Joker's Wild (band)

Jokers Wild were a mid 1960s blues-rock band from Cambridge, England.

The line-up included guitarist David Gilmour, who went on to join Pink Floyd.

Their only releases were a privately-pressed, single-sided album and single, of which only fifty copies each were made. A tape recording of the LP is held by the British Library's National Sound Archive.

Together with Jonathan King (record producer), they recorded what was to be the UK cover of Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Comin'", but the original was released in the UK, so Jokers Wild's version was not released.

Band members

• David Altham - Guitars, keyboards, vocals
• David Gilmour - Guitar, vocals, harmonica
• Peter Gilmour - Bass guitar, vocals ('cover' musician)
• John Gordon - Guitar, vocals - known as 'Johnny'
• Dick Parry - Saxophone, trumpet
• Tony Sainty - Bass guitar, percussion, vocals (left in 1966)
• Clive Welham - Drums, vocals (to mid 1966)
• Rick Wills - Bass guitar (replacing Tony Sainty)
• Willie Wilson - Drums (mid 1966 onwards)

Wills later played with Foreigner and Bad Company. Both he and Wilson played on David Gilmour's eponymous first solo album; Parry played on several Pink Floyd records and tours and had a career as a session musician.

Songs

Five of Jokers Wild's songs featuring David Gilmour and Dave Altham on vocals - ended up on Disc 15 of the Pink Floyd bootleg collection A Treeful Of Secrets. These five songs are:

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

"Walk Like a Man"

"Don't Ask Me (What I Say)"

"Big Girls Don't Cry"

"Beautiful Delilah"