BANDS:
| BAND | PERIOD | DETAILS |
| Green Goddess | [1977] | 1 recording |
| Atomic Rooster | [1977-?] | |
| Tommy (cast) | [Feb 79-1979] | |
| Musicians Union Rock Workshop Unit | [1979-1996] | |
| Cayenne | [?-1981] | |
| Garth Hewitt Band | [1980-?] | 1 recording |
| Morrissey-Mullen | [1981] | |
| Nucleus | [1981-1984] | |
| Zoot Money Band | [?-1982] | |
| Eric Burdon Band | [1982-1983] | 1 recording |
| Abbacadabra (cast) | ||
| Eric Burdon Band (again) | [1984-Jun 86] | |
| Roland Clinic Tour | ||
| First Light | ||
| Ready For Action | ||
| The Backroom Boys | [1992-1997] | |
| Graham & The Dolphins | ||
| Ruthless Blues | ||
| Barry Venn & The Dolphins | ||
| The Barracudas | ||
| SETI | [2000-2001] | |
| Oxo Cubans | [2007-?] | |
| John Egenes Band | 4 recordings | |
| Subject2change | 2 recordings | |
| The Verlaines | 2 recordings |
BIOGRAPHY:
Virtuoso bassist, Rob Burns has played with many great bands and soloists. He was born Robert George Henry Burns on February 24th, 1953 in Willesden, London, England.
Copyright of the photo: Zoran Veselinovic (http://www.photozoran.com/)
Since September 1972, when he became a professional musician, Rob Burns toured and recorded with The Stylistics, Sam & Dave, Edwin Starr, Isaac Hayes and Oscar Toney Jr., but I haven´t further details.
GREEN GODDESS
In the winter of 1977, Vincent Crane, moved by the news of a national fire service strike , released under the monicker Green Goddess, a single called ´Fire Fighter´:
After that, the band planned some tour, but then they changed their name to Atomic Rooster.
|
GREEN GODDESS #? |
1977 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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êAtomic Rooster |
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Vincent Crane † keyboards | Rob Burns bass | Eike Erzmoneit drums | + maybe others, unknown to me. Help! |
Atomic Roosterê | Atomic Roosterê | Atomic Roosterê | |
After that, the band planned some tour, but then they changed their name to Atomic Rooster.
| Other info on members of Green Goddess (I know up to 3 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (2): | Vincent Crane, Eike Erzmoneit |
ATOMIC ROOSTER
Vincent Crane renamed his project Green Goddess as Atomic Rooster for a tour:
But the project was soon aborted due to Vincent´s health problems.
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ATOMIC ROOSTER #? |
1977-? |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
êGreen Goddess |
êGreen Goddess |
êGreen Goddess |
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Vincent Crane † keyboards | Rob Burns bass | Eike Erzmoneit drums | + maybe others, unknown to me. Help! |
But the project was soon aborted due to Vincent´s health problems.
| Other info on members of Atomic Rooster (I know up to 19 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (18): | Ginger Baker, Steve Bolton, Vincent Crane, John DuCann, Barry Eardley, Eike Erzmoneit, Chris Farlowe, Pete French, John Goodsall, Nick Graham, Paul Hammond, Preston Heyman, Brian Juniper, John Mizarolli, Carl Palmer, Rick Parnell, Tony Super-Smooth, Bernie Torme |
TOMMY (CAST)
In February 1979, Tommy was announced as a musical at the Queen´s Theatre in London. Pete Townshend chose Rob Burns for playing in the band:
But the stage show managed just a three month run.
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TOMMY (CAST) #? |
Feb 79-1979 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allan Love vocals | Anna Nicholas vocals | Kevin Williams vocals | Sue Bond vocals | Steve Devereaux vocals | Bob Grant vocals |
Peter Straker narrator | + | Simon Webb musical director, keyboards | Les Davidson guitar | Jamie Moses guitar | Rob Burns bass |
Kevin Leeman keyboards | Jim Wilson trumpet | Pat Crumly † sax | Mike Page sax | Philip Walker french horn | John Mitchell percussion |
Peter Woolf drums |
But the stage show managed just a three month run.
| Other info on members of Tommy (cast) (I know up to 28 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Graham Bell, Les Davidson |
| To be covered (10): | Elkie Brooks, Roger Chapman, Merry Clayton, Pat Crumly, David Essex, Marsha Hunt, Jamie Moses, Viv Stanshall, Roy Wood, Peter Woolf |
| Not enough info (15): | Sue Bond, Steve Devereaux, Bob Grant, Kevin Leeman, Allan Love, John Mitchell, Anna Nicholas, Bill Oddie, Mike Page, John Pertwee, Peter Straker, Philip Walker, Simon Webb, Kevin Williams, Jim Wilson |
MUSICIANS UNION ROCK WORKSHOP UNIT
Rob Burns replaced Colin Hodgkinson in the team in 1979, and ran the band for 17 years. Other musicians in the band included Colin Dudman (keys), Adrian Tilbrook (drums), Ronnie Johnson (guitar), Geoff Dunn (drums), Tim Stone (guitar), Damon Butcher (keys), John Cook (keys), Ted McKenna (drums) and Tony Bourke (drums), but don´t know the exact lineups.
