Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band
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Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, also billed as Bob Kerr and His Whoopee Band, is a jazz band which started in 1967 and continues to perform today. It was an offshoot of the eclectic Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and shared many similarities with other outfits of the time such as The New Vaudeville Band and The Temperance Seven. Kerr was a member of both the Bonzos and the New Vaudeville Band.
The band's publicity manager was originally Laurie Bamford the well-known Numismatist who died in 2005. Several former members formed Bill Posters Will Be Band in 1983. Current[when?] members of Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band are Bob Kerr, John "The Professor" Percival, Malcolm Sked, Bert Lamb and Henri Harrison.
[edit] Former members
Former members of the band have included:
- Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell
- Ian Howarth
- Frankie Tomes
- Sam Spoons
- Hugh Crozier
- Evil John Gieves Watson
- Biff Harrison
- Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers
- David "Mr Piano" Glasson
- Sean Moyses
- Dangerous Dave Keech
- Spike Botterill
- Henry Davis
- Clive Fenton
- Tim Phillips
- Fred Ward
- Sir Alan Buckley
- Phil Buckley
- Richard White
- Dave Turner
- Roscoe (The Binman) Birchmore
- Graham Collicott
