David O'List
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| Background information | |
| Born | 13 December 1948 |
| Origin | Chiswick, West London, England |
| Genres | Rock music |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
| Labels | Decca, CBS |
| Associated acts | The Attack, The Misunderstood, The Nice, Jet, Roxy Music |
| Website | davidolist.com |
David 'Davy' O'List (born 13 December 1948, Chiswick, West London) is a rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.[1] Most notably, he played with The Attack, The Nice and Jet.
[edit] Career
O'List (using the name David John) started The Attack in 1966; managed by Don Arden, they were part of the 1960s Swinging London scene, and released four singles - "Try It / We Don't Know" (Decca F 12550), "Hi Ho Silver Lining / Anymore Than I Do" (Decca F 12578), "Created By Clive / Colour Of My Mind" (Decca F 12631) and "Neville Thumbcatch / Lady Orange Peel" (Decca F 12725) .[2]
- The Nice
O'List was picked by Andrew Loog Oldham as guitarist for The Nice, then a backing band for P. P. Arnold, and left The Attack in February 1967.[2] By May, the band were gigging in their own right, and gained their own billing at the National Jazz and Blues Festival that summer;[3] their first album, however, did not appear until early 1968. Their only hit single, "America", a heavily re-worked version of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story achieved number 21 in the UK charts in July of that year.[4] O'List's style in The Nice was described by Bruce Eder of Allmusic as "Hendrix-ish guitar ... in sharp relief."[5] However, with two strong instrumentalists competing, O'List left The Nice in autumn 1968 during the recordings for their second album.[3]
While with The Nice, O'List substituted for Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd briefly in 1967[6]
- After The Nice
- O'List also played briefly in Jethro Tull after the departure of Mick Abrahams[citation needed]
- In early 1969, O'List provided guitar and bass for The Misunderstood.[7]
- and an early version of Roxy Music between October 1971 and September 1972.[8]
- After Roxy Music O'List was rehearsing at Unit Studio in London's Kings Cross, with a band that had the working name of "Nice Too" which included US pianist Nicky Babel and had Paul "Doc" Stewart and Jim Slade as sound engineers.
- before joining Jet in 1974.
- Solo career
O'List released a solo album in 1997, entitled Flight of the Eagle.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b David O'List at Allmusic
- ^ a b The Attack at Allmusic
- ^ a b The Nice at Allmusic
- ^ Rice, Tim; Paul Gambaccini, Jo Rice (1993). Guinness book of British Hit Singles. London: Guinness Superlatives. pp. 226. ISBN 0821126332.
- ^ The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack at Allmusic
- ^ Mason, Nick; Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2004-11-30). Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd. pp. 96. ISBN 0297843877.
- ^ "VdGG Profile: Misunderstood". www.fuzzlogic.com. http://www.fuzzlogic.com/vdgg/misunder.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ Bracewell, Michael (2007). Re-make/Re-model Art,Pop,Fashion and the Making of Roxy Music, 1953-1972. London: Faber and Faber. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-571-22985-7.
[edit] External links
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- Official web site
- Davy O'List biography at Allmusic website
- An Interview With The Nice's Davy O'List By Keith Jordan
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