reason, it seems that Haven't stopped dancin', released in 1979, is a reissue of Shipwrecked (released in 1977).
In their fifth album, Move it to the music, there are new changes:
- Linda Taylor (vocals)
- Alan Marshall (vocals)
- Tim Cansfield (guitar, vocals)
- Hugh Bullen (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Colin Jacas (trombone)
- Martin Drover (horns)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
- Sergio Castillo (drums)
Their last album was Watch your step, but I don't know the lineup, as I don't have it. Help, please!
Bobby Stignac was their main percussionist after the first couple of years, and became a constant member.
When they were ready to record their first album, the main core of the band consisted of:
- George Chandler (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- DeLisle Harper (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Geoffrey 'Bud' Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Allan Sharpe (percussion)
- Bobby Stignac (percussion) (as Bobby Johns)
- Richard Bailey (drums)
- Glen LeFleur (drums)
They released their first, self-titled Gonzalez album in 1974, with this lineup.
This is the lineup for Gonzalez in November 1974:
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GONZALEZ #? |
1974 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Chandler vocals | Gordon Hunte guitar | Robert Ahwai guitar | DeLisle Harper bass | Roy Davies † keyboards | Ron Carthy † trumpet |
Chris Mercer sax | Mick Eve sax | Steve Gregory sax, flute | Bud Beadle horn | Bobby Stignac percussion | Glen LeFleur drums |
Their second album, Our only weapon is our music, was recorded by:
- Viola Wills (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- Lenny Zakatek (guitar)
- Robert Ahwai (guitar)
- Larry Steele (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Lance Dixon (keyboards)
- Ken Freeman (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Malcolm Griffiths (trombone)
- Godfrey McLean (percussion)
- Allan Sharpe (percussion)
- Preston Heyman (drums)
- Glen LeFleur (drums)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
Finally there's some Gonzalez album released on CD. There's a 2in1 CD containing the 1st and the 2nd albums (that is, Gonzalez (1974) and Our only weapon is our music (1975)). It's a release from June 1998 in the label See For Miles.
This is the lineup for some BBC sessions for Gonzalez in October 1975, with Viola Wills as guest lead vocals:
|
GONZALEZ #? |
1975 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Chandler vocals | Gordon Hunte guitar | Robert Ahwai guitar | Larry Steele bass | Roy Davies † keyboards | Ron Carthy † trumpet |
Chris Mercer sax | Mick Eve sax | Malcolm Griffiths trombone | Bobby Stignac percussion | Glen LeFleur drums | Richard Bailey drums |
+ | Viola Wills † vocals |
The third album, Shipwrecked, features this lineup:
- Linda Taylor (vocals)
- Gordon Hunte (guitar)
- Lenny Zakatek (guitar)
- Steve Waller (guitar, vocals)
- John Giblin (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Mick Eve (sax)
- Steve Gregory (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Colin Jacas (trombone)
- Martin Drover (horns)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
- Richard Bailey (drums)
For some reason, it seems that Haven't stopped dancin', released in 1979, is a reissue of Shipwrecked (released in 1977).
In their fifth album, Move it to the music, there are new changes:
- Linda Taylor (vocals)
- Alan Marshall (vocals)
- Tim Cansfield (guitar, vocals)
- Hugh Bullen (bass)
- Roy Davies (keyboards)
- Chris Mercer (sax)
- Bud Beadle (sax)
- Ron Carthy (trumpet)
- Colin Jacas (trombone)
- Martin Drover (horns)
- Bobby Stignac (drums)
- Sergio Castillo (drums)
Their last album was Watch your step, but I don't know the lineup, as I don't have it. Help, please!
Without any human form to include here all their members, they continued playing together, in their own albums as Gonzalez, as well as in many other albums by different artists, until 1986, when founder member Roy Davies died. Many of the members kept on playing together in a new band, Cayenne.
| Other info on members of Gonzalez (I know up to 48 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (5): | Hugh Bullen, Sergio Castillo, Gordon Hunte, Chris Mercer, Nick Newell |
| To be covered (42): | Robert Ahwai, Louise Arthurworrey, Richard Bailey, Bud Beadle, Tim Cansfield, Ron Carthy, George Chandler, Phil Chen, Gerry Conway, Roy Davies, Winston Delandro, Carl Douglas, Martin Drover, Mick Eve, Steve Ferrone, Rosko Gee, John Giblin, Steve Gregory, Malcolm Griffiths, Kuma Harada, DeLisle Harper, Preston Heyman, Randy Hope-Taylor, Janice Hoyte, Colin Jacas,... up to 42 musicians. |
PAZ
Bobby Stignac played with Paz in many gigs at London:
Can someone give me more details, please?
