Great bassist, I haven´t found any biographical info on Kevin Powell, so I just include the bands I know where he has played.
STEVE HARLEY BAND
This was Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel in October 1979 concert in London:
In December 1980, the lineup for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel gets smaller, losing 2 members:
This is the lineup for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel around August 1981
This is the lineup for Steve Harley + Cockney Rebel from a video I have (probably circa 1982):
In June 1983, Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel plays a special concert:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1979 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Alan Darby guitar | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Guy Fletcher keyboards | Lindsay Elliott percussion |
Stuart Elliott drums |
In December 1980, the lineup for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel gets smaller, losing 2 members:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1980 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Guy Fletcher keyboards | Lindsay Elliott drums |
This is the lineup for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel around August 1981
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1981 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Rick Driscoll guitar | Alan Darby guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Guy Fletcher keyboards | + drummer unknown to me. Help, please! |
This is the lineup for Steve Harley + Cockney Rebel from a video I have (probably circa 1982):
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1982 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Rick Driscoll guitar, vocals | Kevin Powell bass | Ian Nice keyboards | Barry Wickens violin, guitar, vocals | Lindsay Elliott drums |
In June 1983, Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel plays a special concert:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1981 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Harley vocals | Alan Darby guitar | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Ian Nice keyboards | Barry Wickens violin |
Lindsay Elliott drums | Martin Jay backing vocals | Suzanne Murphy backing vocals |
CHRIS REA BAND
This was the Chris Rea Band that played in Ireland in December 1983:
By they way, their concert in the German TV Beat Club program showed a female vocalist. Who was she?
This was the Chris Rea Band in 1984:
But the Chris Rea Band was augmented with 2 additional members for part of the 1984 tour (around July):
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CHRIS REA BAND #? |
Dec 83 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Rea vocals, guitar | Jerry Stevenson guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Kevin Leach keyboards | Gilson Lavis drums | + some female backing vocalist. Help, please! |
By they way, their concert in the German TV Beat Club program showed a female vocalist. Who was she?
This was the Chris Rea Band in 1984:
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CHRIS REA BAND #? |
1984 |
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Chris Rea vocals, guitar | Jerry Stevenson guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Kevin Leach keyboards | Jeff Seopardie drums |
But the Chris Rea Band was augmented with 2 additional members for part of the 1984 tour (around July):
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CHRIS REA BAND #? |
1984 |
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Chris Rea vocals, guitar | Jerry Stevenson guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Kevin Leach keyboards | Graham Watson keyboards | Martin Ditcham percussion |
Jeff Seopardie drums |
| Other info on members of Chris Rea Band (I know up to 24 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Jeff Seopardie, Jerry Stevenson, Linda Taylor |
| Old pages (1): | Colin Hodgkinson |
| To be covered (19): | Robert Ahwai, Martin Ditcham, Neil Drinkwater, Dave Dryden, Ed Hession, Tony Hicks, Paul Hirsh, Gilson Lavis, Kevin Leach, Sylvin Marc, Dave Mattacks, Max Middleton, Eoghan O´Neill, Adrian Rea, Chris Rea, Pete Shaw, Graham Watson, Tommy Willis, Mick Wilson |
STEVE HARLEY BAND (again)
Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel repeats lineup for the concert in December 1984:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
Dec 84 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Alan Darby guitar | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Ian Nice keyboards | Barry Wickens violin |
Lindsay Elliott drums | Martin Jay backing vocals | Suzanne Murphy backing vocals |
MIDGE URE BAND
This was the Midge Ure Band around 1985, with the legendary Zal Cleminson on guitar:
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MIDGE URE BAND #? |
1985 |
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Midge Ure vocals, guitar | Zal Cleminson guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Danny Mitchell | Craig Armstrong | Kenny Hyslop drums |
| Other info on members of Midge Ure Band (I know up to 28 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Mark Brzezicki |
| To be covered (13): | Martin Allcock, Rupert Black, Steve Brzezicki, Zal Cleminson, Troy Donockley, Russell Field, Carol Isaacs, Jerry Meehan, Josh Phillips, Midge Ure, Steve Williams, David Williamson, John Young |
| Not enough info (13): | Craig Armstrong, Jeremy Black, Willie Dowling, J C Grimshaw, Simon Gwilliam, Kenny Hyslop, Danny Mitchell, Christian Pattemore, Sam Pattemore, Jake Rodrigues, Jerry Rosier, Kate Stephenson, Charles Round Turner |
ALISON MOYET BAND
Kevin Powell has been a member of Alison Moyet Band, but can´t find info about the other players or the period. Can someone help me, please?
