Barnabus 2 disc acetate recorded 1971
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Barnabus 2 disc 12" LP acetate recorded 1971 .
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Leamington band. Here is a brief write up from the British Music Archive . The acetate was cut at Monty BIrd's studio and was found in Birmingham. The band might well have got their name from attending gigs in nearby Erdington at Mothers Club. That was opposite St Barnabas church which burned down in 2007! The last day of Mothers Edgar Broughon Band played in the graveyard.
The rock band Barnabus formed in 1970, in Leamington Spa, when pop covers band the Jay Bee Kay Pees split. Lead guitarist John Storer and bass guitarist Keith Hancock, enrolled drummer Tony Cox from the also recently defunct Rockin’ Chair Blues Band. Barnabus started out playing covers from bands such as Black Sabbath, Trapeze, Deep Purple, to name but a few, but before long they progressed to writing their own numbers, with the help of a young lyricist/poet called Les Bates. They played all over the local area and in London. They were the support act for several "name" bands of the time - Man, Edgar Broughton, Trapeze. They even supported Hawkwind at the Coventry Locarno, and in 1971 recorded an album at Monty Bird’s studios, in Snitterfield near Stratford Upon Avon. Barnabus won the Midlands heat of the Melody Maker Rock & Folk contest, in 1972, where the judges were Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi
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