Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
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Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, formed in 1968, is now an occasionally performing British pub and club blues band. Band members Jona Lewie
, Graham Hine, Keith Trussell
, and John Randall are perhaps better known for their record Seaside Shuffle which reached #2 in the UK charts
in 1972 under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs
.
Comprehensive School
in Crawley, Sussex. Teacher at the school Peter Gibson, a graduate of Liverpool College of Art
, set up a blues
and folk club at which sixth-form student
Graham Hine played. Gibson was also playing in a blues duo called Bottled in Bond. Hine with fellow student Keith Trussell (aka Keef Trouble
), and friend John Randall were joined by Gibson and new acquaintance Jim Pitts to form a new band
: Hine (acoustic/electric guitar), Trussell (rhythm/zobstick
), Randall (rhythm/washboard
), Gibson (kazoo
) and Pitts (mandolin
/banjo
/harmonica
/). This new band, now called Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, developed a country blues
style accompanied by a variety of eccentric percussion instruments.
and London
music venues, where they had become acquainted with blues musician Jo Ann Kelly
. Kelly invited Brett Marvin to play at Studio 51, Great Newport Street, London
, where she held a residency
, as did the John Dummer Blues Band, after the departure of The Rolling Stones
. When Kelly and Dummer vacated their residencies, Brett Marvin was offered the position of replacing them. It became the resident band for 4 years running a Sunday session as a drop in venue for blues musicians, including Howlin' Wolf
, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
, Fred McDowell
, Dave Kelly
, Juke Boy Bonner
, Medicine Head
, The Steve Miller Band, Lol Coxhill
, Sam Mitchell, Bottleneck Bill, Mick Taylor, Larry Johnson
, Tony McPhee
, the John Dummer Blues Band, The Groundhogs
, Roy Bookbinder and Long John Baldry
. While at Studio 51, John Lewis, (who later changed his name to Jona Lewie
,) saw the band. Lewie also played on the music club circuit, with interval spots playing blues and boogie-woogie
on piano
. In 1969, following a gig at Wolfie Witcher's blues club at the Nag's Head, where Brett Marvin and Lewie were booked separately, Lewie joined the band as its 6th member. In 1992, Trussell, Lewie and Pitts
were interviewed on Greater London Radio about the band’s times at Studio 51.
Collection on the Liberty Label
, Gasoline, produced by Mike Batt
. Later some of these were reproduced on the album Son of Gutbucket
. Soon afterwards, the band began a 5 year recording contract with the Sonet
record label that released the band’s first album, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. In 1971, the band released its 2nd album on Sonet, entitled 12 inches of, with a combination of blues standards, and songs written by band members.
During the early 70s Brett Marvin toured the UK blues club and university music circuit, having signed to the Robert Stigwood Agency
, while appearing on television
in Sweden
, Belgium
, Denmark
and Holland. In 1971 the band performed in a concert with Son House
and undertook a national tour supporting Eric Clapton
's Derek and the Dominoes. Shortly after this, Gibson and Pitts dropped out of touring. Lewie had begun writing for the band, and his Seaside Shuffle was released as a single under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs a recording that included Hine, Trussell, Randall, Gibson and Pitts. In 1972 Sonet entered into a marketing
and distribution agreement for the song with Jonathan King
's UK label; it reached #2 in the UK singles chart
, leading to three appearances on Top of the Pops
. Another single release under the Terry Dactyl name, On a Saturday Night, didn’t achieve such popularity. However, Sonet issued a 3rd album, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs, which took advantage of the success of Sea Side Shuffle and included a compilation of tracks from the first 2 albums. Following this album’s release, Lewie left the band. He was replaced by David Davies (keyboards) who had been playing in the Jaw Bone Jug Band. Gibson rejoined the band, as did a new bass player Tony Proto. Consequently, a 4th album was recorded and released on Sonet: Ten Legged Friend.
The new line-up performed at the Colne Blues Festival and The Blues Band
's Christmas Party
.
During the remainder of the 70s and 80s Brett Marvin became almost exclusively an act on the London pub music scene, particularly at the Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington
, and the Stapleton Hall Tavern near Finsbury Park
. In 1992, the band performed at The Town & Country Club
.
In 1993, the Brett Marvin released a new album: Boogie Street, (Exson Music Ltd.), with the addition of a new bass guitarist Peter Swan. In 1998, Brett Marvin was featured on two compilation albums: Gutbucket, (EMI Records
,) and Tony McPhee & Friends, (BGO Records
), and released a CD version of their original LP, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. The band collaborated with Peter Moody in 1999, resulting in the CD Vintage Thunderbolts, (Mooncrest Records
- part of Trojan Records
), being of previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1970-1989. Swan left the band in 2001, being replaced by Dougie Strathie (bass guitar).
