(c’70-’71) David Sherrington (sax) and Mick “Mickey” Douglas (guitar).
Two familiar names with the local music community the pair collaborated in late ’70, early ’71, releasing a single on Concord [CON 014] titled “Smile from a Stranger“, backed by “It All Depends on Love“, in November 1970. Both tracks were penned by the duo and produced by Philip Ward. The next year the single was released on the Astor label in Australia.
A second 7″, again on Concord [CON 017], carrying “He Still Believes in Dream” / “I’m Standing on My Head” was issued in early ’71. Again, produced by Ward and published by Campbell, Connelly & Co., it was arranged and directed by Des Champ, whose work with Chicory Tip would top the UK pop music charts for three weeks in early ’72.
Sherrington had been a saxophonist with the The Stormsville Shakers and Circus. A period that saw him co-write “J.C. Greaseburger”, with fellow Shaker Michael Riddle, which landed on the B-side of Phillip Goodhand-Tate‘s Parlophone’s Demo “A” label [R 5547] release “You Can’t Take Love” in ’66. Sherrington was a founding member of Jackie Lynton’s Happy Days Band in ’76 and did time in Poker. Ex-The Tropics, The Bandits and Crescendos guitarist Douglas went to Germany with The Pete Chester Combo in ’61, going on to tour Israel for three months with the group. At some point he played with Five’s A Crowd at Hamburg’s Big Apple Club. He backed Adam Faith on a single and contributed to Sandie Shaw’s first single in ’64. Also, in ’64, Douglas ‘temporarily’ picks up the axe, standing in for Ivor Shackleton, in The Stormsville Shakers. From ’65-’67, he was a member of The Hi-Fis. In the Spring of ’82, Douglas took on Brian Robinson’s role in Grapevine. Latterly, Douglas formed a Bill Haley tribute band called Razzle Dazzle with ex-Natural Gass drummer Chuck Pengilly and Richard Hodgins, who’d both played in Threewheel; and is currently playing in The Rocking Rogers and Nick of Time. Sherrington has sadly passed.
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