BANDS:
- Rudy Rome Orchestra
- The Favourite Sons [1965-1966]
- Freddie Mac Band [1966-1967]
- Billie Davis Band [Jun 67-Jul 67]
- Screaming Lord Sutch Band [Aug 67]
- Billie Davis Band [Aug 67-Sep 67]
- The Flowerpot Men [Oct 67-1968]
- David Garrick Band [1968]
- The Flowerpot Men [1968]
- Storm [1968]
- Bob & Earl [1969]
- Billy Fury Band [1969]
- Marsha Hunt Band [1969-1970]
- Warhorse [1970-1971]
BIOGRAPHY:
Superb, powerful guitar player and owner of a special sound, Ged Peck was an important part of the British scene of mid 60s.
Ged was born on October 19th, 1947 in West Hendon, London, England.
EARLY BANDS - SOME PHOTOS
When he was 14, he was playing in a Jewish Orchestra called Rudy Rome Orchestra.
THE FAVOURITE SONS
This is the first band I know with Ged Peck, but don´t know about the other three members:
|
THE FAVOURITE SONS #? |
1965-1966 |
|---|---|
Ged Peck guitar | + others unknown to me. Help! |
In 1966, the band backed Marc Bolan on what was his second single, 'The third degree / San Francisco poet', released in June 1966 by Decca label, and produced by Mike Hurst (of The Springfields).
They also backed Tommy Quickly in Scotland.
FREDDIE MAC BAND
In early 1966, Ged Peck joined the massive Freddie Mac Band. They continually changed personnel. The band went from 12 to 18 members at any one time! When Ged joined, these are some of the mates that played in the band:
Soon after Ged was recruited, the drummer was the great, late BJ Wilson:
Nick Simper left to form a new edition of The Pirates (now without Johnny Kidd, recently deceased). So, there were more lineups of Freddie Mac Band with Ged, but can´t find any details.
They played in France in 1968, toured Scotland and Ireland as well as all over Britain. And Ged finally left, after a year in the band.
|
FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
1966 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Alan Cartwright bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Soon after Ged was recruited, the drummer was the great, late BJ Wilson:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
1966 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Alan Cartwright bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | B J Wilson † drums | + others unknown to me. Help! |
When Alan Cartwright and BJ Wilson left (both later joined Procol Harum), Nick Simper and Roger Pinner (nicknamed Solly, also known under the alias Roger Truth) joined:
|
FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | Roger Truth drums | + others unknown to me. Help! |
The Piratesê | ||||||
Nick Simper left to form a new edition of The Pirates (now without Johnny Kidd, recently deceased). So, there were more lineups of Freddie Mac Band with Ged, but can´t find any details.
They played in France in 1968, toured Scotland and Ireland as well as all over Britain. And Ged finally left, after a year in the band.
| Other info on members of Freddie Mac Band (I know up to 35 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Tex Makins, Jeff Seopardie |
| To be covered (16): | Chris Burdett, Alan Cartwright, Mick Clarke, Billy Davidson, Roy Davies, Carl Douglas, Mick Eve, Steve Humphries, Dick Morrissey, Viv Prince, Art Regis, Nick Simper, Eddie Thornton, Roger Truth, Roger Warwick, B J Wilson |
BILLIE DAVIS BAND
Still in June 1967, Ged Peck got the job with female singer Billie Davis, replacing the pianist in the band, and thus rejoining his mates Simper and Little:
|
BILLIE DAVIS BAND #? |
Jun 67 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Billie Davis vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Carlo Little † drums |
The band was known as Billie Davis And The Quality.
And, still in June 1967, after a few gigs, Billie Davis augments her band with a keyboardist, P J Kelly:
|
BILLIE DAVIS BAND #? |
Jun 67-Jul 67 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Billie Davis vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | P J Kelly keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
At some point, Tex Makins took over Nick Simper in Billie Davis Band:
|
BILLIE DAVIS BAND #? |
1967 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Billie Davis vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Tex Makins bass | Carlo Little † drums | + keyboardist unknown to me. Maybe Art Regis? |
In July 1967, Art Regis joins Billie Davis Band:
|
BILLIE DAVIS BAND #? |
1967 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Billie Davis vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Art Regis keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
Screaming Lord Sutch Bandê | Screaming Lord Sutch Bandê | Screaming Lord Sutch Bandê | ||
When Billie stopped doing her concerts, Carlo Little asked Lord Sutch to rejoin him, bringing most of his mates with him.
