{"id":271,"date":"2021-08-04T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2021\/08\/04\/the-overtones\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:18:00","slug":"the-overtones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2021\/08\/04\/the-overtones\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overtones"},"content":{"rendered":"

 The Overtones<\/span><\/p>\n


The Overtones were Paul Kennelly’s first band – later he played with Peppermint Kreem and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Paul Kennelly – “MY FIRST BAND ….. THE OVERTONES 1964 – The image shows Paul Kennelly and John Turner at top left and Chris Ellis and Dave Overton on the right. Both Dave and Chris are sadly , no longer with us. The name OVERTONES came from Dave’s surname ( Overton ). We had Gigster drums, a screechy mike, an electrified Spanish guitar, a Watkins amp and , being called Paul and being born in Liverpool, I bought a Vox Bassmaster. I hadn’t got a clue although I did learn to tune it ! Eventually, Dave lost interest and so did Chris. I was a pal of two lads at the Art School and that is how John and I set the ball rolling with Smoking Embers, using the Art School after lessons, to rehearse. The image shows Paul Kennelly and John Turner at top left and Chris Ellis and Dave Overton on the right. Both Dave and Chris are sadly , no longer with us. The name OVERTONES came from Dave’s surname ( Overton ). We had Gigster drums, a screechy mike, an electrified Spanish guitar, a Watkins amp and , being called Paul and being born in Liverpool, I bought a Vox Bassmaster. I hadn’t got a clue although I did learn to tune it !” <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 The Overtones The Overtones were Paul Kennelly’s first band – later he played with Peppermint Kreem and many others. BACK TO THE BAND INDEX Paul Kennelly – “MY FIRST BAND ….. THE OVERTONES 1964 – The image shows Paul Kennelly … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}