Folk
Week. The latest album with members of Brett Marvin (as of 2010) is the EP
Keep on Moving featuring Davies, Gibson and Hine, produced by Trussell, being an entirely studio
-based project. In early June 2010, Brett keyboard player, song-writer and vocalist David 'Taffy' Davies died.
, with the tagline ‘Can White Men Play the Blues?’, this compered by Viv Stanshall, where the indisposed Keith Moon
joined in the discussion by 'phone-in’ .
In 1991, Brett Marvin appeared on, and played a live set for, BBC
’s Paul Jones
show.
In 1992, Trussell, Lewie and Pitts were interviewed on Greater London Radio’s Mary Costello Show about Brett Marvin and its history.
Jona Lewie
Jona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
, Graham Hine, Keith Trussell
Keef Trouble
Keef Trouble is an English composer, singer and musician.-Keef Trouble: Career:Trouble studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972...
, and John Randall are perhaps better known for their record Seaside Shuffle which reached #2 in the UK charts
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in 1972 under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs
Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs
Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs was an English novelty band, that issued a few recordings in the early 1970s. The band name was especially created for Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts to promote the hit single "Seaside Shuffle"; band members being Jona Lewie ; Keef Trouble ; Graham Hine ; John...
.
Formation
Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts was formed from a previous connection in 1967 to Thomas BennettThomas Bennett
Thomas Bennett may refer to:* Thomas Bennett , British architect, responsible for much of the development of the Crawley and Stevenage* Thomas Bennett Community College in Crawley, England, named for the architect...
Comprehensive School
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Crawley, Sussex. Teacher at the school Peter Gibson, a graduate of Liverpool College of Art
Liverpool College of Art
Liverpool College of Art is located at 68 Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The building is currently owned by Liverpool John Moores University housing its School of Social Science....
, set up a blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and folk club at which sixth-form student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
Graham Hine played. Gibson was also playing in a blues duo called Bottled in Bond. Hine with fellow student Keith Trussell (aka Keef Trouble
Keef Trouble
Keef Trouble is an English composer, singer and musician.-Keef Trouble: Career:Trouble studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972...
), and friend John Randall were joined by Gibson and new acquaintance Jim Pitts to form a new band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
: Hine (acoustic/electric guitar), Trussell (rhythm/zobstick
Monkey stick
The mendoza, mendozer, monkey stick or lagerphone, is a traditional English percussion instrument, widely used in folk music. The origins of the name are not known but it is believed to stem from an association with one of the many Gypsy, Spanish and Italian buskers who were popular in London in...
), Randall (rhythm/washboard
Washboard
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its originally subsidiary use as a musical instrument....
), Gibson (kazoo
Kazoo
The kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, a device which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane."Kazoo" was the name given by...
) and Pitts (mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
/banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
/harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
/). This new band, now called Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, developed a country blues
Country blues
Country blues is a general term that refers to all the acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues. It often incorporated elements of rural gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and dixieland jazz...
style accompanied by a variety of eccentric percussion instruments.
Studio 51
During 1968, Brett Marvin had been performing around the South EastSouth East England
South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
music venues, where they had become acquainted with blues musician Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly was an English blues singer and guitarist. "To many American performers", an obituarist wrote, "Jo Ann Kelly was the only British singer to earn their respect for her development of what they would be justified in thinking as 'their' genre".-Life and career:Kelly was born in...
. Kelly invited Brett Marvin to play at Studio 51, Great Newport Street, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where she held a residency
Permanent residency
Permanent residency refers to a person's visa status: the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within a country of which he or she is not a citizen. A person with such status is known as a permanent resident....
, as did the John Dummer Blues Band, after the departure of The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
. When Kelly and Dummer vacated their residencies, Brett Marvin was offered the position of replacing them. It became the resident band for 4 years running a Sunday session as a drop in venue for blues musicians, including Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
Arthur Crudup
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs such as "That's All Right" , "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later covered by Elvis Presley and dozens of other artists.-Career:Arthur Crudup...
, Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.-Career:...
, Dave Kelly
Dave Kelly (musician)
David 'Dave' Kelly , is a British bluessinger, guitarist and composer, who has been active on the British blues music scene since the 1960s...
, Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner
Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo...
, Medicine Head
Medicine Head
Medicine Head were a British blues rock band, active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973, with "One and One is One", a Number 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart.-Main personnel:The group worked as a duo for most of its career, consisting of...
