{"id":336,"date":"2021-05-23T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2021\/05\/23\/the-reason\/"},"modified":"2021-05-23T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:57:00","slug":"the-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2021\/05\/23\/the-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Reason<\/b> formerly The Puncture Outfit<\/b>…..line up Roy Bartram<\/b> Vocals, Keith Bates<\/b> Lead Guitar, Johnny Varden<\/b> Rhythm and vocals, Fred Burrows <\/b>Bass, Alan Jones<\/b> Drums.<\/p>\n

Keith Bates outlines his band history<\/b> – “Keith Bates…worked for Dot Calvert out of Clifton Hall with The Reason and my first band was the Critics Featuring Dave Dyed on Drums Len Bailey on Bass , Alan Wright on Rhythm (replaced by George Beardmore) Keith Bates lead guitar, and Johnny Thompson on Sax Dave Dyed, George Beardmore, Len Bailey with Barry Spruce on keyboards formed the Chuckles The late Gene Vincent’s backing Band, Dave Burns and The Agents….line up Keith Bates lead Guitar ,Terry Hamilton Vocals, Clive Ellams Drums, Colin Bonsor Bass, Alan Hankinson Rhythm Guitar. <\/p>\n

The Agents broke up with the late Alan Hankinson and the Late Dave “Spud” Simpson on Drums accompanied by Rob Price vocals, the late Roger Prince Lead Guitar and Mick Broadhurst on bass……The Joneses<\/p>\n

I joined The Reason formerly The Puncture Outfit…..line up Roy Bartram Vocals, Keith Bates Lead Guitar, Johnny Varden Rhythm and vocals, Fred Burrows Bass, Alan Jones Drums.”<\/span><\/p>\n


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 The Reason BACK TO THE BAND INDEX The Reason formerly The Puncture Outfit…..line up Roy Bartram Vocals, Keith Bates Lead Guitar, Johnny Varden Rhythm and vocals, Fred Burrows Bass, Alan Jones Drums. Keith Bates outlines his band history – “Keith Bates…worked … 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\/336"}],"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=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}