This was one of the longest time serving teams playing for the Musicians Union Rock Workshop Unit:
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MUSICIANS UNION ROCK WORKSHOP UNIT #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Les Davidson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Mick Parker keyboards | Richard Marcangelo drums |
| Other info on members of Musicians Union Rock Workshop Unit (I know up to 23 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (4): | Les Davidson, Chris Glen, Allan Holdsworth, Adrian Tilbrook |
| Old pages (1): | Colin Hodgkinson |
| To be covered (17): | Tom Blades, Tony Bourke, Damon Butcher, Paul Carmichael, Geoff Castle, John Cook, Colin Dudman, Geoff Dunn, Ronnie Johnson, Bill Le Sage, Richard Marcangelo, Richard Morcombe, Mick Parker, Tim Stone, Glyn Thomas, Derek Wadsworth, Don Weller |
CAYENNE
Rob Burns was the original bassist in Cayenne, a band formed by Robert Greenfield with many musicians from the band Gonzalez:
It´s almost impossible getting info about complete lineups of Cayenne, so any help with info would be very welcomed!
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CAYENNE #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Greenfield guitar | Rob Burns bass | Ron Carthy † trumpet | Bud Beadle sax | Steve Gregory sax | Chris Fletcher percussion |
Glen LeFleur drums |
It´s almost impossible getting info about complete lineups of Cayenne, so any help with info would be very welcomed!
| Other info on members of Cayenne (I know up to 33 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (32): | Bud Beadle, Damon Butcher, Tim Cansfield, Steve Carter, Ron Carthy, John Chambers, Eddy Chin, Robin Clayton, Phil Crabbe, Raul D´Oliveira, Roy Davies, Steve Dawson, John Eldridge, Chris Fletcher, Marc Fox, Alastair Gavin, Robert Greenfield, Steve Gregory, Gary Griffiths, Gary Hammond, Glen LeFleur, Jody Linscott, Nick Marangoni, Tony Maronie, Alberta Negroni, Victoria Newton, Paul Nieman, Marc Parnell, Roberto Pla, Paul Redfern, Fayyaz Virji, Steve Waterman |
GARTH HEWITT BAND
Rob Burns joined Garth Hewitt Band in 1980 in time for an Australian tour with some of the musicians that appeared in Under the influence (can someone tell me who they were, please?):
Rob also played in couple of British tours and more album tracks in 1982 (maybe for the Record of the weak album? I don´t know, as I don´t own the album). Tom Blades produced them.
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GARTH HEWITT BAND #? |
1980-1982 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Garth Hewitt vocals | Tom Blades guitar | Rob Burns bass | Bob Haddrell keyboards | Steve Bruce drums |
Rob also played in couple of British tours and more album tracks in 1982 (maybe for the Record of the weak album? I don´t know, as I don´t own the album). Tom Blades produced them.
| Other info on members of Garth Hewitt Band (I know up to 9 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (6): | Tom Blades, Dave Christopher, Dave Green, Bob Haddrell, Cliff Hall, Graeme Murray |
| Not enough info (2): | Steve Bruce, Garth Hewitt |
MORRISSEY-MULLEN
Rob Burns played bass for Morrissey-Mullen in 1981, replacing Robin Clayton:
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MORRISSEY-MULLEN #? |
1981 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Morrissey † sax | Jim Mullen guitar | Carol Kenyon vocals | Rob Burns bass | John Critchinson † keyboards | Neal Wilkinson drums |
Nucleusê | |||||
After a while, Rob Burns left to join Nucleus (being replaced by Joe Hubbard).
| Other info on members of Morrissey-Mullen (I know up to 30 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | John Critchinson, Bruce Lynch, Jeff Seopardie |
| To be covered (26): | Chris Ainsworth, Trevor Barry, Tony Beard, Johnny Burch, Damon Butcher, Clive Chaman, Robin Clayton, Martin Drew, Chris Fletcher, Frank Gibson Jr, Claire Hamill, Joe Hubbard, Gary Husband, Pete Jacobsen, Carol Kenyon, Noel McCalla, John McKenzie, Brian Miller, John Mole, Dick Morrissey, Phil Mulford, Jim Mullen, Tessa Niles, Mark Smith, Henry Thomas,... up to 26 musicians. |
NUCLEUS
Rob Burns joined Nucleus in late 1981. This was new lineup:
They stayed together until early 1984, although there were a few deps: Geoff Castle came back for some gigs here in Spain, Tim Whitehead depped for Phil Todd, and Gary Husband depped for John Marshall.
