Dave Anthony’s Moods

Tony Head was born in Bournemouth on 14th January 1943 and began his musical career playing skiffle in The Riversiders with his mates Stan Osbourne and Ricky Mitchell on guitars, tub thumper David Diggins, tea chest bass plucker Len Onslow and washboard scraper Lawrence Waters. The six school friends underwent the rite of passage destined for most budding Bournemouth musicians by braving the rowdy Saturday morning matinee crowd at the Moderne cinema in Moordown. By 1960 Tony had left school and found gainful employment in the building trade as a pointer by day and fronted The Furies, a rock ‘n’ roll group, by night. He replaced their original singer Les Fisher, joining bassist John ‘Jet’ Berryman, drummer Howard ‘Eddie’ Parsons and guitarist Al Kirtley. The revamped quartet became Tony and the Ramrods and then Dave Anthony and the Ravers after Tony changed his name following a suggestion by Dave Jay, assistant to their agent, Reg Calvert. Reg liked the group’s sound and smart look of matching dark suits, apart from Tony who looked resplendent in an eye-catching light blue jacket, and gave them plenty of work including support slots with the totally bonkers Screaming Lord Sutch and a couple of boys from the stable of top London agent Larry Parnes, Johnny Gentle and Vince Eager. In 1961, Reg upped sticks with his wife Dorothy and moved their centre of operations from Southampton to Clifton Hall, Warwickshire, a crumbling estate close to Rugby. For a while he looked out for the Ravers and arranged a tour of clubs around the Midlands, but he soon lost interest in his charges and switched his allegiances elsewhere, leaving the group to fend for themselves.

Dave Anthony and the Ravers circa 1961, Left to Right: John ‘Jet’ Berryman bass guitar, Tony Head vocals, Eddie Parsons drums & Al Kirtley guitar (Photograph Al Kirtley)

In August 1961 a revamped rhythm section of Peter and Michael Giles from Johnny King and the Raiders brought about another name change to Dave Anthony and the Rebels and a handful of gigs at the Bure Club and the newly opened Downstairs Club in Holdenhurst Road, but it wasn’t destined to last. Al Kirtley was in Zoot Money’s sights for his latest venture, the Big Roll Band, leaving the remaining Rebels to concede defeat and throw in the towel.

Dave Anthony and the Rebels in 1961, Left to Right: Pete Giles drums, Pete Giles bass guitar, Al Kirtley guitar & Tony Head (Photographs Al Kirtley)

Tony moved onto The Sands Combo in 1962, joining guitarist Graham ‘Wes’ Douglas, bassist Roger Bone, saxophonist Nigel Street and drummer Pat ‘Pee Wee’ Sheehan. The quintet expanded to a sextet with the addition of Al Kirtley on his preferred instrument, the piano, and then a septet when Zoot Money’s first shot at stardom in London came to nothing and he returned to Bournemouth. The Sands broadened their appeal by basing their repertoire on the pop charts, a move which helped them secure the hottest gig in town sharing billing with Tony Blackburn and the Rovers at the weekly ‘Big Beat Night’ at the Pavilion Ballroom. Further work came their way with a regular Sunday night date on the ‘Jazz and Twist Boat’, a weekly round trip to Swanage, casting off at eight fifteen sharp from Bournemouth pier on the Embassy paddle steamer. Billed as ‘A starlight cruise for young and old along the spectacular Dorset coastline with continuous bar and buffet’, the advertisement promised a pleasant trip on a balmy summer’s night for just ten shillings a head. What the blurb failed to take into consideration was the vagaries of the British weather, which could turn a delightful evening’s cruise tootling around Old Harry Rocks into a nausea inducing ordeal that could test the constitution of a sea hardened matelot.

Dave Anthony & Zoot Money (Photographs Al Kirtley).

