The Nashville Teens

The Nashville Teens
The Nashville Teens
Origin Weybridge, Surrey
Genres Pop
Years active 1962–1973
1980–present
Associated acts Jerry Lee Lewis
Website nashville-teens.com
Members
Ray Phillips
Adrian Metcalfe
Colin Pattenden
Simon Spratley
Ken Osborn
Past members
Arthur Sharp
John Hawken
Pete Shannon Harris
Mick Dunford
Dave Maine
Roger Groome
Barry Jenkins
Terry Crowe
John Allen
Neil Korner
Len Tuckey
Roger Dean
Trevor Williams
Peter Agate
Len Surtees

The Nashville Teens are a British pop band formed in Weybridge, Surrey in Summer 1962.

Contents

History

Arthur Sharp began his career in music as the manager of Aerco Records in Woking, Surrey. The group's line-up eventually comprised singers Sharp and Ray Phillips, with former Cruisers Rock Combo members John Hawken (piano), Mick Dunford (guitar), Pete Shannon Harris (bass) and Dave Maine (drums). Roger Groome replaced Maine shortly afterwards but was in turn replaced by Barry Jenkins in 1963, in which year a third vocalist, Terry Crowe, joined briefly and Dunford left, to be replaced by John Allen. (Crowe and Dunford later formed 'The Plebs' with Danny McCulloch and were re-united with Hawken in Renaissance in 1970).

While playing in Hamburg (as several British bands of the era did) the Teens backed Jerry Lee Lewis for his Live at the Star Club, Hamburg album, widely considered one of the greatest live rock and roll albums ever.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes, "Live at the Star Club is extraordinary, the purest, hardest rock & roll ever committed to record."[5]

They later backed Carl Perkins on his hit single "Big Bad Blues" (May 1964), and also played with Chuck Berry when he toured Britain.[7] At one concert they were spotted by Mickie Most who subsequently produced their June 1964 debut single, an interpretation of the John D. Loudermilk penned song, "Tobacco Road", which reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and number 14 in the U.S.Billboard Hot 100 chart. Big Jim Sullivan and Jimmy Page played guitars on the studio cut of "Tobacco Road".[citation needed] The follow-up, another Loudermilk song, "Google Eye", reached number 10 in the UK in October 1964. The Nashville Teens' record producers also included Andrew Loog Oldham and Shel Talmy.

A further three top fifty singles, "Find My Way Back Home" and "The Little Bird", followed in February and May 1965 and "The Hard Way" made a brief appearance the following year but three subsequent records ("I Know How It Feels To Be Loved", "Forbidden Fruit" and "That's My Woman") all failed to chart. Jenkins left in 1966 to join The Animals, and was replaced by his predecessor Roger Groome. Reportedly Ray Phillips got an offer to join Cream in 1966. He refused.[8]

Although musically as competent as any of their contemporaries, the group's lack of distinctive personality contributed to their lack of long-term success, as did Decca's poor promotion. (By 1970, Decca's only remaining rock acts were The Rolling Stones and The Moody Blues, both of whom handled their own promotion.) In the late Sixties the group returned to its old craft: backing other artists like Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent.[9] In 1971 they released a single, "Ella James", a Roy Wood-penned song originally recorded by The Move, on the Parlophone label, again without success.

Arthur Sharp left in 1972 to join their one-time manager Don Arden, and Trevor Williams joined. Despite Phillips's efforts the Nashville Teens split in 1973. They reformed in 1980, however, with Phillips as the only original member, joined by Peter Agate (guitar), Len Surtees (bass) and Adrian Metcalfe (drums). The band is still working. Phillips joined The British Invasion All-Stars in the 1990s and made three albums with the group, consisting of members of The Yardbirds, Procol Harum, The Pretty Things, Downliners Sect and other groups. They did a cover of "Tobacco Road" that still receives airplay on XM Satellite Radio. The current line-up is Phillips, Metcalfe, Colin Pattenden (bass and vocals), Simon Spratley (keyboards and vocals) and Ken Osborn (guitar).

