(c’69-’70) Mike “Heba” Evans (guitar/vocals), Chandler “Roy St. John” Holmes (guitar/vocals), Steve Bayfield (guitar/vocals), and Terry Murphy (drums).
The band started rehearsing in ’69 and called themselves, ironically, the Farnham Wall of Sound due to their lack of kit. They are known to have played the Civic Hall, Guildford on 8 April 1970, with The River Bottom Band, of which St. John was a member.
Evans is sadly passed. Bayfield, who’d played a few folk clubs solo, teamed up with St. John, and the duo appeared at North Camp Hotel, Farnborough a couple of times in early ’71. St. John later co-wrote lyrics for four Unicorn tracks with Kevin Smith. He later recorded on Virgin Records, notably “The Way You Look Tonight” in 1976 and led Pub Rockers Phoenix and then Klondike Pete & The Huskies; Smith, Pete Perryer, and Pat Martin of Unicorn would often stand in with them. In addition, St. John was best man at John Peel’s wedding. After moving back to the US in the 80’s – He came to UK in the 60’s with his parents, his dad was with Pan American Airlines – he DJ’d on USA FM radio, now lives in St. Louis and still gigs with his current band Rocky & The Wranglers.
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