BIOGRAPHY:
Great keyboardist, Nick Judd has played in several great bands, although I can´t find info about his current musical activities. Sometimes credited as Nicky Judd, I haven´t biographical data about him.
BANDS:
| BAND | PERIOD | DETAILS |
| Mirrors | [Feb 67-Nov 70] | |
| B B Blunder | [1971] | |
| Keith Christmas Band | [1972] | |
| Audience | [1972-?] | 2 recordings |
| Jo Ann Kelly Band | ||
| Sharks | [Jun 73-Jul 74] | 1 recording |
| Miller Fraser Band | [1974] | |
| Andy Fraser Band | [1975] | 1 recording |
| Frankie Miller Band | ||
| Bryn Haworth Band | ||
| Sharks (again) | [Dec 95] | |
| Camden Cowboys |
MIRRORS
Mirrors was a band fronted by Boz Burrell formed in early 1967:
After some lineup changes, this was one of their lineups:
Jimmy Scott sat with the band sometimes, playing percussion and singing.
The band split in November 1970 (or was in late 1969?).
After some lineup changes, this was one of their lineups:
|
MIRRORS #? |
Feb 67-Nov 70 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Boz Burrell † vocals | Jack Mills guitar | Stanley White bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Terry Stannard drums |
Jimmy Scott sat with the band sometimes, playing percussion and singing.
The band split in November 1970 (or was in late 1969?).
B B BLUNDER
In the summer of 1971, when the band B B Blunder decided playing their first gig, they enlisted Reggie King as lead vocalist and Nick Judd on keyboards:
But after just one gig, Kevin Westlake left.
Chris Hunt joined as new drummer for B B Blunder:
And I think there were more different lineups (with Alan Bam King on guitar and maybe Graham Smith on drums), but can´t find that info. Nicko McBrain also played in the latter days of the band. Help, please!
|
B B BLUNDER #2 |
1971 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Reg King † vocals | Brian Godding guitar | Brian Belshaw bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Kevin Westlake † drums |
But after just one gig, Kevin Westlake left.
Chris Hunt joined as new drummer for B B Blunder:
|
B B BLUNDER #3 |
1971 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Reg King † vocals | Brian Godding guitar | Brian Belshaw bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Chris Hunt drums |
And I think there were more different lineups (with Alan Bam King on guitar and maybe Graham Smith on drums), but can´t find that info. Nicko McBrain also played in the latter days of the band. Help, please!
| Other info on members of B B Blunder (I know up to 9 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Brian Godding |
| Old pages (1): | Kevin Westlake |
| To be covered (5): | Brian Belshaw, Chris Hunt, Alan ´Bam´ King, Reg King, Nicko McBrain |
| Not enough info (1): | Graham Smith |
MIRRORS (again)
In 1972, Nick Judd reformed the band Mirrors, this time without Boz Burrell:
They toured England backing Keith Christmas.
|
MIRRORS #? |
1972 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Jack Mills guitar | Stanley White bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Terry Stannard drums |
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They toured England backing Keith Christmas.
| Other info on members of Mirrors (I know up to 8 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (6): | Boz Burrell, Dave Lambert, Eddie McHenry, Jack Mills, Roy Mills, Terry Stannard |
| Not enough info (1): | Stanley White |
KEITH CHRISTMAS BAND
For a while, the band Mirrors (with Nick Judd) backed Keith Christmas on a UK tour in 1972:
|
KEITH CHRISTMAS BAND #? |
1972 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
Keith Christmas vocals, guitar | Jack Mills guitar | Stanley White bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Terry Stannard drums |
| Other info on members of Keith Christmas Band (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (2): | Jack Mills, Terry Stannard |
| Not enough info (2): | Keith Christmas, Stanley White |
AUDIENCE
Nick Judd joins Audience as their fifth member:
The band also recorded the soundtrack for the movie Bronco bullfrog (aka Angel Lane), composed by Howard Werth.
But Gemmell leaves when they were recording their album Lunch, so they used the great ones Bobby Keys and Jim Price to reinforce the band´s sound in the album.
New sax player for Audience was Patrick Neubergh:
But after some months, Trevor Williams left and the band finally folded.
|
AUDIENCE #2 |
1972 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Werth vocals, guitar | Trevor Williams bass, vocals | Nick Judd keyboards | Keith Gemmell sax, clarinet, flute | Tony Connor drums |
The band also recorded the soundtrack for the movie Bronco bullfrog (aka Angel Lane), composed by Howard Werth.