A 1993 EMI label compilation, Best of the Nashville Teens, contained a re-recording of their "Tobacco Road" hit which is the only version available on iTunes.[10]

Appearances in films

The Nashville Teens appeared in three films in 1965;

In Pop Gear by Frederic Goode[11] a long series of pop artists play one or two songs; The Beatles live before an audience while The Animals, The Honeycombs, Peter & Gordon and Herman's Hermits) mime in a studio. The Nashville Teens mime "Tobacco Road" and "Google Eye". In the United States the film was brought out as Go Go Mania.

In Be My Guest,[12] a family has inherited a hotel in Brighton. Their son works at a local paper and tries to set up a pop group of which one member is played by Steve Marriott. A talent scout scene is a pretext to present a few artists, among them The Nashville Teens who also back Jerry Lee Lewis.

Gonks Go Beat by Robert Hartford-Davis[13] is set in the distant future. An alien from the planet Gonk comes to Earth to establish peace between the two remaining nations,one of which prefers rock and roll and the other ballads and his task involves listening to The Teens, Lulu and The Graham Bond Organisation.

In 2010, The Nashville Teens hit "Tobacco Road" was featured on the 4th season premiere of the hit AMC TV show Mad Men.

Discography

Singles

  • "Tobacco Road"/"I Like It Like That" (1964) - # 6 (UK Singles Chart), # 14 (Billboard Hot 100)
  • "Google Eye"/"T.N.T." (1964) - # 10 (UK) # 117 (US)
  • "Find My Way Back Home"/"Devil In Law" (1965) - # 34 (UK)
  • "The Little Bird"/"Whatcha Gonna Do" (1965)[14] - # 38 (UK) # 123 (US)
  • "I Know How It Feels To Be Loved"/"Soon Forgotten" (1965)
  • "The Hard Way"/"Upside Down" (1966) - # 45 (UK)
  • "Forbidden Fruit"/"Revived 45 Time" (1966)
  • "That's My Woman"/"Words" (1967)
  • "I'm Coming Home"/"Searching" (1967)
  • "The Biggest Night of Her Life"/"Last Minute" (1967)
  • "All Along The Watchtower"/"Sun Dog" (1968)
  • "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian"/"Looking For You" (1969)
  • "Ella James"/"Tennessee Woman" (1971)
  • "You Shouldn't Have Been So Nice"/"Tell The People" (1972, never released)

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EP

  • The Nashville Teens: "How Deep Is the Ocean", "I Need You Baby (Mona)", "Parchman Farm", "Bread and Butter Man" (1964)

LP albums

  • Tobacco Road (released in the US and Canada, 1964):
    • "Tobacco Road", "I Need You Baby (Mona)", "Need You", "Bread and Butter Man", "Hurting Inside", "Hootchie Kootchie Man", "Google Eye", "Too Much", "Parchman Farm", "I Like It Like That", "How Deep Is the Ocean", "La Bamba"
  • Nashville Teens (1972):
    • "The Biggest Night of Her Life", "Let It Rock/Rocking on the Railroad", "I’m a Lonely One", "Chantilly Lace", "Day and Night", "Ex Kay on LX", "Widdicombe Fair", "All Along the Watchtower", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Tobacco Road", "The Little Bird", "Break Up", "Sun Dog", "I’m Coming Home"

