David O'List

David O'List
Background information
Born	13 December 1948 (1948-12-13) (age 62)
Origin	Chiswick, West London, England
Genres	Rock music
Years active	1960s-present
Labels	Decca, CBS
Associated acts	The Attack, The Misunderstood, The Nice, Jet, Roxy Music
Website	davidolist.com

David 'Davy' O'List (born 13 December 1948, Chiswick, West London) is a rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.^[1] Most notably, he played with The Attack, The Nice and Jet.

Career

O'List (using the name David John) started The Attack in 1966; managed by Don Arden, they were part of the 1960s Swinging London scene, and released four singles - "Try It / We Don't Know" (Decca F 12550), "Hi Ho Silver Lining / Anymore Than I Do" (Decca F 12578), "Created By Clive / Colour Of My Mind" (Decca F 12631) and "Neville Thumbcatch / Lady Orange Peel" (Decca F 12725) .^[2]

The Nice

O'List was picked by Andrew Loog Oldham as guitarist for The Nice, then a backing band for P. P. Arnold, and left The Attack in February 1967.^[2] By May, the band were gigging in their own right, and gained their own billing at the National Jazz and Blues Festival that summer;^[3] their first album, however, did not appear until early 1968. Their only hit single, "America", a heavily re-worked version of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story achieved number 21 in the UK charts in July of that year.^[4] O'List's style in The Nice was described by Bruce Eder of Allmusic as "Hendrix-ish guitar ... in sharp relief."^[5] However, with two strong instrumentalists competing, O'List left The Nice in autumn 1968 during the recordings for their second album.^[3]

While with The Nice, O'List substituted for Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd briefly in 1967^[6]

After The Nice

• O'List also played briefly in Jethro Tull after the departure of Mick Abrahams^{[citation needed]}
• In early 1969, O'List provided guitar and bass for The Misunderstood.^[7]
• and an early version of Roxy Music between October 1971 and September 1972.^[8]
• After Roxy Music O'List was rehearsing at Unit Studio in London's Kings Cross, with a band that had the working name of "Nice Too" which included US pianist Nicky Babel and had Paul "Doc" Stewart and Jim Slade as sound engineers.
• before joining Jet in 1974.

Solo career

O'List released a solo album in 1997, entitled Flight of the Eagle.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} David O'List at Allmusic
2. ^ ^{a b} The Attack at Allmusic
3. ^ ^{a b} The Nice at Allmusic
4. ^ Rice, Tim; Paul Gambaccini, Jo Rice (1993). Guinness book of British Hit Singles. London: Guinness Superlatives. pp. 226. ISBN 0821126332. 
5. ^ The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack at Allmusic
6. ^ Mason, Nick; Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2004-11-30). Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd. pp. 96. ISBN 0297843877. 
7. ^ "VdGG Profile: Misunderstood". www.fuzzlogic.com. http://www.fuzzlogic.com/vdgg/misunder.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-02. 
8. ^ Bracewell, Michael (2007). Re-make/Re-model Art,Pop,Fashion and the Making of Roxy Music, 1953-1972. London: Faber and Faber. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-571-22985-7. 

External links

• Official web site
• Davy O'List biography at Allmusic website
• An Interview With The Nice's Davy O'List By Keith Jordan

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Name	Olist, David
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Date of birth	1948-12-13
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