, The Steve Miller Band, Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill
Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
, Sam Mitchell, Bottleneck Bill, Mick Taylor, Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson (musician)
Larry Johnson is an American electric blues singer and guitarist.-Life and career:Johnson's father was a preacher who traveled extensively. This led to Johnson being exposed to blues records by Blind Boy Fuller, who inspired Johnson to learn the rudiments of guitar playing...
, Tony McPhee
Tony McPhee
Tony McPhee is an English blues guitarist, and founder of The Groundhogs....
, the John Dummer Blues Band, The Groundhogs
The Groundhogs
Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century.-Career:...
, Roy Bookbinder and Long John Baldry
Long John Baldry
John William "Long John" Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let the Heartaches Begin reached No...
. While at Studio 51, John Lewis, (who later changed his name to Jona Lewie
Jona Lewie
Jona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
,) saw the band. Lewie also played on the music club circuit, with interval spots playing blues and boogie-woogie
Boogie-woogie
Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...
on piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. In 1969, following a gig at Wolfie Witcher's blues club at the Nag's Head, where Brett Marvin and Lewie were booked separately, Lewie joined the band as its 6th member. In 1992, Trussell, Lewie and Pitts
Keef Trouble
Keef Trouble is an English composer, singer and musician.-Keef Trouble: Career:Trouble studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972...
were interviewed on Greater London Radio about the band’s times at Studio 51.
Recording and performance
In 1970, Tony McPhee from the Groundhogs invited Brett Marvin to contribute recordings for a British BluesBritish blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of...
Collection on the Liberty Label
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...
, Gasoline, produced by Mike Batt
Mike Batt
Michael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
. Later some of these were reproduced on the album Son of Gutbucket
Son of Gutbucket
Son of Gutbucket is a 1969 sampler album released to promote artists on the Liberty Records label. It followed the earlier release in 1969 of Gutbucket, .-Side 1:...
. Soon afterwards, the band began a 5 year recording contract with the Sonet
Sonet
Sonet may refer to:* Sonet Records, European record label* Synchronous optical networking * Saab Sonett...
record label that released the band’s first album, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. In 1971, the band released its 2nd album on Sonet, entitled 12 inches of, with a combination of blues standards, and songs written by band members.
During the early 70s Brett Marvin toured the UK blues club and university music circuit, having signed to the Robert Stigwood Agency
Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood is an impresario and entertainment entrepreneur who relocated to England in 1954...
, while appearing on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Holland. In 1971 the band performed in a concert with Son House
Son House
Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music...
and undertook a national tour supporting Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
's Derek and the Dominoes. Shortly after this, Gibson and Pitts dropped out of touring. Lewie had begun writing for the band, and his Seaside Shuffle was released as a single under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs a recording that included Hine, Trussell, Randall, Gibson and Pitts. In 1972 Sonet entered into a marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
and distribution agreement for the song with Jonathan King
Jonathan King
Jonathan King is an English singer, songwriter, impresario and record producer. He is also the author of three novels, Bible Two and The Booker Prize Winner , and Beware the Monkey Man , and an autobiography, 65 My Life So Far .King first came to prominence as an...
's UK label; it reached #2 in the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, leading to three appearances on Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
. Another single release under the Terry Dactyl name, On a Saturday Night, didn’t achieve such popularity. However, Sonet issued a 3rd album, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs, which took advantage of the success of Sea Side Shuffle and included a compilation of tracks from the first 2 albums. Following this album’s release, Lewie left the band. He was replaced by David Davies (keyboards) who had been playing in the Jaw Bone Jug Band. Gibson rejoined the band, as did a new bass player Tony Proto. Consequently, a 4th album was recorded and released on Sonet: Ten Legged Friend.
The new line-up performed at the Colne Blues Festival and The Blues Band
The Blues Band
The Blues Band is a British blues band formed in 1979 by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and vocalist/slide guitarist Dave Kelly, who had previously played with the John Dummer Blues Band, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker...
's Christmas Party
Christmas Party
"Christmas Party", alternately titled "Santa Claus is Coming to Scranton", is the tenth episode of the second season of The Office —the show's sixteenth episode overall. It was written by Michael Schur and directed by Charles McDougall. It was first broadcast on December 6, 2005 on NBC.In this...
.
During the remainder of the 70s and 80s Brett Marvin became almost exclusively an act on the London pub music scene, particularly at the Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is north-east of Charing Cross.-Boundaries:In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area . Its southern boundary with Dalston is quite ill-defined too...