But Gemmell leaves when they were recording their album Lunch, so they used the great ones Bobby Keys and Jim Price to reinforce the band´s sound in the album.
New sax player for Audience was Patrick Neubergh:
|
AUDIENCE #? |
? |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Werth vocals, guitar | Trevor Williams bass, vocals | Nick Judd keyboards | Patrick Neubergh sax | Tony Connor drums |
But after some months, Trevor Williams left and the band finally folded.
| Other info on members of Audience (I know up to 7 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | Keith Gemmell |
| To be covered (5): | Tony Connor, John Fisher, Patrick Neubergh, Howard Werth, Trevor Williams |
JO ANN KELLY BAND
This was the Jo Ann Kelly Band around February 1973:
|
JO ANN KELLY BAND #? |
1973 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jo Ann Kelly † vocals | Roger Brown guitar | Adrian Pietryga guitar | John Atkinson bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Bruce Rowland drums |
| Other info on members of Jo Ann Kelly Band (I know up to 18 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Terry ´Tex´ Comer, Mike Paice, Steve York |
| To be covered (14): | John Atkinson, Dave Brooks, Roger Brown, Dino Coccia, Pete Emery, Jo Ann Kelly, Al McLaine, Peter Miles, Paul Millns, Les Morgan, Pauline Neill, Adrian Pietryga, Bruce Rowland, Geraint Watkins |
SHARKS
When Andy Fraser abandon Sharks in 1973, they get two new members. Nick Judd joins in June 1973, and new bassist Busta Cherry Jones joins the band in July 1973:
They toured in 1974 opening for Mountain. But after the tour finished, Judd and Simon left the band in July 1974.
|
SHARKS #2 |
Jun 73-Jul 74 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Snips vocals | Chris Spedding guitar | Busta Cherry Jones † bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Marty Simon drums |
They toured in 1974 opening for Mountain. But after the tour finished, Judd and Simon left the band in July 1974.
MILLER FRASER BAND
In 1974, Andy Fraser and Frankie Miller join forces as Miller Fraser Band, with an exceptional list of musicians:
But they didn´t last together.
|
MILLER FRASER BAND #1 |
1974 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Miller vocals | Andy Fraser bass | Henry McCullough guitar | Nick Judd keyboards | Mike Kellie drums |
But they didn´t last together.
| Other info on members of Miller Fraser Band (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | Mike Kellie |
| To be covered (3): | Andy Fraser, Henry McCullough, Frankie Miller |
ANDY FRASER BAND
This was the Andy Fraser Band around 1975:
|
ANDY FRASER BAND #? |
1975 |
|
|---|---|---|
Andy Fraser bass, vocals | Nick Judd keyboards | Kim Turner † drums |
| Other info on members of Andy Fraser Band (I know up to 7 members) | |
|---|---|
| To be covered (3): | Andy Fraser, Tony Hicks, Alan Ross |
| Not enough info (3): | Jim Lacey, Barry Sarna, Kim Turner |
FRANKIE MILLER BAND
In April 1979, they add Nick Judd on keyboards:
|
FRANKIE MILLER BAND #? |
1979 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankie Miller vocals | Steve Simpson guitar | Ed Deane guitar | Nick Judd keyboards | Fran Byrne drums | |
| Other info on members of Frankie Miller Band (I know up to 41 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (4): | Dave Bronze, Terry ´Tex´ Comer, Chris Mercer, Chris Parren |
| Old pages (5): | Paul Carrack, Ray Minhinnet, Ray Russell, Steve Simpson, Mick Weaver |
| To be covered (31): | Dyan Birch, Hugh Burns, Fran Byrne, Chris Copping, Roger Cotton, Paul Cox, Graham Deacon, Ed Deane, Martin Drover, Andy Fraser, John Gilbert, John Gordon, Jimmy Hall, Charlie Harrison, Neil Hubbard, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff, Jim Leverton, Ray Majors, John Marter, Henry McCullough, Frankie Miller, Micky Moody, Malcolm Mortimore, Tony O´Malley,... up to 31 musicians. |
BRYN HAWORTH BAND
This was the Bryn Haworth Band around August 1979:
They appeared at the Greenbelt Festival that month, thus appearing in the collective album Greenbelt live!.
|
BRYN HAWORTH BAND #? |
1979 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryn Haworth vocals, guitar | Alan ´Bam´ King guitar | Nick Judd keyboards | Fran Byrne drums | |
They appeared at the Greenbelt Festival that month, thus appearing in the collective album Greenbelt live!.
| Other info on members of Bryn Haworth Band (I know up to 14 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Terry ´Tex´ Comer |
| Old pages (3): | Henry Spinetti, Chris Stainton, Mick Weaver |
| To be covered (9): | Fran Byrne, Dave Cook, Raul D´Oliveira, Steve Gregory, Jeff Hammer, Bryn Haworth, Alan ´Bam´ King, Jackie McAuley, Les Moir |
AND THEN...