As the nights drew in and the Embassy docked up for the winter, arguments over money split the band asunder. Zoot set about reforming another Big Roll Band and Al Kirtley and Nigel Street turned their hands to modern jazz in the Crispin Street Quintet with the Shipstone brothers, guitarist Jimmy and bassist Francis, plus drummer Tom Costello. Tony put together the short-lived New Sands who carried on the Pavilion residency then teamed up with the tenor sax man Nick Newell in The Rhythm Section, but the band petered out in September 1963 with Nick eventually becoming a member of Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band. Tony was then approached by bassist Gordon Haskell to join drummer Stan Levy and guitarists Valentino ‘Tino’ Licinio and Terry Squires in a re-vamped League of Gentlemen. The group had originally formed in the autumn of 1963 with Gordon, Stan and Tino, a singer called Reg Matthews and Robert Fripp on guitar. Mathews left after a few months and when Fripp abandoned ship to further his education, the band imploded. Gordon, at a loose end, re-formed the group in the spring of 1964 and Tony was the only singer in his sights, as he and Fripp had been impressed with his vocal prowess when they saw him at the Pavilion with The Sands Combo. The new group plied their trade along the south coast and were regulars at the Cellar Club and Centenary Hall in Poole, the Ice Rink in Westover Road where they accompanied the skaters, the Beat Room at the Royal Ballrooms in Boscombe and the Pavilion Ballroom until their demise in early 1965.

The Sands Combo pre-Zoot Money performing at the Pavilion Ballroom circa 1962, Left to Right: Graham ‘Wes’ Douglas, Roger Bone, Tony ‘Dave Anthony’ Head, Pat ‘Pee Wee’ Sheehan, Nigel Street & Al Kirtley (Photograph Al Kirtley)

Also in early 1965, the Southbourne trio of organist Robert Henry Michaels (b. 20th February 1946 in Bournemouth), guitarist Timothy Large (b. 14th July 1942 in Bournemouth) and bassist William Jacobs (b. 12th April 1946 in Bournemouth) left local pop covers group The Trackmarks and assembled a soul / R&B band similar to Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames. They recruited trumpeter Andy Kirk (b. 1946 in Wareham), who brought with him a trombonist, Graham Livermore (b. 1946 in Bournemouth), a stalwart of the trad jazz circuit and past member of the Sahara Jazz Band. Drummer John Devekey (b. 28th June 1945 in Bournemouth) from Eddie Stevens and the Valiants provided a steady backbeat and the much older by at least twenty years, Pete Sweet (b. circa 1925 in Bournemouth), completed the line-up by adding considerable experience and extensive tenor saxophone chops. Pete and his wife ran the Stella Maris guesthouse in Southourne Road, which would cause a conflict of interest in the band’s lifetime. The new formation went out as the Bob Michael’s Band during the summer of 1965, but that changed in the autumn with the addition of vocalist Tony ‘Dave Anthony’ Head, whose nom de plume would give the group its new name, Dave Anthony’s Moods. Tony Head was already fronting a band with the same name consisting of Tan Smart on organ and vibes, Terry King on guitar, bassist Chuck Peters and drummer Tony Riley, but he took the name with him when he defected to the new line-up.

The Trackmarks: Bob Michaels, Tony Letts, Graham Austin, Lee Kerslake, Bill Jacobs & Tim Large (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

DAMs, as they were known by their fans, regularly appeared at Mudeford’s Bure Club and took over the Saturday night slot vacated by The Nite People at the Les Disque A Go! Go! where they unleashed their repertoire of soul classics including James Brown’s “I Feel Good” and “I’ll Go Crazy”, Jimmy Reed’s “Bright Lights, Big City”, Otis Redding’s “My Girl” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” and other Motown and Stax favourites such as “Harlem Shuffle”, “Knock on Wood” and “Hold on I’m Coming” on the knowledgeable crowd. However, they were ambitious and soon gave up their day jobs and sunny Bournemouth for a rented communal house at Hutchings Walk in Hampstead Garden Suburb, a leafy area of north-west London.

