{"id":85,"date":"2022-07-11T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/07\/11\/the-chicanes\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:53:00","slug":"the-chicanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/07\/11\/the-chicanes\/","title":{"rendered":"The CHICANES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CHICANES<\/b><\/div>\n

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The
\nCHICANES <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

December
\n1963 – 1965 (Source Broadgate Gnome)  <\/span><\/span>Beat Group<\/span><\/p>\n

Line up<\/b>:
\nRoger Gunn<\/b> (lead guitar), Robert Cumner<\/b> (rhythm guitar), Bernie Tompkins<\/b>
\n(bass), Kevin Connelly<\/b> (drums).<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry
\nKingsbeer<\/b> formed the band with Kevin Connelly<\/b>– see note below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Formed in
\nDecember 1963 and managed by Gordon Williams<\/b>. Signed with Joe Meek<\/b> as their
\nrecording manager. Became The Money Spiders<\/b> in 1965.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry
\nKingsbeer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I was
\nflattered to see a kind mention of the Chicanes here, schoolmate Kevin Connolly
\ngot a drum kit and took me round to his house to see it. At that point, being
\nyoung and without fear (some might sat without a clue) we decided to form a
\nband. I didn’t play any instrument at that time but ended up on bass which has
\nbeen my first instrument ever since. On leaving the band I joined The
\nEstablishment, formerly The Stormbreakers from Nuneaton. Left Coventry 65\/66
\nand lost touch. I\u2019ve lived in Stratford for the last 20 years and am still
\nplaying. From
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/coventry\/content\/articles\/2004\/11\/05\/music_godiva_rocks_feature.shtml<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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  The CHICANES BAND INDEX The CHICANES December 1963 – 1965 (Source Broadgate Gnome)  Beat Group Line up: Roger Gunn (lead guitar), Robert Cumner (rhythm guitar), Bernie Tompkins (bass), Kevin Connelly (drums). Barry Kingsbeer formed the band with Kevin Connelly– see … 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\/85"}],"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=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}