Ray Fenwick

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Name = Ray Fenwick


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Genre =Rock
Occupation = guitarist
Years_active = 1960s — Present
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Associated_acts = The Syndicats
Spencer Davis Group
After Tea
Ian Gillan Band
Fancy
URL = [http://rayfenwick.com/ rayfenwick.com]
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Ray Fenwick is a guitarist and session musician, who replaced Steve Howe in The Syndicats, and was a member of the English rock band, Ian Gillan Band in the 1970s - Ian Gillan being the former singer in Deep Purple. He returned to sessions and then featured on former Rainbow vocalist, Graham Bonnet's album, "Here Comes the Night" in 1991. In 2003 Fenwick recorded and toured with Yes guitarist Steve Howe as part of his band Steve Howe's Remedy. He appears on the live concert DVD of Steve Howe's Remedy "Elements", having produced the scores for the entire band. He also co-wrote the theme music to the 1970s cult TV show "Magpie". Fenwick produced Jo Jo Laine's girl group single "When The Boy's Happy" on Mercury Records under the name Jo Jo Laine & The Firm. He was also in the group Fancy who had the hits "Touch Me" and a cover of Chip Taylor's "Wild Thing".

In July 1972, he played guitar on a number of the tracks for Bo Diddley's Chess Records album "The London Bo Diddley Sessions".

Fenwick currently teaches guitar and jazz grades at various different colleges in Britain, including Boston College, Lincolnshire.

Discography

with Ian Gillan Band

*1976 "Child In Time"
*1977 "Clear Air Turbulence"
*1977 "Scarabus"
*1977 "Live At Budokan 1-2" (1983, European release)

External links

* [http://rayfenwick.com/ Official Site]
*http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm Fancy
*http://www.myspace.com/aftertea6768 After Tea