Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, also billed as Bob Kerr and His Whoopee Band, is a jazz band which started in 1967 and continues to perform today. It was an offshoot of the eclectic Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and shared many similarities with other outfits of the time such as The New Vaudeville Band and The Temperance Seven. Kerr was a member of both the Bonzos and the New Vaudeville Band. Current members of Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band are:

*Bob Kerr
*John "The Professor" Percival
*Malcolm Sked
*Bert Lamb
*Henri Harrison

Former members included:
*Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell
*Frankie Tomes
*Sam Spoons
*Hugh Crozier
*Evil John Gieves Watson
*Biff Harrison
*Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers
*David "Mr Piano" Glasson
*Sean Moyses
*Dangerous Dave Keech
*Spike Botterill
*Henry Davis
*Clive Fenton
*Tim Phillips
*Fred Ward
*Sir Alan Buckley
*Phil Buckley
*Richard White
*Dave Turner
*Roscoe (The Binman) Birchmore

Several former members formed Bill Posters Will Be Band in 1983.

In 2006, Kerr, Bowhay-Nowell and Spoons became part of a reunited Bonzo Dog Band.

Kerr was born 14 February 1943, in Kensington, West London.

External links

* [http://www.whoopeeband.de/ Official site]
* [http://web.mac.com/doo.dah.diaries Doo Dah Diaries]


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