Jim Gannon (musician)
Jim Gannon | |
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| Born | 4 March 1948 Leicester, England, UK |
| Genres | prog rock, rock |
| Instrument(s) | guitar |
| Formerly of | |
Jim Gannon (born 4 March 1948) is an English guitarist.
Career[edit]
From Leicester, he was a member of prog rock band Black Widow from 1969 to 1972.[1] He is credited on their first four studio albums, including Sacrifice and their self titled album. Sacrifice features the band's best known song "Come to the Sabbat" and its lyrical themes are centred on Satanism and occultism.[2][3] Gannon left Black Widow in 1972, and the band dissolved in 1973. From 1974 to 1981, Gannon was the guitarist for Fox. Led by American songwriter Kenny Young and fronted by Australian singer Noosha Fox, they had three top 20 hits on the UK Singles Chart - "Only You Can" and "Imagine Me, Imagine You" in 1975 and "S-S-S-Single Bed" in 1976, the latter song topping the Austrian charts, entering number five in the UK, and later being covered by duo Bananarama.[4]
In the mid-1970s (c. 1977), Gannon, with Fox members Kenny Young and Herbie Armstrong formed the group Yellow Dog.[4] The band is considered a One-hit wonder, as their only commercial song was "Just One More Night". It ends on a humorous note with a telephone call in which the protagonist (a woman) continues to beg to be allowed to stay "just one more night" after being told emphatically "No!", and for this reason is considered something of a novelty song. Overall, Yellow Dog released three studio albums, only one of which charted (at number 50 in Australia), and included many famous musical figures, such as Gerry Conway of Fairport Convention, session guitarist Phil Palmer, and multi-instrumentalist and public speaker Mo Foster. Yellow Dog faded out of obscurity, and quietly disbanded around 1981.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jim Gannon discography - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Recensione Black Widow - Sacrifice". Metallized.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "www.blackwidow.org.uk". web.archive.org. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 905. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.