{"id":95,"date":"2022-06-09T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/06\/09\/the-cataracts\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T15:55:00","slug":"the-cataracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrybands\/2022\/06\/09\/the-cataracts\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CATARACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><b>&nbsp;THE CATARACTS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEho8nfjW3bG8VOqwVykigDWN8zTfsAEqNpQnY0xdLAvNbP2f19O8dWSnNRletvjtOt5KqgOrnCyKvm9bC4N-svmdaMJw5s1z2Nk0VP5TS0jRgaShdZSOJV5pDwClpzJjJwxMqYqdAfFDJW7oDlT0w7lMcfmeV1YVAiPB4q_PwjgFojzMGiGR3iMrxgzMg\/s349\/Beat%20Preachers.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"289\" data-original-width=\"349\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEho8nfjW3bG8VOqwVykigDWN8zTfsAEqNpQnY0xdLAvNbP2f19O8dWSnNRletvjtOt5KqgOrnCyKvm9bC4N-svmdaMJw5s1z2Nk0VP5TS0jRgaShdZSOJV5pDwClpzJjJwxMqYqdAfFDJW7oDlT0w7lMcfmeV1YVAiPB4q_PwjgFojzMGiGR3iMrxgzMg\/w640-h530\/Beat%20Preachers.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10pt;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Bass player Stuart Colman in his later band The Beat Preachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coventrybands.blogspot.com\/p\/coventry-bands-index.html\"><b>BAND INDEX<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>THE<br \/>\nCATARACTS<\/b> c 1963 &#8211;<b> Stuart Coleman (<\/b>bass), <b>Geoff Parsons <\/b>(guitar), <b>Graham<br \/>\nRolaston<\/b> (drums). <b>The Beat Preachers<\/b> 1964 formed out of The Cataracts and The<br \/>\nBoothill 6 &#8211; Source Broadgate Gnome<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>Ian<br \/>\nCrawford <\/b>adds &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">When the<br \/>\nBeat Preachers moved on with Stuart Coleman his old band, The Cataracts,<br \/>\ncomprising <b>Roger Meakin <\/b>&#8211; Guit \/ vocals, Mick Pearson &#8211; Guitar, Johnny Armitage &#8211;<br \/>\ndrums and Colin ? -bass played Woolpack Beat Club and other venues in the Rugby<br \/>\narea. We were all AEI apprentices &amp; contemporaries of Stuart Coleman<br \/>\nc.1963-64<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">They played<br \/>\nmany local gigs including Nuneaton&#8217;s Co-op Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">&nbsp;A<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\">rticle<br \/>\non Stuart Colman by Pete Clemons Here <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/coventrygigs.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/01\/stuart-colman-cataracts-beat-preacher.html\" style=\"font-family: arial\"><b>http:\/\/coventrygigs.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/01\/stuart-colman-cataracts-beat-preacher.html<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;margin-bottom: 10.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: x-large\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;THE CATARACTS Bass player Stuart Colman in his later band The Beat Preachers. BAND INDEX THE CATARACTS c 1963 &#8211; Stuart Coleman (bass), Geoff Parsons (guitar), Graham Rolaston (drums). 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