Hookfoot

Hookfoot

Hookfoot

British rock band

Hookfoot was a British rock band, active from 1969 to 1974. The band was formed by Caleb Quaye (guitars, piano and vocals) and three fellow DJM Records session musicians, Ian Duck (vocals, guitars and harmonica/ born 1944 in Gosport, Hampshire[1]), Roger Pope (drums/ born 20 March 1947 in Whitstable, Kent, died 18 September 2013 in Southampton[2][3]) and David Glover (bass).

The band in 1971

The band were also backing musicians for Elton John, appearing together on most of his early recordings for DJM.[4] Fred Gandy (bass - formerly of Bluesology) replaced David Glover,[4] who left after the release of the second album.[5] Other, occasional members of the band were Bob Kulick (guitar, vocals), Mick Grabham (bass) and Peter Ross (harmonica, vocals).

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "The Way of the Musician" / "Hookfoot" (1969)
  • "Don't Let It Bring You Down" / "Coombe Gallows" (1971)
  • "Sweet Sweet Funky Music" / "The Opener" (1972)
  • "Freedom (Nobody's Shoes)" / "Heart to Heart Talking" / "Red Man" (1972)
  • "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" / "Mr. Money" (1973)[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ian Duck - Recordings - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Specials, George Matlock | 14/08/13 | (14 August 2013). "BACKSTAGE: Roger Pope, the party's not over". Elton John World. Retrieved 12 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. [3]
    "Roger Pope: Sideman who backed Elton John on hits such as 'Don't Go". The Independent. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. [4]
    Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1184. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  5. [5]
    Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 240. CN 5585.
  6. [6]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. [7]
    "Hookfoot Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Hookfoot Discography". 45cat.com. Retrieved 16 September 2021.


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