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH BAND
In August 1967, this was Lord Sutch´s lineup:
|
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH BAND #? |
Aug 67 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êBillie Davis Band |
êBillie Davis Band |
êBillie Davis Band |
||
Screaming Lord Sutch † vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Freddie Fingers Lee keyboards, vocals | Carlo Little † drums |
Billie Davis Bandê | Billie Davis Bandê | Billie Davis Bandê | ||
They played a Welsh tour, as well as on odd gigs in London, the South coast and Newcastle.
Many of the players in Sutch's band returned to play for him over the next years, sometimes for just one gig, or a tour. This makes the chronology almost impossible!
I need to confirm this point: during 1967, I´d like to know if Ged stayed with Lord Sutch (now under the new name Lord Sutch & Roman Empire) from January to April. I guess the lineup wasn´t stable. Does anybody know? Some possible bandmates at that time can be: Tony Dangerfield, Matthew Fisher or Joel James.
| Other info on members of Screaming Lord Sutch Band (I know up to 137 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Clive Edwards, Mac Poole, Harry Reynolds |
| Old pages (6): | Herbie Armstrong, Jeff Beck, Rick Brown, Jimmy Jewell, Micky Waller, Dave Wendells |
| To be covered (127): | Mick Abrahams, Dave Adams, Neil Ainsby, Avid Andersen, Larry Anderson, Angi Antinori, John Banks, Johnny Bedder, Sid Berry, Neil Besmoori, Ritchie Blackmore, Derek Bond, Bob Burgos, Jim Byers, Johnny Casanova, Jerry Chapman, Fred Cheeseman, Vic Clark, Terry Clemson, Stuart Colman, Pete Cowling, Frogman Curtis, Brad Dallaston, Tony Dangerfield, Spencer Davies,... up to 127 musicians. |
BILLIE DAVIS BAND (again)
In August 1967, Billie Davis started playing gigs again, so her mates came back to play with her (although Peck, Simper and Little still were part of Lord Sutch Band):
Finally, in September 1967, when Billie Davis stopped touring again, the band was asked by Spencer Davis Management to tour backing the Flowerpot Men. All joined except Regis.
|
BILLIE DAVIS BAND #? |
1967 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êScreaming Lord Sutch Ban |
êScreaming Lord Sutch Ban |
êScreaming Lord Sutch Ban |
||
Billie Davis vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Art Regis keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
The Flowerpot Menê | The Flowerpot Menê | Jimmy James And The Vagabondsê | The Flowerpot Menê | |
Finally, in September 1967, when Billie Davis stopped touring again, the band was asked by Spencer Davis Management to tour backing the Flowerpot Men. All joined except Regis.
| Other info on members of Billie Davis Band (I know up to 11 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Tex Makins, Barry Reynolds |
| To be covered (5): | Phil Curtis, Billy Davidson, Carlo Little, Art Regis, Nick Simper |
THE FLOWERPOT MEN
In October 1967, the whole band is hired for playing as the live band for The Flowerpot Men, a nice, sweet band full of vocal harmonies:
|
THE FLOWERPOT MEN #? |
Oct 67-Jan 68 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êBillie Davis Band |
êBillie Davis Band |
êBillie Davis Band |
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Tony Burrows vocals | Neil Landon vocals | Pete Nelson vocals | Robin Shaw vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
In January 1968, the great Jon Lord replaces Davidson:
|
THE FLOWERPOT MEN #? |
Jan 68-Feb 68 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Burrows vocals | Neil Landon vocals | Pete Nelson vocals | Robin Shaw vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Jon Lord † keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
Roundaboutê | Roundaboutê | |||||||
They toured Europe, covering Denmark, Holland and Germany. But, just a month later, in February 1968, Lord and Simper leave to form Roundabout (the seed for Deep Purple).
