8/13/2023 0 Comments Screaming lord sutch keith moom![]() ![]() They went back to Sweden in January 1967, touring for 10 days. ![]() As Tony Dangerfield recalled “Ritchie had pulled out all the stops out and we got thrown off the next gigs with Cream”. They actually supported Clapton, Bruce and Baker only at Sussex University, Brighton on December 15th 1966. Robert Stigwood agency put them on to support Cream. They then played at Dunfermline Kinema Ballroom, Scotland, on December 5th, 1966. The first gig they did - in Fulham, London - was a benefit for the wife of the late Johnny Kidd. They were required to dress as Roman Gladiators for publicity during this cold winter 1966/67 (4). Lord Caesar Sutch' & The Roman Empire: December 1966 - May 1967 after J.C.Īfter his last recording sessions with Joe Meek in November (1), Ritchie Blackmore rejoined The Savages for a 3rd stint, initially as additional guitarist playing alongside their then current guitar player John Bedder, after their successful Scandinavian tour (2).īy December, new line-up of Carlo Little, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Dangerfield along with organist Matthew Fisher, who had just been elbowed from the Downliner Sect, and American saxophonist Joel James from The League Of Gentlemen, underwent a name and image change to Lord Caesar Sutch & the Roman Empire (3). Tony Dangerfield was also in the band (according to Tony that would make me a real savage)! we also spent the night in a Swedish police station when we couldn't find anywhere to stay, and the police let us stay the night in some pretty comfotable cells.they even gave us breakfast !." (2) Peter Green: "I had the pleasure of playing Tenor sax with the Savages. Six month's later we ran into Sutch "on the road" and he berated us for leaving Lyons without paying for the hotel! Evidently Sutch had to pay our bill as well as his own however he later retreived the hotel money from the promoter." The Hotel was to have been paid for by the Lyons promoter. After the Lyons gig, we left the hotel early (4am). For the Lyons gig with the Who, Sutch and ourselves were booked into the same hotel. He was taking it back to England in his van. and he told us how he'd "rescued a kitten" from the many strays breeding below The Colosseum in Rome. (1) Phillip Goodhand-Tait: "We met Sutch "on the road" in France and he was returning from Italy. He later formed Freedom with two ex-Procol Harum members, Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison in the late summer of 1967. Tony Marsh eventually left and stayed there. He particurlarly remembers the local accommodation: they spent the night in a Swedish police station after a gig (2). Peter Green remembers that Carlo Little drove the group van during that tour. They then did a months tour of Sweden from late October 1966. Phillip Goodhand-Tait recalls that Keith Moon threw a bucket of water over Carlo Little, and Dave Sutch was taking a rescued kitten from the Colosseum back to England in his Transit van (1). On route back from Italy, on October 28th, they took part of a "British Gala" at Villeurbane Palais d'hiver, near Lyons, France, along with The Who and The Stormsville Shakers. He returned to base, deeply shocked at having just read that Johnny Kidd had died in a car-crash, and the rest of his band just wasn't able to take it in either. On saturday 8th October 1966, Screaming Lord Sutch and his Savages were touring Germany and Dave Sutch popped out to get a copy of the previous day's Evening Standard newspaper. They were joined by former Crusader Tony Marsh and returning Peter Green. Among accompanying musicians were Mike Kellie, Martin Barre, Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy, John Bonham and Jeff Lynne - with whom he cut a single for Polydor: “Evening Blue”/”Times Are getting tougher than tough” which remained unreleased. After The Thrills folded, Bedder sessioned for Joe Meek for about a year, then toured with the Winstone G Set and then joined Jimmy James & The Vagabonds while Dangerfield returned to Birmingham where he fronted various bands. Tony Dangerfield, who took over from John Lawson, stayed on with Carlo Little and brought into the Savages his mate from The Travellers and The Thrills, guitarist Johnny Bedder. ![]() Touring Germany, France, Sweden: September - October 1966 ![]()
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