Rod Coombes

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = Rod Coombes
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Roderick Coombes
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Born = birth date and age|1946|5|15
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Instrument = drums
Voice_type = tenor
Genre = rock, progressive rock
Occupation = singer-songwriter, musician
Years_active = 1960s - present
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Associated_acts = The Luvvers (singer Lulu's backing band)
Stealers Wheel, Strawbs
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Rod Coombes is an English singer-songwriter and musician.

Career

He has played professionally since he was 17, when he joined singer Lulu's backing band The Luvvers. He played with the Jeff Beck Group at the time of the release of the single "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and then joined soul band Trifle, with whom he stayed for about 18 months. He moved on to blues-rockers Juicy Lucy before joining Stealers Wheel and staying for their first album. In 1973, he left the increasingly dysfunctional Stealers Wheel and joined Strawbs. He stayed with Strawbs until after the release of the 1977 album "Burning for You" when he then spent some time abroad, eventually rejoining Strawbs in 1998 for their 25th anniversary concert at Chiswick House. He was eventually to rejoin for their 2004 tour of Canada and remains in the line-up of the band at the present time.

From 2005 - 2007 he mentored and taught musical prodigy Curt Lawrence of Last Letter Read, now on tour with MC Lars in England. Curt attributes his hard hitting style and double kick drum technique to Coombes musical teachings.

Coombes can also play guitar and bass guitar. He played some bass for Stealers Wheel and some guitar for Strawbs. He also composed three tracks for Strawbs:

*"Sad Young Man"
*"A Mind of my Own"and
*"Changes Arranges Us", on which he also sang lead vovals.

* Coombes also currently teaches at Chichester College teaching Music Industry, and Drums and Precussion. He has taught many session drummers, such as Sam Elliot, Mel Rigby, Tom Brigstock, Taylor Hope, and Joe Foot.

Discography

Albums

Trifle

*"First Meeting" (Dawn DNLS 3017, 1970)

Juicy Lucy

*"Lie Back and Enjoy It" (1970)
*"Get a Whiff of This" (1971)

tealers Wheel

*"Stealers Wheel" (1972)

trawbs

*"Hero and Heroine" (1974)
*"Ghosts" (1974)
*"Nomadness" (1975)
*"Deep Cuts" (1976)
*"Burning for You" (1977)
*"Blue Angel" (2003)
*"Déjà Fou" (2004)

ingles

Unless otherwise stated, the details are of the singles released in the UK.

Lulu

*"Shout!" (1964)

Jeff Beck

*"Hi Ho Silver Lining" (1967)

Trifle

*"All Together Now"/"Got my Thing" (United Artists UA 2270, 1969)
*"Old Fashioned Prayer Meeting"/"Dirty Old Town" (Dawn DNS 1008, 1970)

tealers Wheel

*"Stuck in the Middle with You" (1972)

trawbs

*"Shine on Silver Sun"/"And Wherefore" (1973)
*"Hero and Heroine"/"Why" (1974)
*"Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)"/"Where do You Go" (1974)
*"Round and Round"/"Heroine's Theme" (1974) (US and Italy only)
*"Grace Darling"/"Changes Arranges" (1974)
*"Angel Wine"/"Grace Darling" (1975) (Japan only)
*"Lemon Pie"/"Don't Try to Change Me" (1975)
*"Little Sleepy" (1975) (US and Portugal only)
*"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You"/"Wasting My Time (Thinking of You)" (1976)
*"So Close and Yet So Far Away"/"The Soldier's Tale" (1976) (US only)
*"Charmer"/"Beside the Rio Grande" (1976)
*"Back in the Old Routine"/"Burning for You" (1977)
*"Keep on Trying"/"Simple Visions" (1977)
*"Heartbreaker" (1977) (US and South Africa only)
*"Joey and Me"/"Deadly Nightshade" (1978)
*"New Beginnings"/"Words of Wisdom" (1978)
*"I Don't Want to Talk About It"/"The Last Resort" (1978) (US only)

References

[http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/hist/coombes.asp Rod Coombes at Strawbsweb]

External links

*http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk The Strawbs website