Beggars Opera
From Glasgow, Scotland.  Thanks to Slawek and John Warburg for providing information on this band, and thanks to Ricky Gardiner for helping to keep me straight with various personnel changes.
The System ( ? - ? )
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/vocals - b. Richard Gardiner, 1948, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland - formerly with The Vostoks and The Kingbees.
  • Marshal Erskine - bass/flute
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion - b. Newcastle, Scotland.
Beggars Opera I (1969 - 1971)
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/vocals
  • Marshal Erskine - bass/flute
  • Alan Park - keyboards - b. October 5, 1951, Glasgow, Scotland - formerly with The Harlem Shuffle, The Vipers, The Jack Anderson Band, and Stealers Wheel.
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion
  • Raymond Wilson - drums/percussion
Album:
  1. "Act One" (1970)
Single: "Sarabande" b/w "Think"
Beggars Opera II (1971 - 1973)
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/vocals
  • Alan Park - keyboards
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion
  • Raymond Wilson - drums/percussion
  • Gordon Sellar - bass/vocals
  • Virginia Scott - mellotron - b. 1948, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland.
Albums:
  1. "Waters of Change" (1971)
  2. "Pathfinder" (1972)
Beggars Opera III (1973 - 1974)
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/vocals
  • Alan Park - keyboards
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion
  • Raymond Wilson - drums/percussion
  • Gordon Sellar - bass/vocals
  • Virginia Scott - mellotron
  • Linnie Paterson - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Get Your Dog Off Me!" (1973) - Singles: "Get Your Dog Off Me"; "Two Timing Woman"
Beggars Opera IV (1975 - 1976)
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/bass
  • Alan Park - keyboards
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion
  • Gordon Sellar - bass/vocals
  • Virginia Scott - keyboards/vocals
  • Pete Scott - vocals
  • Clem Cattini - drums - b. Clementi Anselmo Cattini, August 28, 1937, Stoke, Newington, North London, England.
  • Mike Travis - drums - b. Michael Travis, December 2, 1944, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Albums:
  1. "Saggitary" (1974)
  2. "Beggars Can't Be Choosers" (1975)
Beggars Opera V (1976 - ? )
  • Ricky Gardiner - guitar/vocals
  • Alan Park - keyboards
  • Martin Griffiths - lead vocals/percussion
  • Gordon Sellar - bass/vocals
  • Clem Cattini - drums
Album:
  1. "Lifeline" (1976)
Alan Park later joins Dragonfly
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Last Revised:  June 9, 2009
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