Robert 'Bob' Jackson (born 6 January 1948,
CoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham with a population of 300,848...
,
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), is a keyboardist/guitarist whose career has been interwoven with various rock and pop bands since the early 1970s.
Jackson formed his first professional rock group in 1969, called
Indian SummerIndian Summer was a progressive rock quartet, formed in Coventry, UK, in 1969. The members were Malcolm Harker on bass, Paul Hooper on drums, Bob Jackson on keys and Colin Williams on guitar and vocals. Their manager was Jim Simpson who was managing Black Sabbath at the time and he is supposed to...
. The group released the album
Indian Summer in 1971, and then disbanded the following year. Jackson joined
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's new band "Rigor Mortis" in 1972 and played on their debut tour.
Robert 'Bob' Jackson (born 6 January 1948,
CoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham with a population of 300,848...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
), is a keyboardist/guitarist whose career has been interwoven with various rock and pop bands since the early 1970s.
Jackson formed his first professional rock group in 1969, called
Indian SummerIndian Summer was a progressive rock quartet, formed in Coventry, UK, in 1969. The members were Malcolm Harker on bass, Paul Hooper on drums, Bob Jackson on keys and Colin Williams on guitar and vocals. Their manager was Jim Simpson who was managing Black Sabbath at the time and he is supposed to...
. The group released the album
Indian Summer in 1971, and then disbanded the following year. Jackson joined
John EntwistleJohn Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who...
's new band "Rigor Mortis" in 1972 and played on their debut tour. Jackson and fellow bandmate Alan Ross decided to put together their own group in 1973, calling themselves "Ross". They released two albums on
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;
Ross in 1973, and
The Pit and the Pendulum in 1974. This hard rock group failed to capture an audience and disbanded after the release of its second album.
Jackson was hired by the group
BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
in August 1974, the first time he had joined an established rock act. Although originally secured as a replacement for one of its members, Pete Ham, Jackson was retained as an additional member when Ham withdrew his resignation. Following a British tour supporting the group "Man",
BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
recorded the album
Head First for Warner Brothers in December. Due to legal entanglements and mismanagement,
Head First was unreleased at the time. Jackson was finally able to release the recordings on CD in 2000.
Badfinger disbanded following Ham's suicide in 1975. Jackson remained in contact with Badfinger's bassist Tom Evans, and the two joined "The Dodgers" in 1976. The Dodgers released a handful of singles and one album by 1977, the year Jackson was released by the band due to management disagreements.
Jackson was hired by
The SearchersThe Searchers are an English rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....
in 1979, contributing to the group's tours and two subsequent album releases,
The Searchers (1979) and
Play For Today (1980). In 1980 Jackson joined "The David Byron Band" formed by
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's former lead singer. None of the group's recordings had been released by the time Jackson left the band in 1981, and the group continued to tour until Byron's death in 1985.
Jackson and Tom Evans reteamed in 1982 and formed a new version of
BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
for several U.S. tours. This version of the band rivaled another version created by former Badfinger member
Joey MollandJoseph "Joey" Charles Molland is an English composer and rock guitarist whose recording career spans four decades...
, also touring in the same market. Evans committed suicide in late 1983, which ended Jackson's
BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
. He later teamed with Molland and Mike Gibbins (original Badfinger drummer) for a
BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
outing in 1984 for a specialty tour in the U.S., after which the members went their separate ways. Jackson was apparently idle for several years after 1984, making some home recordings for demonstration records but did not tour.
Jackson appeared on two CDs in the 1990s;
7 Park Avenue7 Park Avenue is the first of two posthumous CD releases of demo material recorded by Badfinger's Pete Ham. The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys from 1967 to 1969, and running throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending...
and
Golders GreenGolders Green is the second posthumous CD release of demo material recorded by Badfinger frontman Pete Ham. The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys in 1968 and 1969, and running throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending...
, which are posthumous releases by Jackson's old bandmate Pete Ham from Badfinger. He was subsequently hired by
The FortunesThe Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
in 1995, and he remained with the group off-and-on for the next 10 years, releasing three albums and performing on several tours. On 18 May 2006, Jackson rejoined the Fortunes and has performed with them ever since. In 2008, Jackson played on
The FortunesThe Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
album
Play On and appeared in
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,
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and
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as well as the UK. The band successfully toured
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, the
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and
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, in addition to the UK during 2009.
Discography
- Indian Summer by Indian Summer
Indian Summer was a progressive rock quartet, formed in Coventry, UK, in 1969. The members were Malcolm Harker on bass, Paul Hooper on drums, Bob Jackson on keys and Colin Williams on guitar and vocals. Their manager was Jim Simpson who was managing Black Sabbath at the time and he is supposed to...
, 1971
- Ross by Ross, 1973
- The Pit And The Pendulum by Ross, 1974
- Head First
Head First was the seventh album recorded by rock band Badfinger, and the last album to feature the original "Iveys" core of Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Mike Gibbins. It was recorded in December of 1974 at The Beatles' Apple Studios in London and remained unreleased for 25 years. Originally intended...
by BadfingerBadfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and...
, recorded 1974 (released 2000)
- Love On The Rebound
Love on the Rebound is the title of the only album by British band The Dodgers.-Side one:# "Love on the Rebound" # "Anytime" # "For Your Love" # "Come Out Fighting"...
by The Dodgers, 1978
- The Searchers by The Searchers
The Searchers are an English rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....
, 1979
- Play For Today by The Searchers
The Searchers are an English rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....
, 1980
- 7 Park Avenue
7 Park Avenue is the first of two posthumous CD releases of demo material recorded by Badfinger's Pete Ham. The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys from 1967 to 1969, and running throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending...
by Pete Ham, 1997
- Golders Green
Golders Green is the second posthumous CD release of demo material recorded by Badfinger frontman Pete Ham. The recordings are taken from various eras, beginning with compositions he wrote during his years with The Iveys in 1968 and 1969, and running throughout his tenure with Badfinger, ending...
by Pete Ham, 1999
- Some Bridges by The Fortunes
The Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
, 1999
- The Fortunes...Live by The Fortunes
The Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
, 2001
- Heroes Never Die by The Fortunes
The Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
, 2004
- Play On by The Fortunes
The Fortunes are an archetypal English beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the American and British Top Tens...
, 2008