And then, I have a very big gap in Nick Judd´s musical activities. Can someone help me with info, please?
SHARKS (again)
In December 1995, Chris Spedding reunites a different edition of Sharks:
|
SHARKS #? |
Dec 95 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Snips vocals, guitar | Chris Spedding guitar | Jackie Badger bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Blair Cunningham drums |
| Other info on members of Sharks (I know up to 12 members) | |
|---|---|
| Old pages (1): | Pat Donaldson |
| To be covered (10): | Jackie Badger, Dave Cochran, Blair Cunningham, Stewart Francis, Andy Fraser, Busta Cherry Jones, Marty Simon, Snips, Chris Spedding, Pete Thomas |
CAMDEN COWBOYS
Camden Cowboys was a band formed by ex-members of Madness, assembled to play for fun, mainly charity gigs:
But C J Foreman finally left the band.
This was the lineup for Camden Cowboys around November 2005:
|
CAMDEN COWBOYS #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C J Foreman guitar | Kevin Burdett guitar, really? | Mark Bedford bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Lee Thompson sax | Dan Woodgate drums |
But C J Foreman finally left the band.
This was the lineup for Camden Cowboys around November 2005:
|
CAMDEN COWBOYS #? |
2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Burdett guitar | Mark Bedford bass | Nick Judd keyboards | Lee Thompson sax | Dan Woodgate drums |
| Other info on members of Camden Cowboys (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Not enough info (5): | Mark Bedford, Kevin Burdett, C J Foreman, Lee Thompson, Dan Woodgate |
DISCOGRAPHY: (12 albums known to me - Status: In progress)
ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (4 credits)
- Lunch - Audience (1972)
- Members: Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell, Nick Judd, Howard Werth, Trevor Williams
- Guests: Jim Price (RIP: Bobby Keys)
- Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
- Technical: David Hentschel
- Comments: Recorded during November 1971 and January 1972.
- You can´t beat them - Audience (1973)
- Members: Tony Connor, Keith Gemmell, Nick Judd, Howard Werth, Trevor Williams
- Guests: Jim Price (RIP: Bobby Keys)
- Producer: (RIP: Gus Dudgeon)
- Jab it in yore eye - Sharks (March 1974)
- Members: Nick Judd, Marty Simon, Snips, Chris Spedding (RIP: Busta Cherry Jones)
- Technical: John Leckie, Tony Platt
- Andy Fraser Band - Andy Fraser (1975)
- Members: Andy Fraser + Nick Judd, Mike Kellie, Henry McCullough, Frankie Miller (RIP: Kim Turner)
- Technical: (RIP: Keith Harwood, Ronnie Lane)
- Greenbelt live! - VVAA (1979) (LIVE)
- Guests: Derek Beauchemin, Fran Byrne, Dave Christopher, Terry ´Tex´ Comer, George Ford, Cliff Hall, Bryn Haworth, Nick Judd, Alan ´Bam´ King, Alex MacDougall, Mike Moran, Graeme Murray, John Perry, Craig Pruess, Tony Rivers, Ray Russell, Snowy White, Dave Wintour (RIP: Stu Calver, Barry De Souza, Dave Green, Graham Jarvis, Martin Jenner)
- Technical: Dennis Blackham
- Comments: Live album recorded at the Greenbelt Festival during 4 days in August 1979. Featuring tracks by Bryn Haworth (with Tex Comer and Nick Judd), Giantkiller, Lamb, Cliff Richard (with Martin Jenner), Kianos, Garth Hewitt, Vatten, Aleksander John (with Ray Russell and Barry De Souza), Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman.