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NUCLEUS #? |
1981-1984 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Carr † trumpet, flugelhorn | Mark Wood guitar | Rob Burns bass | Phil Todd sax | John Marshall drums | + |
Geoff Castle keyboards, some gigs | Tim Whitehead sax, some gigs | Gary Husband drums, some gigs |
They stayed together until early 1984, although there were a few deps: Geoff Castle came back for some gigs here in Spain, Tim Whitehead depped for Phil Todd, and Gary Husband depped for John Marshall.
| Other info on members of Nucleus (I know up to 45 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Harry Beckett, Jon Hiseman, Allan Holdsworth |
| Old pages (2): | Billy Kristian, Ray Russell |
| To be covered (39): | Roy Babbington, Gordon Beck, Bob Bertles, Paul Carmichael, Ian Carr, Geoff Castle, Jeff Clyne, Tony Coe, Aureo De Souza, Chris Fletcher, Nic France, Bernie Holland, Joe Hubbard, Gary Husband, Karl Jenkins, Dill Katz, Tony Levin, Dave MacRae, Davide Mantovani, John Marshall, Ron Matthewson, Chucho Merchan, Jim Mullen, Jocelyn Pitchen, Tony Roberts,... up to 39 musicians. |
ZOOT MONEY BAND
This was the superb Zoot Money Band, probably circa 1981:
Eric Burdon guested with them and invited Zoot, Crumly and Burns to do a European tour in 1982.
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ZOOT MONEY BAND #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Zoot Money vocals, keyboards | Les Davidson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Pat Crumly † sax | Paul Robinson drums |
Eric Burdon Bandê | Eric Burdon Bandê | Eric Burdon Bandê | ||
Eric Burdon guested with them and invited Zoot, Crumly and Burns to do a European tour in 1982.
| Other info on members of Zoot Money Band (I know up to 38 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Les Davidson, Nick Newell |
| Old pages (2): | Miller Anderson, Pat Donaldson |
| To be covered (33): | Colin Allen, Jeff Allen, Johnny Almond, John Beecham, Sam Brown, Bernie Burns, Boz Burrell, Clive Burrows, Gary Bush, David Castle, Jeff Condon, Mike Cotton, Pat Crumly, Barry Dean, John Dean, Gary Foote, Peter Grant, Ronnie Johnson, Steve Laffy, Mornington Lockett, Lem Lubin, Paul MacCallum, Zoot Money, Micky Moody, Phil Mulford,... up to 33 musicians. |
ERIC BURDON BAND
Eric Burdon called Zoot Money and part of his band to join him for a European tour in 1982:
But this lineup was short-lived, as Burdon reunited The Animals in 1983 (taking with him Zoot Money and Steve Grant).
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1982-1983 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Colin Pincott guitar | Steve Grant guitar | Rob Burns bass | Zoot Money keyboards, vocals | Terry Stannard drums |
The Animalsê | The Animalsê | The Animalsê | |||
But this lineup was short-lived, as Burdon reunited The Animals in 1983 (taking with him Zoot Money and Steve Grant).
ABBACADABRA (CAST)
In December 1983, Cameron Mackintosh produced an English version of the French TV show Abbacadabra at the Lyric Hammersmith theatre in London, directed by Peter James. These were some of the players:
The show closed doors in January 1984.
Both Elaine Paige and B A Robertson (dueting with Frida) released singles from the musical (produced by Mike Batt), but I wonder if Rob Burns appears in any of those recordings...
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ABBACADABRA (CAST) #1 |
Dec 83-Jan 84 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elaine Paige vocals | Finola Hughes vocals | B A Robertson vocals | Jena Russell vocals | Michael Praed vocals | Phil Daniels vocals |
Sylvester McCoy vocals | Nigel Hartman vocals | Richard Hagon vocals | Dexter Fletcher vocals | Claude Paul Henry vocals | Stewart Avon Arnold vocals |
Linda-Mae Brewer vocals | Geoff David vocals | Jayne Leigh Collins vocals | + | Simon Webb director, keyboards | Les Davidson guitar |
Rob Burns bass | Trevor Yorke keyboards | Bill Worrell keyboards | Ken Poole piccolo, flute, sax | Glyn Matthews percussion | Richard Marcangelo drums |
The show closed doors in January 1984.
