- Phillip Goodhand-Tait
Phillip Goodhand-Tait (born
3 January 1945 , Hull,Yorkshire [ [http://secure1.mppglobal.com/ishop/202/Phillip-Goodhand-Tait--the-Stormsville-Shakers-1965--1966/Phillip-Goodhand-Tait--the-Stormsville-Shakers-1965--1966-Music-Download/272774/ProductInfo.aspx Secure1.mppglobal.com] ] ) is asinger-songwriter ,record producer and keyboard player.Life and career
Goodhand-Tait is his real
surname , although atschool and into the mid 1960s, he was known as Phil Tait. Hismother taughtpiano and hisfather was an activeTrades Union ist. In 1957 the family moved south toGuildford ,Surrey where Goodhand-Tait attended Pewley school. Before long, he was singing inbeat group s several nights every week under names such as Phill Tone and the Vibrants. In 1961, they renamed themselves Phill and the Stormsville Shakers, a group formed with Paul Demers ondrum s, Ivor Shackleton playingguitar , and Kirk Riddle on bass. "Stormsville" was the title of a 1960Johnny and the Hurricanes album and "Shakers" was meant to indicate the frantic nature of their performances.In 1964 the Shakers played the
Ricky-Tick club circuit, (famous for engagingCyril Davies ,Alexis Korner ,The Yardbirds andThe Rolling Stones ) and backed U.S.blues pianist ,Memphis Slim . He toured in the early 1960s as Phillip Goodhand-Tait and the Stormsville Shakers (his backing band from Guildford) supporting the likes ofLarry Williams . [ [http://www.stormsvilleshakers.com/ Stormsvilleshakers.com] ]He wrote
song s for Larry Williams;Roger Daltrey ("Oceans Away" - on the LP, "Ride a Rock Horse " - and "Parade" and "Leon" - both on the "One of the Boys" album);Gene Pitney ("You Are" and "Oceans Away");Zoot Money ("No One But You") and Love Affair ("Bringing on Back the Good Times", "A Day Without Love" and "Baby I Know").By 1971, he had branched out, and wrote the
soundtrack for thefilm , "Universal Soldier". In 1976 he played theharmonium onChris De Burgh 'salbum , "Spanish Train and Other Stories ." [ [http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/d/de_burgh.html Softshoe-slim.com] ]Goodhand-Tait has also produced
live album s by Magnum, Venom,Climax Blues Band ,Kid Creole and the Coconuts andThe Lords of the New Church [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9frxqy5ldte~T4 All Music Guide biography] ] .Discography
*"Rehearsal" - 1971 - DJM
*"I Think I'll Write a Song" - 1971 - DJM
*"Songfall" - 1972 - DJM
*"Phillip Goodhand-Tait" - 1973 - DJM
*"Jingle-Jangle Man" (compilation album ) - 1975 - DJM
*"Oceans Away" - 1976 - Chrysalis
*"Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks" - 1976 - Chrysalis
*"Good Old Phil's" - 1980 - Gundog [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9frxqy5ldte~T2 All Music Guide disocgraphy] ]References
External links
* [http://www.phillipgoodhand-tait.com/ Goodhand-Tait official site]
* [http://www.stormsvilleshakers.com/ Stormsville Shakers official site]
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