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ALISON MOYET BAND #? |
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Alison Moyet vocals | Kevin Powell bass | + others unknown to me. Help! |
| Other info on members of Alison Moyet Band (I know up to 9 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (4): | Graham Foster, David Levy, Graeme Turner, Annabel Williams |
| Not enough info (4): | David Ballard, Steve Cradock, Christian Marsac, Alison Moyet |
STEVE HARLEY BAND (again)
Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel plays the Come back, all is forgiven tour around March 1989:
Same lineup in their tour in June 1989 for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel until the end of the year:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1989 |
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Steve Harley vocals | Alan Darby guitar | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Ian Nice keyboards | Barry Wickens violin |
Stuart Elliott drums |
Same lineup in their tour in June 1989 for Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel until the end of the year:
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STEVE HARLEY BAND #? |
1989 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Harley vocals | Alan Darby guitar | Rick Driscoll guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Ian Nice keyboards | Barry Wickens violin |
Stuart Elliott drums |
| Other info on members of Steve Harley Band (I know up to 50 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Jimmy Horowitz, Francis Monkman, Jo Partridge |
| Old pages (2): | Jim Cregan, James Lascelles |
| To be covered (44): | Lincoln Anderson, Tom Arnold, Paul Ayrie, Victoria Beebee, Phil Beer, Stu Calver, Jean Paul Crocker, Alan Darby, Andy Dowling, Rick Driscoll, Bill Dyer, Lindsay Elliott, Stuart Elliott, Guy Fletcher, George Ford, Paul Francis, John Giblin, Robbie Gladwell, Lilly Gonzales, Steve Harley, Susan Harvey, Gavin Hodgson, Adam Houghton, Martin Jay, Paul Jeffreys,... up to 44 musicians. |
MCCALLA
In 1993, Mick Dyche reunites with some of his old mates in Sniff'n'The Tears, in the band McCalla (fronted by great singer Noel McCalla):
They released two albums, Push & pull (with contributions by Jim Mullen, among others), and Hot from the smoke (with help from Ian Maidman on bass).
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MCCALLA #? |
? |
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Noel McCalla vocals | Mick Dyche guitar | Kevin Powell bass | Alan Fealdman keyboards | Will Algar trumpet | Andy Hamilton sax |
Luigi Salvoni drums |
They released two albums, Push & pull (with contributions by Jim Mullen, among others), and Hot from the smoke (with help from Ian Maidman on bass).
| Other info on members of McCalla (I know up to 10 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | Mick Dyche |
| To be covered (4): | Alan Fealdman, Andy Hamilton, Noel McCalla, Luigi Salvoni |
| Not enough info (4): | Will Algar, Tomasz Bura, Tony Rico, Joe Sam |
AND THEN...
And then, I haven´t been able to find more info about Kevin Powell, so any contribution would be very welcomed.
5 BANDS (WITH 7 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
2 SOUNDTRACKS:
4 SESSIONS (FOR 4 ARTISTS):
5 BANDS (WITH 7 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
| Steve Harley Band | 2 RECORDINGS:
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| McCalla | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Alison Moyet Band |
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| Chris Rea Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Midge Ure Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||
| Ultravox | 1 RECORDINGS: 
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2 SOUNDTRACKS:
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
| John Du Prez Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Spitting Image | 1 RECORDINGS:
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4 SESSIONS (FOR 4 ARTISTS):
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||
| Dyango Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| David Knopfler Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Sal Solo Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Linda Thompson Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 1
From the always interesting Alex's Picks (by Alex Gitlin), we have:
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 Kevin Powell, please, also write me with the link.
- Chris Rea - Nothing Happening By The Sea - I Don´t Know... Chris Rea live in 1984. (Resolution: 360)
Featuring: Kevin Leach, Kevin Powell, Chris Rea, Jeff Seopardie, Jerry Stevenson.
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Kevin Powell mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Rick Driscoll (4)
Craig Armstrong (3)
Gary Barnacle (3)
Mark Brzezicki (3)
Lindsay Elliott (3)
Kenny Hyslop (3)
Lorenza Johnson (3)
Carol Kenyon (3)
Mae McKenna (3)
John Thirkell (3)
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