Both Elaine Paige and B A Robertson (dueting with Frida) released singles from the musical (produced by Mike Batt), but I wonder if Rob Burns appears in any of those recordings...
| Other info on members of Abbacadabra (cast) (I know up to 23 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Les Davidson |
| To be covered (4): | Phil Daniels, Richard Marcangelo, B A Robertson, Bill Worrell |
| Not enough info (17): | Stewart Avon Arnold, Linda-Mae Brewer, Jayne Leigh Collins, Geoff David, Dexter Fletcher, Richard Hagon, Nigel Hartman, Claude Paul Henry, Finola Hughes, Glyn Matthews, Sylvester McCoy, Elaine Paige, Ken Poole, Michael Praed, Jena Russell, Simon Webb, Trevor Yorke |
ERIC BURDON BAND (again)
Copyright of the photo: Zoran Veselinovic (http://www.photozoran.com/)
Copyright of the photo: Zoran Veselinovic (http://www.photozoran.com/)
At the start of 1984, Eric Burdon resumed his own Eric Burdon Band (The Animals were reunited in 1983, with Zoot Money). Brian Godding joined Eric for most of the year, thus reuniting with old mate Zoot:
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1984 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Brian Godding guitar | Rob Burns bass | Zoot Money keyboards | Pat Crumly † sax | Mitch Harwood drums |
+ | Steve Grant guitar, sometimes |
This particular lineup included many songs that Eric had not previously performed (covers of Warren Zevon, Woody Guthrie or Bruce Springsteen´s ´Working life´, to name a few). They played good concerts in Spain. This lineup lasted about 3-4 months, when Zoot and Pat Crumly departed.
The Eric Burdon Band kept on as a trio for a while, playing in Germany and again in Spain:
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1984 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Brian Godding guitar | Rob Burns bass | Mitch Harwood drums |
But Eric Burdon soon augmented the band again with Steve Grant (usually playing with Alan Price - he also played with The Animals in 1983):
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1984 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Brian Godding guitar | Rob Burns bass | Steve Grant keyboards, guitar | Mitch Harwood drums |
They made some recordings that remain unreleased, and toured Australia in the winter of 1984. After that, Brian Godding left the band.
This was the Eric Burdon Band that recorded the live album That´s live in March 1985, with Tom Blades replacing Brian Godding:
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1985 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Tom Blades guitar, keyboards | Rob Burns bass | Mitch Harwood drums |
Late in 1985, John Cook joins Eric Burdon Band:
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ERIC BURDON BAND #? |
1985 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Burdon vocals | Tom Blades guitar | Rob Burns bass | John Cook keyboards | Mitch Harwood drums |
And in June 1986, Rob Burns left the band when he became a clinician for Roland (being replaced by Steve Stroud).
| Other info on members of Eric Burdon Band (I know up to 110 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Brian Chatton, Brian Godding |
| Old pages (3): | Derek Austin, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Weaver |
| To be covered (104): | Robert Ahwai, Brian Auger, Karma Auger, Ronnie Barron, Les Binks, Tom Blades, Tony Braunagel, Greg Brown, John ´Rabbit´ Bundrick, Eric Burdon, Aalon Butler, Carl Carlton, Mike Carr, Jackie Carter, Paul Christie, Steve Conte, John Cook, Chris Couchois, Pat Couchois, Mark Craney, Paul Crowder, Pat Crumly, Russ Cummings, Frank Diez, Dave Dover,... up to 104 musicians. |
ROLAND CLINIC TOUR
This was a great lineup of musicians for a Roland Clinic Tour, probably around 1986:
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ROLAND CLINIC TOUR #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Tim Stone guitar | Rob Burns bass | Tommy Eyre † keyboards | Ted McKenna drums |
At some time, Micky Moody replaced Tim Stone along the Roland Clinic Tour:
|
ROLAND CLINIC TOUR #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Micky Moody guitar | Rob Burns bass | Tommy Eyre † keyboards | Ted McKenna drums |
Another great lineup of musicians for a different Roland Clinic series of gigs at Earls Court Olympia around several days:
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ROLAND CLINIC TOUR #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Mark Wood guitar | Rob Burns bass | Nick Graham keyboards | Mike Giles drums |
Drummer Danny Gottlieb sat with the band in some of the demonstrations.
| Other info on members of Roland Clinic Tour (I know up to 8 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Tommy Eyre |
| To be covered (6): | Mike Giles, Nick Graham, Ted McKenna, Micky Moody, Tim Stone, Mark Wood |
FIRST LIGHT
First Light was a band formed by guitar great Ronnie Johnson and drummer Geoff Dunn. Rob Burns played bass with the band in the 80s:
|
FIRST LIGHT #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Johnson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Roy Shipston keyboards | Geoff Dunn drums |
| Other info on members of First Light (I know up to 10 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (9): | Earl Appleton, Geoff Dunn, Greg Harewood, Paul Honey, Ronnie Johnson, Phil Mulford, Rob Rawlinson, Roy Shipston, Paul Williams |
READY FOR ACTION
Ready for Action was a soul review band, formed by:
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READY FOR ACTION #? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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êThe Kick Horns |
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Steve Stapley vocals | Tim Cansfield guitar | Jim Preen guitar | Rob Burns bass | Keith Miller † keyboards | Roddy Lorimer trumpet |
|
êThe Kick Horns |
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Simon Clarke sax | Richard Marcangelo drums |
| Other info on members of Ready For Action (I know up to 8 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (5): | Tim Cansfield, Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer, Richard Marcangelo, Keith Miller |
| Not enough info (2): | Jim Preen, Steve Stapley |
THE BACKROOM BOYS
During 1992 to 1997, Rob Burns was a member of The Backroom Boys, a band formed by guitarists Jerry Donahue and Doug Morter. The drummer was Paul Burgess or Gerry Conway:
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THE BACKROOM BOYS #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Donahue guitar | Doug Morter guitar | Rob Burns bass | Paul Burgess drums | OR | Gerry Conway drums |
They also did a gig with James Burton guesting on guitar when James was presented with his Fender signature Telecaster.