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Dave Anthony’s Moods 1965, Left to Right: Graham Livermore, Tony ‘Dave Anthony’ Head, Tim Large, Bob Michaels, Andy Kirk, John Devekey, Pete Sweet & Bill Jacobs (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

After securing accommodation, the next pressing job on the agenda was to find a suitable manager to handle their affairs. Initially the Gunnel Brothers, managers of the Flamingo Club were in the frame, as was the Australian Robert Stigwood and Tony Secunda who handled The Moody Blues and The Move, but finally they went with Ken Pitt, manager of the successful chart group Manfred Mann and Davy Jones, a struggling wannabe pop singer who blossomed into David Bowie. With Pitt on board and the clout of the London City Booking Agency behind them, it wasn’t long before the band followed Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band into the mecca of R&B, the Flamingo Club. Plenty more work followed at the Marquee, where they supported Bournemouth’s own Al Stewart and The Move, the 100 Club in Oxford Street, Klooks Kleek, Tiles in Soho and the Ram Jam in Brixton. They became firm favourites at Eel Pie Island, a decrepit hotel on a small clump of land in the middle of the Thames at Twickenham, where they picked up a modest fee of £15 for first their gig in October 1965 and a healthier £40 by the time of their last in early January 1967.

The Cromwellian, or ‘Crom’ as it was known to its regulars, was a converted Victorian mansion in Cromwell Road, Kensington. Co-owned by Paul Mitchell and four professional wrestlers, Bob ‘The Wrestling Beatle’ Archer, Paul ‘Doctor Death’ Lincoln, Judo Al Hayes AKA ‘The White Angel’ and Ray ‘Rebel’ Hunter, the ‘Crom’ provided an environment where the great and the good of the capitals rock and pop glitterati could drink and relax without being hassled by fans and the press. Patronised by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon, Georgie Fame, and Chris Farlowe, the club became a favoured watering hole and a place to let your hair down and jam with whoever was entertaining the clientele that evening. On one occasion, guitarist Tim Large distinctly remembers Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon and Long John Baldry entertaining the crowd while the DAM’s bassist, Bill Jacobs, manfully held on to their coattails.

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Dave Anthony’s Moods circa 1966, Left to Right: Graham Livemore, Bob Michaels, Tony Head, Tim Large, Bill Jacobs, Bob Downes, Andy Kirk &  John Devekey (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

In 1966 the band released their debut single on Parlophone, “New Directions” (April 1966), a brass driven ditty from the pen of Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg, backed with the catchy “Give it a Chance”, a Tim Large original. The disc bombed spectacularly due to scant radio exposure and zero promotion, although a positive review in the New Musical Express wrongly predicted a hit. Another opportunity to record came their way when Genya Zelkowitz or, ‘Goldie’ of Goldie and the Gingerbreads fame landed on our shores. She was in Britain to pursue a new R&B direction and the Moods were hired as her backing band on a two-month tour of clubs and American Air Force bases. During her stay, the band, minus Dave Anthony, visited Pye studios in the Edgware Road and recorded a handful of songs with the American chanteuse, one of which, “Disappointed Bride”, made it onto vinyl under the pseudonym Patsy Cole.

As the summer approached, the inevitable came to pass when saxophonist Pete Sweet was summoned home by his wife to help run their B&B in Southbourne, his place was taken by Bob Downes (b. 22nd July 1937 in Plymouth, Devon) from the John Barry Seven after he answered an advertisement in the Melody Maker (his tenure was short-lived as he left by mutual consent a couple of months later). There was also an unforeseen tragedy which momentarily stopped the band in its tracks. Tony Head was living in their communal house with his then wife Anna and their young child, when one night the toddler mysteriously passed away. Distraught, the singer and his wife abruptly returned home, leaving the band in a state of limbo. Ironically, it was indirectly through another tragic event that the band found a replacement. Pitt also managed the Mark Leeman Five, a group from Woolwich who had built up a respectable reputation on the live circuit. However, one night in June 1965, their vocalist, John ‘Mark Leeman’ Ardrey, was killed in a car crash on his way home from a gig in Blackpool. The band recruited Roger Peacock (b. 29th January 1946 in London) from The Cheynes to pick up the reins, keeping the name out of respect for their deceased singer. They limped on for a few months, but the chemistry had gone and they folded, leaving Roger a free agent. Pitt put him forward as a replacement for Tony and the band gave him the nod, which meant the hapless Peacock ceased being the dead singer Mark Leeman and took on the guise of the indisposed Dave Anthony instead.