- Dennis Coulson - Dennis Coulson (1973)
- Members: Dennis Coulson
- Guests: Hughie Flint + Marc Charig, Benny Gallagher, Malcolm Griffiths, Dick Hart, Jimmy Jewell, Nick Judd, Henry Lowther, Graham Lyle, Geoff Perkins, Bruce Rowland (RIP: Paul Rutherford, Ian ´Stu´ Stewart, Kenny Wheeler)
- Technical: (RIP: Keith Harwood)
- Here come the warm jets - Brian Eno (November 1973)
- Members: Brian Eno
- Guests: Robert Fripp, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, Paul Thompson, Lloyd Watson + Nick Judd, Simon King, Paul Rudolph, Marty Simon, Chris Spedding, Christopher Thomas, John Wetton (RIP: Busta Cherry Jones)
- Technical: Aaron Chakraverty
- Comments: First solo album by Brian Eno after leaving Roxy Music. Recorded in September 1973.
- Casablanca - Casablanca (1974)
- Members: Aliki Ashman, Bias Boshell, Barry Clarke, David Costa, Juanita Franklin
- Guests: Graham Preskett + Steve Bingham, Phil Chen, Luis Jardim, Nick Judd, Billy Livsey, Gary Osborne, Bruce Rowland, Terry Stannard, Paul Vigrass, John ´Willie´ Wilson (RIP: Lol Coxhill)
- Druick and Lorange - Druick & Lorange (1974)
- Guests: Bob Cohen, Mel Collins, Neil Hubbard, Nick Judd, Del Newman, Bruce Rowland, Chris Stainton
- Comments: Dwight Druick and Kirk Lorange are two Canadian musicians. When they got a recording contract, they travelled to London to record their first album. After null success, Lorange went to Australia. Here, they are backed by Neil Hubbard (guitar), Bob Cohen (guitar), Marty Lewis (bass), Nick Judd (keyboards), Mel Collins (sax), Bruce Rowland (drums), Mike Driscoll (drums).
- I never got - Tony Kelly (1975)
- Members: Tony Kelly
- Guests: Dyan Birch, Dave Brooks, Frank Collins, Mel Collins, Mick Cox, Neil Hubbard, Nick Judd, Paddy McHugh, Micky Moody, Terry Stannard, Chrissie Stewart, Mick Weaver (RIP: Jo Ann Kelly, Viola Wills)
- Producer: Bruce Rowland
- Gottle o´ geer - Fairport (1976)
- Members: Bob Brady, Roger Burridge, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Bruce Rowland, Dave Swarbrick
- Guests: Martin Carthy, Benny Gallagher, Jimmy Jewell, Nick Judd, Henry Lowther, Graham Lyle, Ian Wilson
- Technical: Tony Cox, Dick Cuthell
- Eno box II: vocals - Brian Eno (November 1993)
- Members: Brian Eno + Brian Turrington
- Guests: Roger Eno, Robert Fripp, Phil Manzanera, Paul Thompson, Lloyd Watson + Robert Ahwai, Richard Bailey, John Cale, Phil Collins, Laurence Cottle, Andy Fraser, Fred Frith, Percy Jones, Nick Judd, Simon King, Bill Laswell, Mingo Lewis, Jaki Liebezeit, Dave Mattacks, Bill McCormick, Judy Nylon, Prairie Prince, Paul Rudolph, Marty Simon, Chris Spedding, Benmont Tench, David Van Tieghem, Jamie West Oram, John Wetton, Romeo Williams, Robert Wyatt (RIP: Busta Cherry Jones, Tim Wright)
- Producer: Rhett Davies (RIP: Conny Plank)
- Technical: Simon Heyworth
QUESTIONS:
01. Was Nick a member of Juicy Lucy?
02. Did Nick toured with the Frankie Miller Band edition of September 1978 (with Miller / Ed Deane (guitar) / Steve Simpson (guitar) / Tex Comer (bass) / Fran Byrne (drums)?
03. Was there another lineup of Sharks with Stewart Francis on drums before Nick Judd left them?
04. Has Nick played with Alan Bown? When?
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 11
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:
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:
Special Thanks to:
Thanks to:
WHAT'S NEW:
31/December/2014 - Added info on Mirrors and Keith Christmas Band. Very special thanks to Stan White.
27/August/2013 - Page added to the blog.
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Nick Judd mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Bruce Rowland (5)
Busta Cherry Jones (3)
Marty Simon (3)
Chris Spedding (3)
Mel Collins (2)
Tony Connor (2)
Gus Dudgeon (2)
Brian Eno (2)
Andy Fraser (2)
Robert Fripp (2)
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