| Other info on members of The Backroom Boys (I know up to 12 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (11): | Arran Ahmun, Paul Burgess, Matt Clifford, Gerry Conway, Julian Dawson, Jerry Donahue, Rick Kemp, Doug Morter, Foss Paterson, Alan Thomson, Pete Zorn |
GRAHAM & THE DOLPHINS
Graham & The Dolphins was a pub band headed by Barry Venn with superb musicians:
But, after a while, Bob Weston left (to be replaced by Clem Clempson, probably around 1989).
New guitarist for Graham & The Dolphins was the great, veteran Clem Clempson, circa 1989, replacing Bob Weston:
When Robin Lumley left the band, they changed their name to Barry Venn & The Dolphins.
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GRAHAM & THE DOLPHINS #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Bob Weston † guitar | Rob Burns bass | Robin Lumley keyboards | John ´Willie´ Wilson drums |
But, after a while, Bob Weston left (to be replaced by Clem Clempson, probably around 1989).
New guitarist for Graham & The Dolphins was the great, veteran Clem Clempson, circa 1989, replacing Bob Weston:
|
GRAHAM & THE DOLPHINS #? |
1989-? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Clem Clempson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Robin Lumley keyboards | John ´Willie´ Wilson drums |
When Robin Lumley left the band, they changed their name to Barry Venn & The Dolphins.
| Other info on members of Graham & The Dolphins (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Bob Weston |
| Old pages (1): | Clem Clempson |
| To be covered (3): | Robin Lumley, Barry Venn, John ´Willie´ Wilson |
RUTHLESS BLUES
Rob Burns played many gigs with Ruthless Blues when their official bassist, Andy Herbert couldn´t attend the concerts:
|
RUTHLESS BLUES #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Smith vocals, harmonica | John Knightsbridge guitar | Rob Burns bass | John ´Irish´ Earle † sax | Tony Fernandez drums |
| Other info on members of Ruthless Blues (I know up to 17 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Denny Ball, John ´Irish´ Earle, John Knightsbridge |
| 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 |
BARRY VENN & THE DOLPHINS
Barry Venn changed the band name, as it started to be his own band without a stable lineup, only friends and colleagues that played with him. Clem Clempson appeared several times with them. In September 1993, the lineup was:
They used to play lots of blues standards, as well as covers of songs by Fleetwood Mac and Cream.
Barry Venn continued under this name with some other famous musicians (such as Neil Hubbard). Other great guests and friends that used to play with the band were: Phil May (from Pretty Things), David Gilmour (from Pink Floyd fame), Tim Renwick, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Raf Ravenscroft, Tony O'Malley, just to name a few.
This was a different lineup for Barry Venn & The Dolphins in March 1994, now with the great Tony O´Malley on keyboards:
|
BARRY VENN & THE DOLPHINS #? |
Sep 93 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Clem Clempson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Tim Hinkley keyboards | John ´Willie´ Wilson drums | + sometimes, some of: |
Phil May vocals | Tim Renwick guitar | Neil Hubbard guitar | Jay Stapley guitar | Snowy White guitar | Dick Heckstall-Smith † sax |
Raphael Ravenscroft † sax |
They used to play lots of blues standards, as well as covers of songs by Fleetwood Mac and Cream.
Barry Venn continued under this name with some other famous musicians (such as Neil Hubbard). Other great guests and friends that used to play with the band were: Phil May (from Pretty Things), David Gilmour (from Pink Floyd fame), Tim Renwick, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Raf Ravenscroft, Tony O'Malley, just to name a few.