In February 1968, Lord was replaced for a short time by Johnny Carroll. I don't know if there were more lineups in the meantime, but this was another great one, with the fantastic Tex Makins:
|
THE FLOWERPOT MEN #? |
1968 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Burrows vocals | Neil Landon vocals | Pete Nelson vocals | Robin Shaw vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Tex Makins bass | Johnny Carroll keyboards | Carlo Little † drums |
They recorded lots of live tracks for the BBC and other places, so maybe some of them have surfaced in compilations or reissues. Can someone tell me, please?
When Carroll leaves, the band didn't recruit a new keyboardist:
|
THE FLOWERPOT MEN #? |
1968 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Burrows vocals | Neil Landon vocals | Pete Nelson vocals | Robin Shaw vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Tex Makins bass | Carlo Little † drums |
DAVID GARRICK BAND
Around 1968, while still playing for The Flowerpot Men, the same musicians went to back singer David Garrick in a Swiss tour over Switzerland:
|
DAVID GARRICK BAND #? |
1968 |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
êThe Flowerpot Men |
êThe Flowerpot Men |
êThe Flowerpot Men |
|
David Garrick vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Tex Makins bass | Carlo Little † drums |
The Flowerpot Menê | The Flowerpot Menê | The Flowerpot Menê | |
| Other info on members of David Garrick Band (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Tex Makins |
| To be covered (2): | Carlo Little, Mick Rogers |
THE FLOWERPOT MEN (again)
After a while, Tex Makins left The Flowerpot Men, being replaced by Gordon Haskell:
Then, Ged left The Flowerpot Men.
|
THE FLOWERPOT MEN #? |
1968 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êDavid Garrick Band |
êDavid Garrick Band |
||||||
Tony Burrows vocals | Neil Landon vocals | Pete Nelson vocals | Robin Shaw vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Gordon Haskell bass | Carlo Little † drums |
Stormê | |||||||
Then, Ged left The Flowerpot Men.
| Other info on members of The Flowerpot Men (I know up to 14 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Jon Lord, Tex Makins |
| Old pages (1): | Micky Keene |
| To be covered (10): | Tony Burrows, Johnny Carroll, Billy Davidson, Gordon Haskell, Neil Landon, Carlo Little, Pete Nelson, Robin Shaw, Nick Simper, Mick Stewart |
STORM
Then, Ged Peck formed a band called Storm:
They went on tour across Europe late 1968. On Christmas day 1968, they played in Germany, France, and Germany again, all within hours of each other.
Coming back to Britain, they did an album which never saw the light of day, produced by Adrian Gurvitz (of Gun fame - Dangerfield and Gurvitz had been bandmates in Lord Sutch Band).
They played as backing band for several artists, as we´re going to read right now.
But, in the end, they parted ways.
|
STORM #? |
? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
êThe Flowerpot Men |
||
Ged Peck guitar | Tony Dangerfield † bass | Pete Phillips drums |
Marsha Hunt Bandê | Marsha Hunt Bandê | |
They went on tour across Europe late 1968. On Christmas day 1968, they played in Germany, France, and Germany again, all within hours of each other.
Coming back to Britain, they did an album which never saw the light of day, produced by Adrian Gurvitz (of Gun fame - Dangerfield and Gurvitz had been bandmates in Lord Sutch Band).
They played as backing band for several artists, as we´re going to read right now.
But, in the end, they parted ways.
BOB & EARL
In early 1969, the band Storm became the backing band for American singers, Bob And Earl:
|
BOB & EARL #? |
1969 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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êStorm |
êStorm |
êStorm |
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Bobby Relf † vocals | Earl Nelson † vocals | + | Ged Peck guitar | Tony Dangerfield † bass | Pete Phillips drums |
BILLY FURY BAND
And thereafter, still in 1969, the band Storm became the backing band for Billy Fury:
The band recorded a lot with Fury, but don´t know if anything was ever released. Does anybody know?
|
BILLY FURY BAND #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Billy Fury † vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Tony Dangerfield † bass | Pete Phillips drums |
The band recorded a lot with Fury, but don´t know if anything was ever released. Does anybody know?
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):
|
MARSHA HUNT BAND #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êStorm |
êStorm |
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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?
Now Marsha Hunt Band was a powerful quartet:
|
MARSHA HUNT BAND #? |
1969 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Marsha Hunt vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Pete Phillips drums |
They went on national tour and did the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival.
