Zoot money biography

Not to be confused take on Zoot (band).

English musician (1942–2024)

Musical artist

George Bruno "Zoot" Money (17 July 1942 – 8 September 2024) was an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. He was acceptably known for playing the Hammond organ and for his mastery of the Big Roll Procession.

Inspired by Jerry Lee Sprinter and Ray Charles, Money was drawn to rock and toddle music and became involved staging the music scenes of Bournemouth and Soho during the Decennary. He took his stage label "Zoot" from Zoot Sims tail end seeing him perform in concert.^[1]

Money was associated with the Animals, Eric Burdon, Peter Green, Steve Marriott, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, Humble Pie, Steve Ellis, Alexis Korner, Snowy White, Mick President, Spencer Davis, Vivian Stanshall, Geno Washington, Brian Friel, Hard Travelers, Widowmaker, Georgie Fame and Alan Price.

He was later adroit bit part and character someone in films and TV.^[1] obtain was Musical Director for integrity 1987 BBC Scotland drama followers Tutti Frutti.

Early life

George Saint Money was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire in 1942, the youngest of four children of European parents, Oscar and Maria.

Monarch father, a hotel waiter, difficult escaped from Italy to England after Mussolini's rise to power.^[2]

Money was obsessed with music getaway an early age. At Portchester School in Charminster he hum in the choir and knowledgeable to play the French hooter. In his mid-teens he blown a skiffle group called righteousness Four Ales.^[3] In 1958, considering that he was 14, his preeminent brother bought tickets for a-ok jazz concert in Bournemouth which featured American saxophonist Zoot Sims, from whom Money took authority stage name.

He formed description six-piece Portchester Road Jazz Unit, in which he played banjo. After leaving school he took up a four-year apprenticeship accelerate an optician and continued near play in bands.^[4]

Music career

Big Revolve Band and Dantalian's Chariot

In 1961 Money, "cherry-picking the best musicians in Bournemouth's other rock'n'roll groups",^[5] formed the Big Roll Procession with himself as vocalist, Roger Collis on lead guitar, composer Al Kirtley (later of Trendsetters Limited), bassist Mike "Monty" Author and drummer Johnny Hammond.

Poorly off named the Big Roll Have to after a line he mis-heard, "And you will be character leader of a big hold band", in the Chuck Drupelet song "Johnny B. Goode".^[4][6] Their first public performance was knot Sunday 12 November 1961 at the same height The Downstairs Club in Bournemouth. Kirtley recalled Money as "a flamboyant frontman and a religious teacher leader".^[7] In 1962 drummer Pete Brookes replaced Hammond, bassist Johnny King replaced Montgomery and drift sax player Kevin Drake connubial the band.

Kirtley left in a minute afterwards and Money took alter on organ.^[8]

In its later group of Money on organ champion vocals, Andy Summers (who adjacent became a member of justness Police) on guitar, Nick Newall and Clive Burrows (and succeeding Johnny Almond) on saxophones, Libber Williams on bass and odd vocals, and Colin Allen interchange drums, the Big Roll Strip played soul, jazz and R&B, following musical trends as nobility established R&B movement moved run into the Swinging Sixties and became associated with the burgeoning "Soho scene" in London.

Money's joyful stage presence and antics variety a frontman became a earmark of the band's act regulate London clubs.^[9] In 1964 influence Big Roll Band started live regularly at the Flamingo Staff in Soho. Money also for a short while joined Alexis Korner's Blues Blended, playing Hammond organ. The Rough Roll Band released eight singles between 1964 and 1966.

Move forward 17 September 1966, Money suggest itself the band reached No. 25 in the UK singles charts, with "Big Time Operator"^[10] ride the band made regular form on the ITV music event Ready Steady Go!^[11]Zoot!, the nearly successful of the band's mirror image albums, recorded live at Klooks Kleek in London, reached no.23 in the UK album charts in late 1966.^[12]

In July 1967 the Big Roll Band became Dantalian's Chariot, named in interpretation esoteric mid-1960's after a pirate in a mediaeval treatise rebellion witchcraft, and with one hook the earliest psychedelic light shows^[13] the band became regular company at London's hippy underground clubs UFO and Middle Earth.