CD samplers

  • The Best of the Nashville Teens 1964-1969 (1993):
    • "Tobacco Road", "I Need You Baby (Mona)", "T.N.T.", "Parchman Farm", "Need You", "La Bamba", "Bread and Butter Man", "Google Eye", "Hootchie Kootchie Man", "How Deep Is the Ocean", "Find My Way Back Home", "Devil-in-Law", "Too Much", "Hurtin’ Inside", "I Like It Like That", "Searching", "Soon Forgotten", "The Little Bird", "I’m Coming Home", "The Hard Way", "Words", "That’s My Woman", "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian", "Looking For You"
  • Tobacco Road (produced in Germany, 2000):
    • "Tobacco Road"; "I Need You Baby (Mona)", "Need You", "Bread and Butter Man", "Hurtin’ Inside", "Hootchie Kootchie Man", "Google Eye", "Too Much", "Parchman Farm",[16] "I Like It Like That", "How Deep Is the Ocean", "La Bamba", "T.N.T.", "Devil-in-Law", "Find My Way Back Home", "Whatcha Gonna Do", "I Know How It Feels to Be Loved", "Upside Down", "Forbidden Fruit", "Revived 45 Time", "That’s My Woman", "I’m Coming Home", "The Biggest Night of Her Life", "Last Minute", "All Along the Watchtower", "Sun Dog", "Poor Boy",[17] "Ella James", "Tennessee Woman"
  • Rockin’ Back To Tobacco Road (2007):[18]
    • "Let It Rock/Rocking on the Railroad", "I’m a Lonely One", "Chantilly Lace", "Break Up", "Tobacco Road", "Widdicombe Fair", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Ex Kay on LX", "The Biggest Night of Her Life", "Last Minute", "All Along the Watchtower", "Sun Dog", "Hitch Hike", "The Little Bird", "Widdicombe Fair" (alternate version), "The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian", "Train Keeps a-Rollin’", "Tennessee Woman", "Fishhead", "New York Mining Disaster", "Half Breed", "Day and Night"

Members

Current members
  • Ray Phillips – lead vocals, bass guitar (1962–73; 1980–present)
  • Ken Osborn – lead guitar (?–present)
  • Colin Pattenden – bass guitar, lead vocals (?–present)
  • Simon Spratley – keyboards (?–present)
  • Adrian Metcalfe – drums (1980–present)
Former members
  • Arthur Sharp – guitar, lead vocals (1962–72)
  • Trevor Williams – lead vocals, bass guitar (1972–73)
  • Terry Crowe – lead vocals (1963)
  • Mick Dunford – lead guitar (1962–63)
  • John Allen – lead guitar (1963–69)
  • Len Tuckey – lead guitar (1969–73)
  • Peter Agate – lead guitar (1980–?)
  • Pete Shannon Harris – bass guitar, guitar (1962–66)
  • Neil Korner – bass guitar (1966–69)
  • Roger Dean – bass guitar (1969–73)
  • Len Surtees – bass guitar (1980–?)
  • John Hawken – keyboards (1962–68)
  • Dave Maine – drums (1962)
  • Roger Groome – drums (1962–63; 1966–73)
  • Barry Jenkins – drums (1963–66)

See also

References

  1. ^ Peter Checksfield, "Jerry Lee Lewis. The Greatest Live Show on Earth", Record Collector, #188 - April 1995, p. 79.
  2. ^ Milo Miles, Album review of Live at the Star Club, Hamburg. Rolling Stone, #899/900 - July 2002, p.112.
  3. ^ Q Magazine, #1, 2002, p.59.
  4. ^ Mojo, 3/01/04, p.52.
  5. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Album Review: "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" at Allmusic.
  6. ^ Steven Stoulder, Editorial review of "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" at Amazon.com.
  7. ^ Many sources state that the group also backed Bo Diddley but Arthur Sharp denies this in the booklet accompanying the CD sampler Rockin’ Back To Tobacco Road.
  8. ^ Brian Hogg in the booklet accompanying the 1993 CD The Best of the Nashville Teens 1964-1969.
  9. ^ Chris May and Tim Phillips, British Beat, Sociopack Publications, London, [1974], p. 61.
  10. ^ Allmusic review
  11. ^ Pop Gear in The Internet Movie Database
  12. ^ Be My Guest in The Internet Movie Database
  13. ^ Gonks Go Beat in The Internet Movie Database
  14. ^ Marianne Faithfull recorded the same song under the title "This Little Bird".
  15. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 387. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  16. ^ Erroneously called "Parchment Farm" on the cover.
  17. ^ Song from the film Gonks Go Beat.
  18. ^ The first twelve tracks are Nashville Teens recordings from the years 1966-1968, meant for radio broadcasts. The other tracks are recordings from the years 1969-1971 with Ray Phillips and Arthur Sharp as singers, backed by various studio musicians.

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