The new line-up took to the road with a vengeance calling into the industrial hubs of Leicester, Derby, Sheffield and Birmingham in the Midlands, Redruth and Penzance in the South West, Norwich to the east, Bath to the west and a couple of hometown gigs at the Crown Hotel in Poole and Le Disque A Go! Go!. All was going well until Christmas Eve 1966, when they made a gaffe that would have far-reaching consequences. Earlier in the evening, they had fulfilled a date at the Ram Jam in Brixton and didn’t fancy the drive across London to the Flamingo Club for a gruelling all-nighter. It was decided that John Devekey would feign illness and instead of driving to Wardour Street in the West End, the band would make a beeline for Bournemouth and spend the festive season with their respective families. By any stretch of the imagination, that was not a good career move, as the Gunnell brothers had a reputation to uphold. Rik had trained as a boxer in his youth, Johnny sported a nasty-looking razor scar on his left cheek and it was rumoured they were associates of the Kray’s, so leaving them high and dry wasn’t the smartest move to make. In the new year, to avoid the ire of their employers, Pitt swiftly tied up a pre-arranged two month contract to play in Italy and packed them off tout suite in their Ford Transit for an uncertain future.

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Dave Antony’s Moods in Milan 1967, Left to Right: Graham Livermore, Bill Jacobs, Bob Michaels, John Devekey, Tim Large, Andy Kirke & Roger Peacock (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

After a tortuous channel crossing and an arduous trek through Germany, the band finally arrived at their pension in Milan, freezing cold, starving and dead on their feet. The eight-week residency, one hour a night starting at nine o’clock sharp, at the Piper Club in the centre of the city was arranged by their new employer, Leo Wetcher. Within weeks, they became the talk of the town pulling in large crowds. To go with their newfound popularity, the band ditched their Mod threads and Ben Sherman button-down shirts for bold striped jackets, satin shirts, paisley ties and stylish Italian shoes, creating an original striking image much in keeping with the Italian fashions of the day.

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Dave Antony’s Moods at the Piper Club 1967, Left to Right: Tim Large, Bill Jacobs, Roger Peacock, John Devekey, Andy Kirk, Graham Livermore & Bob Michaels (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

Towards the end of their two-month stay Leo presented them with an open-ended contract guaranteeing plenty of work, paid for return flights home for visits and a proposal to buy them out of their existing contract with Ken Pitt, an offer they couldn’t refuse. He also facilitated a deal with the Italian label Joker, which spawned two singles. The first, “My Baby” (April 1967), became a hit in their adopted country and a future vehicle for Janis Joplin on her posthumous 1971 album Pearl. A couple of months later they released a rather pointless note for note reworking of Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (June 1967). Not unsurprisingly it failed to register. Before the records were released, Leo had persuaded the band to drop the ‘h’ from Anthony and become Dave Antony’s Moods, as Italians struggled with the pronunciation.

Above and Below: Dave Antony’s Moods performing at the Piper Club in Rimini, Italy circa 1967 (Photographs Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

On the back of the success of “My Baby”, their reputation spread and the band travelled the length and breadth of Italy taking in the sister Piper Clubs in Viareggio and Rome, the Peppermint in Genoa and various venues in Naples, Turin, Modena, Riccione, Fiorano, Rimini, Florence and the Bentegodi football stadium in Verona. Back in Milan, they shared a bill with Sammy Davis Jnr. at the Palazzo Del Ghiaccio (ice rink) and with Gene Pitney at their regular gig back at the Piper.

