The Idle Race

Billy King and The Nightriders ( ? - ? )

Billy King - vocals
Others...

Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders I ( ? - ? )

Mike Sheridan - vocals - formerly with The Dakotas and The Checkers.
"Big Al" Johnson - guitar
Dave Pritchard - guitar - formerly with The Planets.
Brian Cope - bass
Roger Spencer - drums - formerly with The Hound Dogs.

Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders II / Mike Sheridan's Lot I ( ? - 1966)

Mike Sheridan - vocals
Dave Pritchard - guitar
Roger Spencer - drums
Greg Masters - bass
Roy Wood - guitar/vocals - b. Ulysses Adrian Wood, November 8, 1946, Birmingham, England - formerly with The Falcons and The Lawmen.

Roy Wood forms The Move and, later, Electric Light Orchestra.

Mike Sheridan's Lot II (1966)

Mike Sheridan - vocals
Dave Pritchard - guitar
Roger Spencer - drums
Greg Masters - bass
Johnny Mann - guitar

The Nightriders I (1966)

Dave Pritchard - guitar
Roger Spencer - drums
Greg Masters - bass
Johnny Mann - guitar

The Nightriders II / The Idyll Race / The Idle Race I (1966 - January 1970)

Dave Pritchard - guitar
Roger Spencer - drums
Greg Masters - bass
Jeff Lynne - guitar/vocals - b. December 30, 1947, Birmingham, England.

Albums:

"The Birthday Party" (1969)
"Idle Race" (1970)

Jeff Lynne joins The Move, later forms Electric Light Orchestra, and was member of The Traveling Wilburys (with Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty).

The Idle Race II (1970 - 1971)

Dave Pritchard - guitar
Roger Spencer - drums
Greg Masters - bass
Mike Hopkins - guitar
Dave Walker - vocals

Album:

"Time Is" (1971)

Group disbands.

Compilations:

"Back To The Story" (2-CDs) (1996)

Links:

The Idle Race - Biography on the Australian ELO Site "Strange Magic"
The Roy Wood Home Page