- Bev Bevan
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Name = Bev Bevan
Background = khaki
Birth_name = Beverley Bevan
Born = Birth date and age|1944|11|24|df=y
Origin =Sparkhill ,Birmingham ,England
Died =
Genre =Rock music
Occupation = Musician
Years_active =
Instrument = drums, percussion
First_album =
Latest_album =
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Label =Jet Records Harvest Records
Epic,EMI
Associated_acts =The Move Electric Light Orchestra Black Sabbath ELO Part II Bev Bevan's Move
URL = [http://www.face-the-music.de/bev_e.html Musical career] |Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan on
24 November 1944 inSparkhill ,Birmingham ,England ) is anEnglish rock musician who was thedrummer and one of the original members ofThe Move and theElectric Light Orchestra . After the collapse of ELO in 1986, he foundedElectric Light Orchestra Part II without the original ELOsinger/songwriter ,Jeff Lynne .Bevan also served as the touring drummer for
Black Sabbath from 1983-1984 and played percussion onThe Eternal Idol album in 1987.Biography
After education at
Moseley School , his professional music career started with a stint withDenny Laine in his group "Denny Laine and the Diplomats", then withCarl Wayne and The Vikings, followed by The Move in 1966. The Electric Light Orchestra released their first album in 1971, by which time The Move existed only as a recording outfit. They released their final single, "California Man" in 1972, and the subsequent successes of theElectric Light Orchestra and theRoy Wood -ledWizzard led to their being laid to rest.Bevan had a very deeply pitched singing voice. While with The Move he lent lead vocals to two tracks: a remake Of "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" and the
Country and Western send-up "Ben Crawley Steel Co".In 1980 Bevan published a biography of the Electric Light Orchestra. He also made a solo single in 1976, a cover version of the
Sandy Nelson instrumental, "Let There Be Drums ".After the death of
Carl Wayne in 2004 (with a sense of timing which did not go down well with some fans), he formed a new band, [http://www.bevbevansmove.co.uk "Bev Bevan's Move"] , withPhil Tree and former ELO Part II colleaguesPhil Bates andNeil Lockwood , to play a set comprising mostly The Move classics on tour. Roy Wood, who declined to take part, also made his hostility to the plan known in a statement and several interviews with the press. Bates left in July 2007 to re-join ELO Part 2, by then renamed toThe Orchestra .Bevan currently presents a radio show on [http://www.smoothradiowest.com Smooth Radio West Midlands] on Sunday afternoons. The show, called 70's Sunday, is on every Sunday from 2-5pm, and features songs from the decade. Bevan also reviews records for the Midland's
Sunday Mercury and has a blog on their website http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/bev-bevan/Personal life
Bev lives in rural Warwickshire with his wife of 37 years, Valerie, and their son Adrian (27).
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