The Sorrows

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The Sorrows
OriginCoventry, Warwickshire, England
GenresFreakbeat, rock and roll
LabelsPiccadilly
Past membersPhil Packham
Don Fardon

The Sorrows are a rock band formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England,[1] by Pip Whitcher, and were part of the British beat boom of the 1960s. They were a fixture in the English mod scene and are sometimes referred to as freakbeat.

Career

The band was formed in 1963, and toured Germany for a month, playing several sets each day.

Piccadilly Records, and began working with producer John Schroeder. Their line-up included Fardon, Whitcher, Juckes, Packham and Finlay.[1]

The Sorrows released their first album, Take a Heart, in 1965 on Piccadilly.[1] The Sorrows played a hard, aggressive version of contemporary R&B; later this style of music was termed freakbeat.[3]

After the band achieved a minor

Air Studios
under Mike Sullivan.

Lomas in the early 1980s became a

Grammy Award winning album, Jamaican E.T. for Lee "Scratch" Perry
.

In 2011, the band was re-formed by Fardon and Packham, and they began performing live again.[2] The new line-up comprised Fardon (vocals), Packham (bass guitar and vocals), Nigel Lomas (drums and vocals), Marcus Webb (guitar) and Brian Wilkins (guitar, harmonica and vocals).

Personnel

Initial line-up

After 1966

  • Philip (Pip) Whitcher – rhythm guitar and vocals
  • Wesley 'Wez' Price – bass – (born 19 July 1945, Coventry, Warwickshire)
  • Roger (Rog) Lomas – lead guitar (born Roger David Lomas, 8 October 1948, Keresley Hospital, Coventry, Warwickshire). 1966 – 1967
  • Bruce Finlay – drums
  • Chuck Fryers – guitar, vocals. (born Alan Paul Fryers, 24 May 1945, Bognor Regis, West Sussex). 1967 – 1969
  • Geoff Prior – bass. 1967 –
  • Chris Smith – lead vocals, Hammond organ
  • Rod Davies – guitar, vocals. 1968 – (born Roderick Thomas Davies, 28 March 1946, Ivor, Buckinghamshire)

After 2011

  • Don Fardon – lead vocals
  • Phil Packham – bass guitar and vocals
  • Nigel Lomas – drums and vocals (born 17 August 1942, Keresley Hospital, Coventry) (Played on some recordings late 1960s)
  • Marcus Webb – lead guitar
  • Brian Wilkins – guitar, harmonica and vocals

After 2013

  • Don Fardon – lead vocals
  • Nigel Lomas – drums and vocals
  • Marcus Webb – lead guitar
  • Brian Wilkins – guitar, harmonica and vocals.
  • Mark Mortimer – bass guitar (replaced Phil Packham in October 2013)
  • Paul Rollason – lead guitar (replaced Marcus Webb in March 2017)

Discography

Singles

Albums

  • Take a Heart [3] – (Pye NPL 38023), (1965) ("Baby" / "No No No No" / "Take a Heart" / "She's Got The Action" / "How Love Used To Be" / "Teenage Letter" / "I Don't Wanna Be Free" / "Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me" / "Cara-lin" / "We Should Get Along Fine" / "Come With Me" / "Let Me In")
  • Old Songs, New Songs – (Miura MIU 10011) (1967);[1] officially reissued on CD by Wooden Hill Records (#WHCD026) – 2009
  • Pink, Purple, Yellow and Red – (
    LP
    , Bam-Caruso KIRI 089) (1987)
  • The Sorrows – (
    Sequel Records
    NEXCD 165) (1991)

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-7535-0149-X
    .
  2. ^ a b c d Wilson, Lois (2012) "Welcome Back! The Sorrows", Mojo, March 2012, p. 31, retrieved 2012-01-28
  3. ^ a b "The Sorrows | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .

External links
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