During 1968, cracks began to appear. Firstly, Chris Dennis (b. 31st July 1946 in Chiswick, London) of The Bad Boys replaced Bob Michaels when he left to form the short-lived Pleasure Machine in Turin with guitarist Roger Dean, formerly of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, drummer Franco ‘Pupo’ Longo from the Italian band The New Dada and the newly arrived from England, Tony ‘Dave Anthony’ Head on vocals. After Tony had abruptly left the DAMs in 1966, he had returned to Bournemouth and formed Dave Anthony and The Plague, but the allure of a regular gig in Italy prized him away. The following year, Italian drummer Gualtiero Galassi replaced a disillusioned John Devekey and Maurizio Arcieri took over the vocals from Roger Peacock after he was sacked for underhand dealings with the management and being a “pain in the arse”. After all the toing and froing, the original vision of the band became so diluted the remaining Brits called it a day the following year.

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Pleasure Machine 1968, Left to Right: Tony ‘Dave Anthony’ Head, Bob Michaels, Franco ‘Pupo’ Longo & Roger Dean (Photograph Dave Anthony’s Moods Facebook.com).

After the dust settled, Bob Michaels moved to Switzerland to study organ and choral conducting and became the organist at Lugano cathedral. He later became the president of the Swiss Federation of Pueri Cantores and then the vice president of the European Federation of Pueri Cantores (FIPC) in 2009. He is married with two children. Pete Sweet played modern jazz around the Bournemouth area until 1990, when he stopped because of ill health and died in 2001. Graham Livermore lived in Poole and played in the same band as Pete. He died in 2013. Bill Jacobs emigrated to Australia where he became a karate instructor and worked in nuclear research. He then moved to Indonesia, where he died in October 2020. Tim Large became a banker and lived in Reading, where he died in September 2021. He also wrote an entertaining memoir on the DAMs called Dave Anthony’s Moods: This Obscure Group. Andy Kirk became a farmer in England with his Italian wife and three children. He then divorced and moved to France, where he died in March 2020. John Devekey moved back to Bournemouth, where he lived with his second wife until his death in 2018. After his dismissal from the DAMs, Roger Peacock joined The Primitives and released a solo single, “Just a Lonely Man”, on the Italian Joker label in 1971, after which he returned to England and obscurity. He later moved to Goa in India, where he died in a motorcycle accident in 2007. Bob Downes resumed his career in jazz and now lives in Germany and Chris Dennis stayed in Italy, where he joined The Nomads. He is still there and performs and teaches music.

Almost unknown in the UK, Dave Anthony’s Moods were rather optimistically hailed as the Italian Beatles by devoted fans in their adopted country and enjoyed a couple of years of success. They released three singles in their lifetime, with two of them only seeing the light of day in Italy. It’s a pity they never fulfilled their potential and recorded a full album. Cosi è la vita.

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Fleur De Lys in Hyde Park, London 1968, Left to Right: Bryn Haworth, Tago Byers, Tony Head & Keith Guster (Photograph dysongs.net).

As for Tony Head, he resurfaced in March 1968 after a short stint with The Pleasure Machine in Turin, as a replacement for Chris Andrews in Les Fleur de Lys at the behest of his friend Gordon Haskell. While awaiting his permanent call up, Tony entered the studio with the band and the producer, Donnie Elbert, to record a version of the soul classic “Gimme a Little Sign”. It gained a release under the pseudonym Tony Simon and duly stiffed five months prior to Brenton Wood taking the same song into the top ten. A solo single, “Race with the Wind”, also slipped out in 1968 credited to Dave Antony but there was no involvement from his new band. In the spring, he became a fully paid-up member of Fleur de Lys just prior to Haskell quitting in a fit of pique after finding out the band had been financially screwed by their manager, Frank Fenter. The remaining members brought in bassist Tago Byers from The Moquettes and recorded a single, “Stop Crossing the Bridge”, the first release to come out on the Atlantic label by a British band. For a follow up, Fenter cajoled them into recording the overtly poppy “Butchers and Bakers”. However, the song was so disliked by the band they refused to promote it. Believing the single had potential, he was forced to put out the disc under the pseudonym Chocolate Frog to appease his disgruntled charges. The next release was the excellent “Two Can Make it Together”, a Sharon Tandy and Tony Head duet billed as Tony and Tandy. Record Mirror made it record of the week, the New Musical Express and Disc both posted positive reviews, Radio One plugged it regularly and they mimed to it on Dee Time and Top of the Pops, but still it flopped. “(You’re Just a) Liar”, written by guitarist Bryn Haworth, was Fleur De Lys swansong on vinyl but, like all their other singles, it stubbornly refused to sell.