This was a different lineup for Barry Venn & The Dolphins in March 1994, now with the great Tony O´Malley on keyboards:
|
BARRY VENN & THE DOLPHINS #? |
1994 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Clem Clempson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Tony O´Malley keyboards | John ´Willie´ Wilson drums |
Another stellar lineup for Barry Venn & The Dolphins, circa 1994:
|
BARRY VENN & THE DOLPHINS #? |
1994 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Steve Simpson guitar | David Gilmour guitar | Mick Ralphs guitar | Rob Burns bass | Robin Lumley keyboards |
John ´Willie´ Wilson drums |
| Other info on members of Barry Venn & The Dolphins (I know up to 17 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Dick Heckstall-Smith, Raphael Ravenscroft, Tim Renwick |
| Old pages (4): | Clem Clempson, David Gilmour, Tim Hinkley, Steve Simpson |
| To be covered (9): | Neil Hubbard, Robin Lumley, Phil May, Tony O´Malley, Mick Ralphs, Jay Stapley, Barry Venn, Snowy White, John ´Willie´ Wilson |
THE BARRACUDAS
The band Barry Venn & The Dolphins changed its name again, now to The Barracudas, although this time the ´boss´ was Clem. The band also included Clem's son, Joel, a great drummer. This was circa 1995:
Barry Venn went to lead Barry Venn & False Pretences, whose album was produced by... Clem Clempson with guest appearances by Ronnie Leahy. Barry also acts as stage manager for Colosseum. A nice 'family'... :)
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THE BARRACUDAS #? |
1995 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Venn vocals, guitar | Clem Clempson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Ronnie Leahy keyboards | Joel Clempson drums |
Barry Venn went to lead Barry Venn & False Pretences, whose album was produced by... Clem Clempson with guest appearances by Ronnie Leahy. Barry also acts as stage manager for Colosseum. A nice 'family'... :)
| Other info on members of The Barracudas (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | Clem Clempson |
| To be covered (4): | Joel Clempson, Ronnie Leahy, Barry Venn, John ´Willie´ Wilson |
SETI
SETI was a band formed by Robin Lumley around 2000, trying to blend rock and classical (Rod McGrath was a classical cellist):
Rob Burns left the band in 2001 when he moved to New Zealand.
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SETI #? |
2000-2001 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Wilson guitar | Rob Burns bass | Robin Lumley keyboards | Rod McGrath cello | Graeme Edge drums |
Rob Burns left the band in 2001 when he moved to New Zealand.
| Other info on members of SETI (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (3): | Graeme Edge, Robin Lumley, Ian Wilson |
| Not enough info (1): | Rod McGrath |
AND THEN...
Rob also wrote articles for the ´Bassist´ magazine (later turned into ´Guitarist´ magazine).
Rob played bass on all four seasons of Not The Nine O'Clock News (including the albums and the live show, Not In Front of The Audience), Alas Smith and Jones, Blackadder series 3, the first episode of Mr. Bean and 2.4 Children, as well as 11 seasons of Red Dwarf.
There are more TV soundtracks, but I still need to elaborate that info...
As I´ve said, Rob moved to New Zealand in 2001 to start teaching music at the University of Otago, but he keeps very active in that musical scene, as we´re going to read.
OXO CUBANS
In January 2007, Rob Burns joined the band Oxo Cubans:
The core of the band is Reeves / Wright / Rodeka, and they are backed by other musicians, depending on their availability.
|
OXO CUBANS #? |
Jan 07 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Craig Reeves vocals | Rob Burns bass | Doug Wright keyboards | Marcel Rodeka drums |
The core of the band is Reeves / Wright / Rodeka, and they are backed by other musicians, depending on their availability.
| Other info on members of Oxo Cubans (I know up to 17 members) | |
|---|---|
| Not enough info (16): | Neville Copland, Georgie Daniell, Terry Ebeling, Murray Fiora, David Harrison, Mike Hood, Steve Hudson, Kirstin MacDonald, John Meddings, Jacqui Nyman-Ambrose, Jeff Rea, Craig Reeves, Kylie Rice, Marcel Rodeka, Cath Short, Doug Wright |
JOHN EGENES BAND
Rob Burns also plays live backing country artist John Egenes:
|
JOHN EGENES BAND #? |
? |
|
|---|---|---|
John Egenes guitar, mandolin | Rob Burns bass | + others unknown to me. Help! |
| Other info on members of John Egenes Band (I know up to 2 members) | |
|---|---|
| Not enough info (1): | John Egenes |
SUBJECT2CHANGE
Subject2change is a fusion band from Dunedin, New Zealand:
|
SUBJECT2CHANGE #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Harrison guitar | Rob Burns bass | Trevor Coleman keyboards, trumpet | Nick Cornish sax | Dan Bendrups trombone | Paul McLennan-Kissel drums |
This is the current lineup for Subject2change:
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SUBJECT2CHANGE #? |
? |
