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Badfinger - following the Beatles at the Apple Record Label
“Badfinger originated with guitarist/keyboardist Pete Ham and a group called The Panthers formed in 1961, then The Black Velvets and The Wild Ones. Ham, Ron Griffiths (bass guitar) and David ‘Dai’ Jenkins (guitar) went on to form The Iveys, named after a street in Swansea, Wales. By March of 1965, Mike Gibbins had joined as the drummer and the band began playing locally with such groups as the Spencer Davis Group, The Who, The Moody Blues and The Yardbirds. [1] The Iveys moved their base to London in 1966, performing both for David Garrick (a local singer) and as a solo act, and reportedly opening for Pink Floyd on occasion. The following year, Jenkins was asked (more…)
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