The final nail in the coffin occurred after a promotional gig in Wembley. While driving home, drummer Keith Guster was involved in a road accident that left him partially paralysed. By the time he had sufficiently recovered, Fleur de Lys were finished. Sharon Tandy was struggling with a serious drug problem and disappeared from view, Bryn Haworth teamed up with guitarist Leigh Stevens from the American proto stoner rock trio Blue Cheer and disappeared over the pond and Frank Fenter sold up his management company and followed Howarth to America where he set up the successful Capricorn label, home to the Allman Brothers Band. Tony played a few gigs around London with Keith Guster on drums until Guster moved to Reading. Tony then took up an option on a recording deal with Sparta Florida Studios, making cheap compilation albums of cover versions for the Fontana label. He later married Judy, who had worked in Fenters London office and released a solo album Heads to Win and Tales to Tell (The Traveller) in 1972 as Tony Head, but by then his professional career was all but over. Tony sadly died of heart failure on 1st October 2006.

In Search of Dave’s Moods by Luca Selvini and Aldo Pedron and Dave Anthony’s Moods: This Obscure Group by Tim Large

There are two books available on Dave Anthony’s Moods; firstly, a personal account of his time with the band by guitarist Tim Large called Dave Anthony’s Moods: This Obscure Group and In Search of Dave’s Moods, written by fans Luca Selvini and Aldo Pedron which is only available in Italian, but will hopefully gain an English translation in the not too distant future. To hear Tony Head’s contributions to Le Fleur De Lys and for both sides of Tony and Sharon Tandy’s single, try the 2013 compilation You’ve Got To Earn It on Acid Jazz. The first two Dave Anthony’s Moods singles, with B sides, are collected together on The New Directions vinyl EP, also on Acid Jazz.

Dave Anthony’s / Antony’s Moods Discography
Dave Anthony’s / Antony’s Moods Singles:

New Directions c/w Give it a Chance: Parlophone (R 5438) 1966

My Baby c/w Fading Away: Joker (M 7000) 1967 Italian release only

A Whiter Shade of Pale c/w Talking to the Rain: Joker (M 7001) 1967 Italian release only

Dave Anthony’s / Antony’s Moods EP:

The New Directions EP: “New Directions” c/w “Give it a Chance” c/w “My Baby” c/w “Fading Away” Acid Jazz (AJX340S) 2013

Compilations featuring Dave Anthony’s / Antony’s Moods:

Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol.17 (Clap Hands Daddy Come Home! Part 2): Dig the Fuzz Records (DIG 045) 2002 “Fading Away”

New Directions 1: A Collection of Blue Eyed British Soul 1964 – 1969: Past and Present (PAPRCD 2052) 2003 “New Directions”

Rare Mod: Volume 2: Acid Jazz (AJXLP226) 2009 “See My Soul”

Mod Meeting 6: Style Records (MM 06) 2010 “New Directions”

Fairytales Can Come True Volume 5: Steppin’ Through an Empty Time:Psychic Circle (PCCD 7035) 2010 “Fading Away”

Blow Your Bubblegum: Particles (PARTCD 4014) 2012 “Fading Away”