Around 1969, this was the Marsha Hunt Band, with Mac Poole replacing the departing Pete Phillips:
|
MARSHA HUNT BAND #? |
1969-1970 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Marsha Hunt vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Mac Poole drums |
Warhorseê | Screaming Lord Sutch Bandê | Warhorseê | |
As the band wasn´t playing many gigs, Simper left to rejoin Lord Sutch in 1969, but he wasn´t replaced. Finally, in 1970, the whole backing band left Marsha and formed a new combo, Warhorse.
| Other info on members of Marsha Hunt Band (I know up to 9 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Mac Poole, Bobby Stignac |
| To be covered (5): | Elton Dean, Marsha Hunt, Pete Phillips, Nick Simper, Roger Truth |
WARHORSE
Warhorse was formed (with the original working name of Iron Horse) in 1970 from the ashes of Marsha Hunt Band, with a promising young keyboardist, none other than Rick Wakeman:
|
WARHORSE #1 |
1970-Mar 70 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
êMarsha Hunt Band |
êMarsha Hunt Band |
êScreamin´ Lord Sutch Band |
êMarsha Hunt Band |
|
Ashley Holt vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Rick Wakeman keyboards | Mac Poole drums |
Strawbsê | ||||
Rick and Ged used to do all the arrangements. But Rick Wakeman left soon, in March 1970, as he got an offer from The Strawbs.
Frank Wilson is the new keyboardist in Warhorse:
|
WARHORSE #2 |
Mar 70-1971 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashley Holt vocals | Ged Peck guitar | Nick Simper bass | Frank Wilson keyboards | Mac Poole drums |
Their first album was Warhorse, released in November 1970. But things weren´t going well inside the band, and finally, Ged left them in mid 1971.
| Other info on members of Warhorse (I know up to 8 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Mac Poole |
| To be covered (6): | Ashley Holt, Barney James, Peter Parks, Nick Simper, Rick Wakeman, Frank Wilson |
AND THEN...
And then, I haven't known more things about his musical career, sadly. He returned to session work for a while, but then soon got out of the business.
DISCOGRAPHY: (3 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (1 credit)
- Warhorse - Warhorse (11/1970)
- The Warhorse story - vols I & II - Warhorse (1997)
- The Third degree / San Francisco poet (SINGLE) - Marc Bolan (06/1966)
- Members: (RIP: Marc Bolan)
- Guests: Ged Peck
- Comments: This was Marc Bolan´s second single, backed by the band Favourite Sons.
QUESTIONS:
01. Was Ged a member of The Circles (Lord Sutch´s backing band at the end of 1966)? Which were the lineup(s)?
02. Does Ged play in any track of The Flower Pot Men albums?
03. Did drummer Roger Truth also play with Marsha Hunt along with Ged and Nick Simper?
04. Did Ged play with Graham Bond and Dick Heckstall-Smith?
05. Did Ged form a band with Mitch Mitchell and Tony Dangerfield? Who else was in the band?
06. Is it true that Ged and Tex returned to Flowerpot Men after backing David Garrick?
07. Did Barry Kingston play keyboards in Flowerpot Men after Billy Davidson and before Jon Lord joined, in 1967?
08. Did Ged play with Vince Eager too?
09. Was Ged ever a member of The Pirates?
10. Does anybody know about Ged studio sessions? With James Royal?
11. Does Ged appear in the album released by Favourite Sons? Sorry, I haven´t the album...
12. Was Billy Davidson a member of Billie Davis Band?
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:
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:
- Billie Davis
- Screaming Lord Sutch
- The Flowerpot Men
- David Garrick
- Bob & Earl
- Billy Fury
- Billy Fury
- Marsha Hunt
- Warhorse
- Rick Wakeman
- Marc Bolan
THANKS:
Very Special Thanks to:
Special Thanks to:
Thanks to:
WHAT'S NEW:
29/March/2011 - Page added to the blog.
15/July/2003 - Original page written by me (in the old site).
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Ged Peck mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Ashley Holt (2)
Mac Poole (2)
Nick Simper (2)
Frank Wilson (2)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 15/July/2003 - Last modified on: 18/July/2012. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
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