, and the Stapleton Hall Tavern near Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park is a 46 hectare public park in the London Borough of Haringey. Officially part of the London area of Harringay, it is also adjacent to Stroud Green, the Finsbury Park district and Manor House. It was one of the first of the great London parks laid out in the Victorian...
. In 1992, the band performed at The Town & Country Club
The Town & Country Club
The Town & Country Club was a 2,100 capacity theatre-style venue in Kentish Town in North London, England. The venue was built in 1934 and was originally an art deco cinema....
.
In 1993, the Brett Marvin released a new album: Boogie Street, (Exson Music Ltd.), with the addition of a new bass guitarist Peter Swan. In 1998, Brett Marvin was featured on two compilation albums: Gutbucket, (EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
,) and Tony McPhee & Friends, (BGO Records
BGO
BGO can refer to:* A bismuth germanate detector, a type of scintillator* BGO, the IATA code for Bergen Flesland Airport in Bergen, Norway* BGO, the Burke-Gaffney Observatory located at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada...
), and released a CD version of their original LP, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. The band collaborated with Peter Moody in 1999, resulting in the CD Vintage Thunderbolts, (Mooncrest Records
Mooncrest Records
Mooncrest Records is a British record label that was formed in 1973 as a subsidiary of Charisma Records.They issued albums by Shirley Collins , Iain Matthews , Shakin' Stevens and Alan Hull . More recently they have handled Fairport Convention and Michael Chapman...
- part of Trojan Records
Trojan Records
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
), being of previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1970-1989. Swan left the band in 2001, being replaced by Dougie Strathie (bass guitar).
From 2000
Since 2000, Brett Marvin has played four to five times a year. Members Gibson, Trussell and Hine have produced solo albums. Hine performs with his brother Malcolm Hine in the Hine Brother's Band. Trussell performs with the folk-rock band The Okee Dokee Band, a regular feature at the BroadstairsBroadstairs
Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about south-east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St. Peter's and had a population in 2001 of about 24,000. Situated between Margate and...
Folk
Folk
The English word Folk is derived from a Germanic noun, *fulka meaning "people" or "army"...
Week. The latest album with members of Brett Marvin (as of 2010) is the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Keep on Moving featuring Davies, Gibson and Hine, produced by Trussell, being an entirely studio
Studio
A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television...
-based project. In early June 2010, Brett keyboard player, song-writer and vocalist David 'Taffy' Davies died.
Radio broadcasts
In 1971, two members of Brett Marvin, Trussell and Pitts, took part in a live radio broadcast discussion on the Jeremy Gilbert Show on Radio LondonRadio London
Radio London may refer to one of the following radio stations:*A popular name for the BBC World Service in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II*The station now known as BBC London 94.9...
, with the tagline ‘Can White Men Play the Blues?’, this compered by Viv Stanshall, where the indisposed Keith Moon
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
joined in the discussion by 'phone-in’ .
In 1991, Brett Marvin appeared on, and played a live set for, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
’s Paul Jones
Paul Jones (singer)
Paul Jones is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, and radio personality and television presenter.-Career:As P. P...
show.
In 1992, Trussell, Lewie and Pitts were interviewed on Greater London Radio’s Mary Costello Show about Brett Marvin and its history.
Band musicians: former and present
- Ken Butcher: sax
- Wilgar CampbellWilgar CampbellWilgar Campbell was an Irish blues rock musician, best known for his role as drummer with Rory Gallagher in the early 1970s.-Career:Campbell played with local band The Method, who moved to London in 1968 and became Andwella's Dream...
: drums - Lol CoxhillLol CoxhillLowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
: sax/flugelhorn - David Davies: vocals/composer/keyboard
- Dennis ElliottDennis ElliottDennis Leslie Eliott is most famous as the drummer who played for Foreigner from 1976 to 1992. In later years he became a professional sculptor.-Life and careers:...
: drums - Peter Gibson: vocals/composer/percussion/trombone
- Graham Hine: vocals/composer/guitar
- Malcolm Hine: guitar
- Mick Hodgekinson: vocals/organ/bass guitar
- Jona LewieJona LewieJona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
: vocals/composer/keyboard - Malcolm Mortimer: drums
- Jim Pitts: sax/harmonica/mandolin
- Mack Poole: drums
- Tony Proto: bass guitar
- John Randall: drums
- Doug Strathie: bass guitar
- Pete Swan: bass guitar
- Keef TroubleKeef TroubleKeef Trouble is an English composer, singer and musician.-Keef Trouble: Career:Trouble studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972...
: vocals/composer/percussion/guitar