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David Harrison guitar | Rob Burns bass | Trevor Coleman keyboards, trumpet | Nick Cornish sax | Dan Bendrups trombone | Robbie Craigie drums |
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| Not enough info (6): | Dan Bendrups, Trevor Coleman, Nick Cornish, Robbie Craigie, David Harrison, Paul McLennan-Kissel |
THE VERLAINES
The Verlaines is a band from Dunedin, New Zealand, led by Graeme Downes, where Rob Burns is now a member:
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Graeme Downes vocals, guitar | Tom Healy guitar | Rob Burns bass | Stephen Small keyboards | Darren Stedman drums |
| Other info on members of The Verlaines (I know up to 12 members) | |
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| Not enough info (11): | Jane Dodd, Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Russell Flemming, Tom Healy, Phillip Higham, Greg Kerr, Anita Pillai, Stephen Small, Darren Stedman, Robbie Yeats |
UNRELEASED PROJECTS:
DISCOGRAPHY: (23 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (12 credits)
- Fire fighter / Crazy bout my baby (SINGLE) - Green Goddess (1977)
- Members: Rob Burns, Eike Erzmoneit (RIP: Vincent Crane)
- Under the influence - Garth Hewitt (1981)
- Members: Tom Blades, Rob Burns, Bob Haddrell
- Guests: Bryn Haworth, Luis Jardim, Jan Pulsford, Pete Willsher (RIP: Ron Aspery, Vicki Brown)
- That´s live - Eric Burdon & Band (1985) (LIVE)
- Members: Eric Burdon + Tom Blades, Rob Burns, Mitch Harwood
- Neck of the wood - Jerry Donahue (1992)
- Members: Jerry Donahue + Rob Burns
- Guests: John Jorgenson + Paul Burgess, Gerry Conway, Julian Dawson, Pat Donaldson, Steve Duncan, Jim Goodall, Stu Hamm, Garth Hudson, Robin Lumley, Dave Mattacks, Dave Peacock, Dave Pegg, Alan Thomson (RIP: Maartin Allcock)
- Producer: Hugh Murphy
- Technical: Jerry Boys, Simon Heyworth
- Crucifixion - John Egenes (February 2006)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Fretbuzz - John Egenes (February 2007)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Guests: Robert Scott
- #1 - Subject2change (2008) (LIVE)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Corporate moronic - The Verlaines (2009)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Up for air - John Egenes (February 2009)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Soundtracks and inventions - Subject2change (2011)
- Members: Rob Burns
- The Stone soup sessions - John Egenes (May 2011)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Guests: Mark Andes
- Untimely meditations - The Verlaines (March 2012)
- Members: Rob Burns
- Close your eyes - a collection 1965-1986 - Vincent Crane (2008)
- Members: Arthur Brown, Rob Burns, Ray Dorset, Eike Erzmoneit, Kevin Rowland (RIP: Vincent Crane)
- Guests: Peter Green (RIP: Rory Gallagher)
- Comments: 2CD compilation covering many of the bands where Vincent Crane played: Vincent Crane Big Sound, The World Engine, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Katmandu, Dexys Midnight Runners, Green Goddess, collaborations with Rory Gallagher, and mostly, his own creation Atomic Rooster. It includes demos and live recordings.
- Bass-Talk! - VVAA (1989)
- Guests: Thomas Bauer, Rob Burns, Kim Clarke, Laurence Cottle, Torsten De Winkel, Bruce Ditmas, Kai Eckhardt, Mo Foster, Wolfgang Haffner, Colin Hodgkinson, Wolfgang Schmid, Ian Thomas
- Producer: Peter Cox
- Technical: John Timperley
- Comments: Bassists' paradise! Twelve bassists playing here in tracks recorded from 1985 to 1989. With Mo Foster (his track is ´Waves´), Kai Eckhardt & Torsten De Winkel (Kai was lately with Trilok Gurtu and The Glympse), Laurence Cottle (the track ´Browns´ backed by Ian Thomas), Frank Itt, Wolfhound´s Kick, Hattler/Kraus, Kim Clarke, Benjamin Hûllenkremer and Berliner Bass Ballett. Colin Hodgkinson´s track, ´Southpaw rag´ (unfortunately, it's very short, only 1:28) is from 1986. CD edition has 3 bonus tracks by: Rob Burns (track ´Gavotte in D´), Hellmut Hattler and Norbert Dömling.
- The Last temptation of Elvis - VVAA (1990)
- Guests: Rob Burns, Mickey Gallagher, Bob Glaub, Daryl Hall, Paul Harris, Richard Marcangelo, Paul McCartney, John Oates, Robert Plant, John Sambataro, Steve Shone, Bruce Springsteen, Tim Stone, Tanita Tikaram, Chris Whitten, Pete Willsher (RIP: Mick Green, Jeff Healey, Lemmy, Ian McLagan, Keith Miller, Jeff Porcaro, Elvis Presley, Viv Stanshall)
- Producer: Rod Argent, Peter Murray, Chuck Plotkin, Peter Van Hooke (RIP: Roy Carr)
- Technical: Larry Alexander, Mark Bruce, Ted Bunting, Bob Clearmountain, Roger King, Toby Scott (RIP: Bernard Edwards, Damian Korner)
- Comments: 2LP featuring versions of songs associated to Elvis Presley, by great artists, such as Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen (with Ian McLagan), Tanita Tikaram, Jeff Healey, Viv Stanshall (track produced by Rob Burns and Keith Miller who also played bass and keyboards, plus Tim Stone on guitar and Francis Seriau on drums), and many others.