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PAZ #? |
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|---|---|---|
Dick Crouch † percussion | Bobby Stignac percussion | + other members unknown to me. Help! |
Can someone give me more details, please?
| Other info on members of Paz (I know up to 20 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Brian Godding |
| Old pages (1): | Allan Holdsworth |
| To be covered (17): | Geoff Castle, Graham Clark, Dick Crouch, Bosco D´Oliveira, Chris Dagley, Chris Fletcher, Gary Husband, Ron Matthewson, Jim Mullen, Roberto Pla, Adam Salkeld, Martin Shaw, Dave Sheen, Ted Speight, Rob Statham, Ray Warleigh, Matt Wates |
DIABLO
Diablo was a Latin rock band featuring Don King and Ray King. Bobby Stignac played with them from time to time, but can´t get more complete info:
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DIABLO #? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Don King percussion | Bobby Stignac percussion | Ray King drums | + others unknown to me. Help! |
| Other info on members of Diablo (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (1): | Diane Stewart |
AND THEN...
And then, I have a huge gap (more than 20 years!) where I haven´t been able to find info about Bobby. Help, please...
THE ENGINE ROOM COLLECTIVE
The Engine Room Collective is a band formed by drummer Matthew Phillip, and they are specialists at backing pan steel players.
This was their lineup in May 2007:
This was the personnel for The Engine Room Collective in July 2007:
In July 2008, The Engine Room Collective played gigs again with this lineup:
This was their lineup in May 2007:
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THE ENGINE ROOM COLLECTIVE #? |
2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kwadjo Amponsem bass | Michael Bailey bass | Hugo Del Mirani keyboards | Ray Carless sax | Bobby Stignac percussion | Matthew Phillip drums |
This was the personnel for The Engine Room Collective in July 2007:
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THE ENGINE ROOM COLLECTIVE #? |
2007 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiris Houston guitar, keyboards | Curtis Ruiz bass | Felix Ruiz keyboards | Ray Carless sax | Bobby Stignac percussion | Matthew Phillip drums |
In July 2008, The Engine Room Collective played gigs again with this lineup:
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THE ENGINE ROOM COLLECTIVE #? |
2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiris Houston guitar, keyboards | Michael Bailey bass | Ray Carless sax | Bobby Stignac percussion | Matthew Phillip drums |
| Other info on members of The Engine Room Collective (I know up to 10 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (2): | Michael Bailey, Ray Carless |
RED HOT SUNDAY BAND
Red Hot Sunday Band is a band that plays every Sunday night at the Prince of Wales Pub in Willesden Lane, Kilburn. The band is a loose conglomerate of excellent session players who get together just for the fun of it. The core of the band is:
I wish I was there to attend these gigs!
Sometimes, when Felix Ruiz is not available, Red Hot Sunday Band gets the aid of great keyboardist James Lascelles:
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RED HOT SUNDAY BAND #? |
2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winston Delandro guitar | Michael Bailey bass | Felix Ruiz keyboards | Mick Eve sax | Frank Williams sax | Bobby Stignac percussion |
Miguel Barradas steel drums | Richard Bailey drums | + others members and vocalists, unknown to me. Help! |
I wish I was there to attend these gigs!
Sometimes, when Felix Ruiz is not available, Red Hot Sunday Band gets the aid of great keyboardist James Lascelles:
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RED HOT SUNDAY BAND #? |
2013 |
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Amalia Economos vocals | Winston Delandro guitar | Michael Bailey bass | James Lascelles keyboards | Rupert Cobb trumpet | Mick Eve sax |
Frank Williams sax | James Lawrence trombone | Bobby Stignac percussion | Richard Bailey drums |
| Other info on members of Red Hot Sunday Band (I know up to 12 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | James Lascelles |
| To be covered (4): | Michael Bailey, Richard Bailey, Winston Delandro, Mick Eve |
DISCOGRAPHY: (8 albums known to me - Status: In progress)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (6 credits)
- Gonzalez - Gonzalez (1974)
- Members: Richard Bailey, Bud Beadle, George Chandler, Mick Eve, Steve Gregory, Delisle Harper, Gordon Hunte, Glen LeFleur, Chris Mercer, Allan Sharpe, Bobby Stignac (RIP: Ron Carthy, Roy Davies)
- Technical: John Burns (RIP: Tony Clarke)
- Comments: There was a vinyl reissue in year 2000 from the label Soul Brother that deleted some tracks from the original album and added 3 tracks taken from Our only weapon is our music.