Beatfreak! 08: Particles (PARTCD 4089) 2017 “New Directions”

 Patsy Cole aka Goldie (Zelkowitz) Single:

Disappointed Bride c/w Honeymoon Night: Island (WI 271) 1966 A side Goldie Zelkowitz with Dave Anthony’s Moods, B side by Earl Bostic

 Les Feur De Lys featuring Tony Head Singles:

Gimme a Little Sign c/w Never Too Much Love: Track (604 012) 1967 As Tony Simon

Stop Crossing the Bridge c/w Brick by Brick (Stone by Stone): Atlantic (584 193) 1968

Butchers and Bakers c/w I Forgive You: Atlantic (584 207) 1968 As Chocolate Frog

(You’re Just a) Liar c/w One Girl City: Atlantic (584 243) 1969

Two Can Make it Together c/w The Bitter and the Sweet: Atlantic (584 262) 1969 Tony Head with Sharon Tandy as Tony and Tandy

 Les Feur De Lys featuring Tony Head EP:

The Two Sides of The Fleur De Lys EP: “Gotta Get Enough Time” c/w “Yeah, I Do Love You” c/w “Wait For Me” c/w “Circles “Acid Jazz (AJX 225 S) 2009 “Gotta Get Enough Time” and “Yeah, I Do Love You” are demos by Tony Head and Sharon Tandy recorded as a follow up to “Two Can Make it Together”. “Circles” was recorded live in Southampton in 1966.

Les Feur De Lys featuring Tony Head Albums:

Reflections: Blueprint (BP256CD) 1997 CD compilation

You’ve Got to Earn It: Acid Jazz (AJXLP324) 2013 CD compilation

I Can See a Light – The Singles Box Set: Acid Jazz (AJX388X) 2017 Seven vinyl singles packaged into one box set

  Dave Antony Single:

Race with the Wind c/w Hide and Seek: Mercury (MF 1031) 1968

 Tony Head Album:

Heads to Win and Tales to Tell (The Traveller): CBS (64572) 1972

Compilation featuring Dave Antony:

New Directions 4: Hide and Seek: Psychic Circle (PCCD 2007) 2007 “Hide and Seek”

12 thoughts on “Dave Anthony’s Moods

  1. Excellent research. This is Bill Jacobs, currently residing in Indonesia. My father won the Football pools in 64 and as I was one of a work Pools’ syndicate, I suddenly found 500 quid in my pocket. That bought me a white Fender Jazz bass from Eddie Moores’ in Boscombe and a motor bike. The Jazz bass was stolen outside the Marquee mid to late sixties along with a trumbone and that was heart wrenching. Myself and Graham left the 2 items on the pavement while we went back to load more gear to put in the Transit van which hadn’t turned up yet. I managed to replace it with a badly knocked around precision bass that belonged to Jack Bruce to see out the rest of my time based in London then Italy. Obviously I could recount many other stories from those times but suffice it at that for now. Good memories from someone who actually experienced all the moments with the DAMs’. Thanks.

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  2. Brilliant Bill, thanks for the feedback and glad you approve. If at any time you would like to regale us with more stories on your rocky road to notoriety feel free.
    Hope you are well and soaking up the sun, John

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  3. As Bill said, excellent work – I can’t fault any of the facts, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And thanks for the book plug!

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  4. I have met Bill Jacobs, Tim Large and Bob Michaels.on several occasions, and have been in contact via letters or emails with Andy Kirk and John Devekey before his death. I am grateful to all of them for the wonderful music they made. Hi friends!

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    1. Hi Luca, thank you for your comment. I know you were a big fan of the band and wrote a book about them, I hope this piece meets your approval. John

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  5. Hi there, not much to say other than a thank you. I’m Graham ‘Wes’ Douglas’ daughter and it’s been fun looking at pictures of my dad from when he was well, younger than I am now!!

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    1. Hi Genevieve, I am always especially pleased to hear from either the people I have written about or one of their relatives. You have made my day, thanks John

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