- Stroke songs for Chris Knox - VVAA (November 2009)
- Guests: Rob Burns, Neil Finn, Robert Scott (RIP: Bill Doss, Peter Gutteridge)
- Comments: 2CD benefit album for musician Chris Knox, who suffered a stroke (thus the album title). It features tracks by many artists, including The Verlaines (with Rob Burns on bass).
- Debut - Strange Fruit (1980)
- Members: Geoff Castle, Billy Kristian, Richard Morcombe, Roger Sellers, Brian Smith, Ted Speight
- Guests: Rob Burns, Chris Fletcher, Robbie McIntosh, Tim Whitehead
- House of satire - The Doomsday Clock (1997)
- Guests: Mick Abrahams, Rod Argent, Clive Bunker, Rob Burns, Graeme Edge, Tracy Graham, Robin Lumley, Mick Parker, Nick Payn (RIP: Jim Rodford)
- Technical: Robin Black, Chris Blair
- Comments: This was a project by Mark Law around 1996, recruiting Mick Abrahams, Jim Rodford and Clive Bunker as rhythm section, with additional vocalists and players.
- Back from Palookaville - Arthur Louis (1998)
- Members: Les Davidson, Noel McCalla, John McKenzie, Nick Payn
- Guests: Michael Bailey, Richard Bailey, Rob Burns, Simon Clarke, Winston Delandro, Andy Hamilton, Sonia Jones, Roddy Lorimer, Robin Lumley, Richard Marcangelo, Tim Sanders, Steve Simpson (RIP: Keith Miller, Don Myrick)
- Black cat - Arthur Louis (2009)
- Members: Blair Cunningham, Les Davidson, Noel McCalla, John McKenzie, Nick Payn
- Guests: Michael Bailey, Richard Bailey, Rob Burns, Simon Clarke, Winston Delandro, Andy Hamilton, Randy Hope-Taylor, Sonia Jones, Roddy Lorimer, Robin Lumley, Tim Sanders, Steve Simpson (RIP: Keith Miller, Don Myrick)
- Blackadder OST - Howard Goodall ( - )
- Guests: Tom Blades, Rob Burns, Richard Marcangelo, Gavin Povey, Mark Stephens
- Comments: These are the musicians that appeared in the music by fantastic, funny TV series Blackadder. Don´t know if this was ever released.
- Red Dwarf OST - Howard Goodall ( - )
- Guests: Tom Blades, Rob Burns, Richard Edwards, Richard Marcangelo, Mark Stephens
- Comments: This is the soundtrack for TV series Red dwarf, but I don´t know if this was ever released.
- The Best of David Wilcox - David Wilcox (1985)
- Members: David Wilcox
- Guests: Rob Burns, Dave Flett, Mitch Harwood, Tim Stone (RIP: Keith Miller)
- Comments: Compilation with some unreleased track.
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 25
Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:
- Lotsawatts... - Brian Godding´s Official Website
- Tim Hinkley
- Tim Renwick Official Website
- Tim Renwick (Myspace)
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:
- Jim Mullen
- Nucleus
- Zoot Money
- Eric Burdon
- Ruthless Blues
- Tim Hinkley
- Tim Renwick
- Neil Hubbard
- Dick Heckstall-Smith
- Steve Simpson
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:
Assorted links:
RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 1
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 Rob Burns, please, also write me with the link.
- Subject2Change - Subject2Change #3 Subject2Change live in December 2007. (Resolution: 480)
Featuring: Dan Bendrups, Rob Burns, Trevor Coleman, Nick Cornish, David Harrison, Paul McLennan-Kissel.
THANKS:
Very Special Thanks to:
Special Thanks to:
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Rob Burns mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
John Egenes (6)
Dan Bendrups (4)
Tom Blades (4)
Gunther Flutney (4)
Robin Lumley (4)
Richard Marcangelo (4)
Keith Miller (4)
Trevor Coleman (3)
John Dodd (3)
Graeme Downes (3)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 08/April/2014 - Last modified on: 17/January/2019. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
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Hi, I now have a Wiki page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Burns. Could you please add that to the above list? Thanks! BTW I always play with The Verlaines and we are about to release a double album (my third) on Flying Nun Records. Best regards, Rob
ReplyDeleteHi, Rob! Great to know from you again. The link is included, and I've made a slight change to the text for The Verlaines...
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