- Our only weapon is our music - Gonzalez (1975)
- Members: Robert Ahwai, Bud Beadle, Mick Eve, Steve Gregory, Malcolm Griffiths, Preston Heyman, Gordon Hunte, Glen LeFleur, Godfrey McLean, Chris Mercer, Allan Sharpe, Larry Steele, Bobby Stignac, Lenny Zakatek (RIP: Ron Carthy, Roy Davies)
- Guests: Lance Dixon, Ken Freeman (RIP: Viola Wills)
- Shipwrecked - Gonzalez (1977)
- Members: Richard Bailey, Bud Beadle, Martin Drover, Mick Eve, John Giblin, Steve Gregory, Gordon Hunte, Colin Jacas, Chris Mercer, Bobby Stignac, Linda Taylor, Lenny Zakatek (RIP: Ron Carthy, Roy Davies, Steve Waller)
- Move it to the music - Gonzalez (1979)
- Members: Bud Beadle, Hugh Bullen, Tim Cansfield, Martin Drover, Colin Jacas, Alan Marshall, Chris Mercer, Bobby Stignac, Linda Taylor (RIP: Ron Carthy, Sergio Castillo, Roy Davies)
- Haven´t stopped dancin´ - Gonzalez (1979)
- Members: Richard Bailey, Bud Beadle, Martin Drover, Mick Eve, John Giblin, Steve Gregory, Gordon Hunte, Colin Jacas, Chris Mercer, Bobby Stignac, Linda Taylor, Lenny Zakatek (RIP: Ron Carthy, Roy Davies, Steve Waller)
- Guests: Paul Riser
- Producer: Gloria Jones
- Technical: Wally Traugott
- Haven´t stopped - Gonzalez (1996)
- Members: Robert Ahwai, Richard Bailey, Bud Beadle, Tim Cansfield, Martin Drover, Mick Eve, John Giblin, Steve Gregory, Preston Heyman, Randy Hope-Taylor, Janice Hoyte, Gordon Hunte, Colin Jacas, Glen LeFleur, Alan Marshall, Godfrey McLean, Chris Mercer, Trevor Murrell, Errol Reid, Kevin Robinson, Larry Steele, Bobby Stignac, Lenny Zakatek (RIP: Ron Carthy, Roy Davies)
- Guests: Roberto Pla
- Comments: This was a new album by Gonzalez that appeared around 2001 (I´m not sure of the date, as I haven´t the album). 10 new tracks, plus 3 old tracks.
- Two gentlemen of Verona (London cast) - VVAA (1973)
- Guests: Helen Chappelle, Paul Cosh, Melvyn Gale, Derek Griffiths, Vicky Silva, Bobby Stignac (RIP: Bill Eyden)
- Flute music - Dudu Pukwana (1975)
- Members: (RIP: Dudu Pukwana, John Stevens)
- Guests: Pete Cowling, Bobby Stignac, Victor Williams (RIP: Mongezi Feza)
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 3
From the great site DME (by Dmitry M. Epstein), we have fantastic interviews:
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:
Thanks to:
WHAT'S NEW:
17/July/2013 - Added info about Red Hot Sunday Band. Thanks to Hanspeter Kuenzler.
08/October/2010 - Page added to the blog.
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Bobby Stignac mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Bud Beadle (6)
Ron Carthy (6)
Roy Davies (6)
Chris Mercer (6)
Mick Eve (5)
Steve Gregory (5)
Gordon Hunte (5)
Richard Bailey (4)
Martin Drover (4)
Colin Jacas (4)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 08/October/2010 - Last modified on: 17/July/2013. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
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Bobby stignac is my father i be happy to give u more infomation do you have an e-mail address??
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteMy name is Ray King, during the mid seventies, whilst your father was with Gonzalez, he also gigged with various other bands, including Paz at many of the W.London pubs on the circuit, and with Diablo (a latin rock band) with whom I was the drummer, and my father Don King, was on timbales. Our regular conga player was Bobby de Montez.
Diane Stewart ex Airforce, who was Graham Bonds wife was also a member at one point.
I have a good photo of him from the period after a gig in Kent with all six members of Diablo.
Ray
Hi, Ray
DeleteThanks for your message. I'm the webmaster of this site, and I'd love if you could send me a copy of this photo, please. I'd also like to ask you for info about the additional members of Diablo. Please, write me at molympus1@gmail.com. If you want, you can see some photos of Diane Stewart in my page about Aliki Ashman (the photos are from 1970, when they sang together in Airforce).
Hi
ReplyDeleteI am Katalin and I have been playing playing with Bobby Stignac for about a year and now we play every Tuesday in the Portobello area the lineup also includes Mick Eve on tenor sax http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/clubs_bars/venue-map-8115.php
Hi, Kata
DeleteThanks for writing! Could you give me more info, please? Is the band the Red Hot Sunday Band or a different band? Can you write me to molympus1@gmail.com with info about the other players, please? Mick Eve, what a great legend to me! He's already featured in my pages about his mates Chris Mercer or Speedy Acquaye.