Stackridge

From Bristol, England. This is for Elessar Tetramariner and Stephen Green...thanks much for trying to keep me straight with this information! 
Stackridge Lemon ( ? - 1970)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals - b. Andrew Cresswell-Davis - formerly with Gryptight Thynne.
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass - formerly with Gryptight Thynne.
  • Billy "Sparkle" Bent - drums

Stackridge I (1970 - 1971)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike Evans - violin/vocals - formerly with The Westlanders and The Moonshiners.
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • Billy "Sparkle" Bent - drums
Album:
  1. "Stackridge" (1971)

Stackridge II (1971 - 1973)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike Evans - violin/vocals
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Billy "Sparkle" Bent - drums
Albums:
  1. "Friendliness" (1972)
  2. "The Man in the Bowler Hat" (1973)
  3. "BBC Radio One Live in Concert" (1992) - selections from '72, '73, and '75 concerts.
[Ref: Elessar Tetramariner (for BBC concert CDs information).]

Stackridge III (1973)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike Evans - violin/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Keith Gemmell - sax/clarinet/flute - formerly with Audience.
  • Rod Bowkett - keyboards
Albums:
  1. "BBC Radio One Sessions" (1997)
James Warren later forms The Korgis (with Andy Davis). Mike Evans later forms The Pump Room Trio

Stackridge IV(1974)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Keith Gemmell - sax/clarinet/flute
  • Rod Bowkett - keyboards
  • Gordon Haskell - bass/vocals - formerly with King Crimson.
  • Roy Morgan - drums

Stackridge V (1974)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Keith Gemmell - sax/clarinet/flute
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • Rod Bowkett - keyboards
  • Paul Karas - bass/vocals - formerly with Rare Bird (Ref: Dick Vaughan).
  • Roy Morgan - drums
Album:
  1. "Extravaganza" (1974)

Stackridge VI (1974 - 1976)
  • Andy Davis - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • Keith Gemmell - sax/clarinet/flute
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater - flute/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Dave Lawson - keyboards - formerly with Greenslade.
  • John White - drums
  • Peter Van Hooke - drums
Album:
  1. "Mr. Mick" (1976)
  2. "The Original Mr. Mick" (2000)
Group disbands.  Andy Davis forms The Korgis (with James Warren), and later forms The Andy Davis Band

Stackridge VII (1998 - March 2000) (reformed)
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike Evans - violin/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
  • John Miller - keyboards/vocals
  • Richard Stubbings - flute/accordian/keyboards/guitar/pennywhistle/vocals - formerly with The Andy Davis Band.
  • Tim Robinson - drums
Album:
  1. "Something for the Weekend" (1999)
[Ref: Elessar Tetramariner (for the lineup).]

Stackridge VIII (March 2000 - ? )
  • James Warren - guitar/vocals
  • Mike Evans - violin/vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
  • Richard Stubbings - flute/accordian/keyboards/guitar/pennywhistle/vocals
  • Tim Robinson - drums
  • Ian Towers - keyboards/vocals
[Ref: Elessar Tetramariner]

Links: [Ref: Stephen Green (for the link to the Rhubarb Thrashing Web Society).]

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