{"id":17,"date":"2022-12-23T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T03:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T03:45:51","slug":"amber-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/12\/23\/amber-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Amber Sin<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgWq8VGB0pXkKOZEeSIES2iWsdhzCBeSd5TFBtG7HPA73g96V0V2jTdFOP2TcgR4Ze-tcsYrWapgXJRconohGrgiKiD9madgiQFgOZZfk_RYXEkgGdd0tK1ccp0bJQj4NE-MtpCkzzSUAGRSeK3MmYM_Rd4SwNfG6ihGhel12Hllplc7ubZ_IOo_FXqjg\/s400\/AMBER%20SIN%20(2).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"275\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgWq8VGB0pXkKOZEeSIES2iWsdhzCBeSd5TFBtG7HPA73g96V0V2jTdFOP2TcgR4Ze-tcsYrWapgXJRconohGrgiKiD9madgiQFgOZZfk_RYXEkgGdd0tK1ccp0bJQj4NE-MtpCkzzSUAGRSeK3MmYM_Rd4SwNfG6ihGhel12Hllplc7ubZ_IOo_FXqjg\/w640-h440\/AMBER%20SIN%20(2).jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/p\/coventry-bands-index.html\">BAND INDEX<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>Amber Sin<\/b> were a club band formed by <b>Errol McGrath<\/b> after <b>Coconut Mat<\/b> split up in 1970.  Errol tells us &#8220;Amber Sin were around for a couple of years with various different line ups and as with most bands at the time. We played most of the Working Men&#8217;s Clubs\u2019s in the Midlands.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">The line up in this pic from left to right &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>Errol McGrath<\/b> (Vocal\/Guitar), <br \/><b>Brian White<\/b> (Bass), <br \/><b>Lol Ivans<\/b> (Rhythm  guitar), <br \/><b>Tony Gibbard<\/b> (Drums).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/> Other musicians include <b>Trevor Hilton<\/b> on bass (who defected to <b>Smackee<\/b>)<br \/>and Tommy ? on drums at one stage.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage bass player <b>Al Varney<\/b> (Ex Fission with Johnny Adams) was in Amber Sin.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">This Amber Sin Mark 2 with&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>Errol McGrath<\/b>&nbsp;(Vocal\/Guitar),<br \/><b>Alan Varney<\/b>&nbsp;(Bass),<br \/><b>Tony Gibbard<\/b>&nbsp;(Drums).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Geoff Tookey <\/b>was a roadie with the band. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjh9wlKwVzAj4fz8OmHsiy4hbyjN7Txj7BsOPezSBoMFFkEPs6M0OEwIxzNaEwi5WhE0kM2QkgZAKL9KqO4JgpevOZWZAGKWKfS8JSPRJIaCdMpHjicxoFzE2HjZ-2cZanYyC7tdkqlR21YLcgs5S1sW0B4iJk9EqZ_ocSg0BVIumIQVRRxauL8wKT4Dw\/s400\/53345548_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"300\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjh9wlKwVzAj4fz8OmHsiy4hbyjN7Txj7BsOPezSBoMFFkEPs6M0OEwIxzNaEwi5WhE0kM2QkgZAKL9KqO4JgpevOZWZAGKWKfS8JSPRJIaCdMpHjicxoFzE2HjZ-2cZanYyC7tdkqlR21YLcgs5S1sW0B4iJk9EqZ_ocSg0BVIumIQVRRxauL8wKT4Dw\/w640-h480\/53345548_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Al Varney on bass with Amber Sin<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Amber Sin BAND INDEX Amber Sin were a club band formed by Errol McGrath after Coconut Mat split up in 1970. 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