Ray Fenwick
Encyclopedia
Ray Fenwick is an English
guitarist
and session musician
, best known for replacing Steve Howe
in The Syndicats
, and as the lead guitarist of Ian Gillan
's post Deep Purple
solo project, the Ian Gillan Band
.
vocalist, Graham Bonnet
's album
, Here Comes the Night in 1991. In 2003 Fenwick recorded
and toured with Yes
guitarist Steve Howe as part of his band Steve Howe's Remedy. He appears on the live concert
DVD
of Steve Howe's Remedy Elements, having produced
the scores for the entire band. He also co-wrote
the theme music
to the 1970s cult TV show
Magpie
. Fenwick produced Jo Jo Laine
's girl group single "When The Boy's Happy" on Mercury Records
under the name Jo Jo Laine & The Firm. He was also in the group Fancy
who had the hits "Touch Me" and a cover of Chip Taylor
's "Wild Thing".
In July 1972, he played guitar on a number of the tracks for Bo Diddley
's Chess Records
album The London Bo Diddley Sessions. He also was a member of the band Forcefield (1987–1989) along with Tony Martin (Black Sabbath
), Cozy Powell
(Rainbow
, Black Sabbath) and Neil Murray
(Whitesnake
, Black Sabbath).
grades at various college
s in Britain, including Boston College
, Lincolnshire
but has since retired.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
, best known for replacing Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)
Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes...
in The Syndicats
The Syndicats
The Syndicats were an English group, who were Steve Howe's first band. Their three singles on Columbia were produced by Joe Meek. When lead guitarist Howe left for Tomorrow in 1965, he was replaced by Ray Fenwick. Fenwick played lead guitar on the band's most famous song "Crawdaddy Simone"...
, and as the lead guitarist of Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan also fronted his own band, had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath, and sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd...
's post Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
solo project, the Ian Gillan Band
Ian Gillan Band
The Ian Gillan Band was a jazz-rock fusion band formed by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan in 1975.-History:After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, Ian Gillan had retired from the music business to pursue other business ventures, including a motorbike manufacturing company and a hotel. These ventures all...
.
Biography
He returned to sessions and then featured on former RainbowRainbow (band)
Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...
vocalist, Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...
's album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Here Comes the Night in 1991. In 2003 Fenwick recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
and toured with Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
guitarist Steve Howe as part of his band Steve Howe's Remedy. He appears on the live concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of Steve Howe's Remedy Elements, having produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
the scores for the entire band. He also co-wrote
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
the theme music
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
to the 1970s cult TV show
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
Magpie
Magpie (TV series)
Magpie was a children's television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture...
. Fenwick produced Jo Jo Laine
Jo Jo Laine
Jo Jo Laine was an American singer, model and actress who married Moody Blues founder Denny Laine while he was a member of Paul McCartney's group Wings...
's girl group single "When The Boy's Happy" on Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
under the name Jo Jo Laine & The Firm. He was also in the group Fancy
Fancy
-Places:* Fancy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines* Fancy Farm, Kentucky, United States* Fancy Gap, Virginia, United States-Other:* Fancy , the ship commanded by Henry Every during his career as a pirate...
who had the hits "Touch Me" and a cover of Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor
James Wesley Voight , better known by his stage name as Chip Taylor, is an American songwriter, who is noted for writing the songs "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing." He is the brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight...
's "Wild Thing".
In July 1972, he played guitar on a number of the tracks for Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
's Chess Records
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....
album The London Bo Diddley Sessions. He also was a member of the band Forcefield (1987–1989) along with Tony Martin (Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
), Cozy Powell
Cozy Powell
Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...
(Rainbow
Rainbow (band)
Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...
, Black Sabbath) and Neil Murray
Neil Murray (British musician)
Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...
(Whitesnake
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...
, Black Sabbath).
Personal life
Fenwick taught guitar and jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
grades at various college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
s in Britain, including Boston College
Boston College, Lincolnshire
Boston College is a predominantly further education college in Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Early Years Care.-History:...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
but has since retired.
Solo
- 1971 Keep America Beautiful, Get a Haircut
- 1979 Queen of the Night / Between the Devil and Me (SP)
- 1997 Groups and Sessions 1962-1978 (anthology)
with Ian Gillan Band
- 1976 Child In TimeChild in Time (album)Child In Time is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album took its title from the Deep Purple song "Child in Time", a version of which appears on side two of the LP. This was Ian Gillan's first release after leaving Deep Purple, and also features his...
- 1977 Clear Air TurbulenceClear Air TurbulenceClear Air Turbulence is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977 with cover by Chris Foss. The album was reissued in 1989 by Virgin Records on CD.- Track listing :...
- 1977 ScarabusScarabusScarabus is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977. The album was reissued in 1989 by Virgin Records on CD. The reissue included an extra track, "My Baby Loves Me"...
- 1977 Live At Budokan 1-2 (1983, European release)
Other projects
- 1968 With Their New Face On (Spencer Davis Group)
- 1969 Funky (Spencer Davis Group)
- 1971 Magpie (Theme From Thames Television Programme) (The Murgatroyd Band)
- 1972 Hector and other Peccadillos (Mike Absalom)
- 1973 Gluggo (Spencer Davis Group)
- 1973 Living in a Back Street (Spencer Davis Group)
- 1974 The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast (Roger Glover)
- 1974 Windows (Jon Lord)
- 1974 Wild Thing (Fancy)
- 1976 Turns You On (Fancy)
- 1976 Wizard's Convention (Eddie Hardin)
- 1982 Circumstantial Evidence (Eddie Hardin)
- 1981 Finardi (Eugenio Finardi)
- 1982 Secret Streets (Eugenio Finardi)
- 1984 Life on Mars (Johnny MarsJohnny MarsJohnny Mars is an American electric blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Over a long career, Mars has worked with Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, B.B. King, Jesse Fuller, Spencer Davis, Ian Gillan, Do-Re-Mi, Bananarama and Michael Roach.-Biography:####Mars was born in Laurens, South Carolina,...
) - 1985 Wind in the Willows (Eddie Hardin)
- 1987 Long Hot Night (Minute By Minute)
- 1989 Timewatch (Minute By Minute)
- 1991 Wind in the Willows - A Rock Concert (Eddie Hardin)
- 1993 First of the Big Band - BBC1 Live in Concert '74 (Ashton & Lord)
- 1995 Wizard's Convention 2 (Eddie Hardin)
- 1995 Still a Few Pages Left (Hardin & York)
- 1997 Funky (Spencer Davis Group) (recorded in 1967)
- 1997 Musicians Union Band (recorded in 1971)
- 1997 24 Carat (Tee Set)
- 1997 Guitar Orchestra (recorded in 1971)
- 2003 The Fabulous Summer Wine (Summer Wine) (recorded in 1972)