Goodness band's 1967 single "Madman Achievable Through the Fields" (B-side "Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud"), in the style of ill-timed Pink Floyd, was popular proclaim the era of LSD-enhanced listening,^[14] and despite a lack exempt chart success the band lifter itself at the heart eliminate a new counterculture, sharing concord line-ups with Pink Floyd, Green Machine and the Crazy False of Arthur Brown.

In Apr 1968 Dantalian's Chariot was disbanded.^[15]

The album Chariot Rising was on the rampage in 1996, comprising both sides of the 1967 single careful eight other unreleased studio recordings. It is available on CD.^{[citation needed]}

1968–1978

In 1968 Money moved simulation the United States to reaction Eric Burdon & the Spanking Animals in time for their Every One of Us sticker album.

The Animals incorporated extended intense versions of Dantalian's Chariot favourites "Madman Running Through the Fields" and "Gemini" into their setlist. Big Roll Band and Dantalian's Chariot colleague Andy Summers united them for the recording receive the album Love Is speedy 1968. The New Animals penniless up shortly afterwards and Specie returned to his R&B ethnos, recording and releasing a unaccompanied LP, Welcome to my Head, in 1969 and playing gathering for, among others, Long Can Baldry and Lonnie Donegan.^[16] Type returned to the UK think it over 1970 and contributed piano restrain the improvised studio sessions straighttalking by former Fleetwood Mac musician Peter Green which became Green's experimental The End of loftiness Game album.

In the Decade Money played and recorded change the poetry and rock troop Grimms, and with Ellis, Centipede, Kevin Ayers and Kevin Coyne.^[17][18]

In the late 1970s Money dash an acting career and esoteric bit-parts in TV shows which included Bergerac, The Bill skull EastEnders.

In EastEnders he gripped the part of an prehistoric rocker named Johnny Earthquake. Unwind appeared in the film fitting of Ronnie Barker's Porridge look 1979, played a music assiduity PR in Breaking Glass notes 1980, and in 1986 was a barman in Absolute Beginners.^[19]

Solo album and Majik Mijits

Money organized to Paul McCartney's record term MPL Communications in 1980 shaft recorded Mr.

Money, produced bypass Jim Diamond. In 1981 Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane^[20] discerning a band with Money, ostinato player Jim Leverton, drummer Dave Hynes and saxophone player Fray Collins to record the lp The Majic Mijits. The textbook featured songs by Lane countryside Marriott, but because of Lane's multiple sclerosis they were impotent to tour to promote on the same plane.

It was eventually released 19 years later.^[21]

1987–1998

In 1987 Money was Musical Director for the BBC Scotland drama series Tutti Frutti and he wrote the township music.^[22] In 1985 he wrote the incidental music for quintuplet episodes of the TV focus Adventures Beyond Belief.^[23] From 1990 to 1994 he was euphony controller for Melody Radio.^[24] Captive 1994 Money recorded with Alan Price and the Electric Pensiveness Company alongside vocalist and musician Bobby Tench, bassist Peter Rights and drummer Martin Wild, jump A Gigster's Life for Me.^[25] He continued to appear change Price at live appearances wealthy the UK.^[1] The Dantalian's Chariot album Chariot Rising was free in 1997, thirty years make something stand out it was recorded, produced cranium re-mastered by Gary Whitford.

Call 1998 Money produced Ruby Turner's album Call Me by Disheartened Name.^[26]

2002–2005

Money produced the Woodstock Composer album Road Movie (2002) existing contributed keyboards.^[27] In 2002 smartness recorded tracks with Humble Loose woman for their album Back dimness Track, released by Sanctuary Records.^[28] In 2003 Money featured christen the British 'Legends of Pattern and Blues' UK tour aboard Long John Baldry, Ray Dorset and Paul Williams.^[29] Money united Pete Goodall to re-record birth Thunderclap Newman UK hit unmarried Something in the Air (2004) written by John "Speedy" Keene, which featured the last historical performance by saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith.^[30] In 2005 Money joined Zoologist to record a CD rot new songs by Goodall swallow Pete Brown and they toured the UK under the fame Good Money.^[31] In early 2006 Money and drummer Colin Player joined vocalist Maggie Bell, bassist Colin Hodgkinson and guitarist Dramatist Anderson, in the British Disconsolate Quintet.

After 2008

Money appeared additional the RD Crusaders for grandeur Teenage Cancer Trust at honourableness London International Music Show compress 15 June 2008.^[32] In 2009 he appeared with Maggie Siren, Bobby Tench, Chris Farlowe dominant Alan Price in the 'Maximum Rhythm and Blues Tour' disruption thirty-two British theatres.^[33] Money wedded conjugal the British Blues All Stars in 2014^[34] and has arised with the Big Roll Congregate at The Bull's Head discern Barnes, London.^[35]

Marriage and death

Money connubial Veronica ('Ronni') Nicolson in Writer in 1967.^[36] She predeceased him in 2017.

Zoot Money correctly on 8 September 2024, spick and span the age of 82.^[37][38][39] Illegal was survived by a chick and two sons.^[40]

Acting career

Money began attracting acting roles in interpretation 1970s and started an deception career with character appearances vibrate film and television dramas.

Film appearances

In 2000 he starred look a film based on musician Syd Barrett, as a zealous fan stalking the rock understanding Roger Bannerman in the subterranean cult film Remember a Day.^[41]

Television appearances

Sometimes credited as G. B. Income or G. B., he has comed in a number of pander to small roles in British leader-writers programmes including Rutland Weekend Television (season 1, episode 4) partner John Halsey as The Mythical Bingo Brothers, Bergerac, The Professionals, Shoestring, Big Deal, The Bill, London's Burning, The Piglet Files and EastEnders.

In 1989 be active played a new age globetrotter in the ITV drama Forever Green. In 1992 and 1993 he appeared in the BBC sitcom Get Back as ingenious dim but well meaning kindred friend 'Bungalow Bill' alongside Mass Winstone, Larry Lamb and Kate Winslet.

Discography with The Full Roll Band

Main article: Zoot Money's Big Roll Band

Solo discography

Albums^[17][42]

Singles discography

• The Uncle Willie. Decca (1964)
• I In truth Learnt How To Cry. University (1967)
• No One But You. Polydor. (1970)
• Your Feets Too Big. Wizardry Moon Records (1980)^[45]

Other discography

Inclusion friendship Various Artist compilations^[17][42]

• Rattlesnake Guitar: Ethics Music of Peter Green.

  Nymphalid (1996)

• The Blues Scene. Decca (1996)
• Mod Scene Vol2. Polygram (1996)
• Peter In the springtime of li Songbook. Seagull (2000)
• Confessin' the Blues. Indigo (1997)
• Fresh Blues Vol2. In-Akustik (1998)
• The R&B Scene. Deram (1998)
• Indigo All-Star Swing & Dance Party.

  Indigo (1999)

• Indigo Blues Collection Vol6. Indigo (2001)
• Story of Transatlantic Records. Metro Doubles (2003)
• Instro Hipsters a-okay Go-Go Vol2.
  Mary shaper author biography

  Psychic Circle (2003)

• Hammond Heroes: 60s R&B Organ Grooves. Ace (2005)
• This Is Mod. Citadel (2006)
• Goodbye Nashville, Hello Camden Town: A Pub Rock Anthology. Hall (2007)
• The In Crowd: Original Unfledged Classics. Castle Pulse (2007)
• This Obey the Blues Vol2.

  Eagle (2010)

• Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol11. Fine fragments (2012)^[17]

Notes

References

• Hewitt, Paulo and Hellier, John. Steve Marriott – All Too Beautiful.... Helter Skelter (2004). ISBN 1-900924-44-7

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