BACK DOOR
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • United Kingdom

Back Door was a jazz-rock trio, formed in 1971. Band members: Colin Hodgkinson (born 14 October 1945, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) - bass player, frontman Ron Aspery (born Ronald Aspery, 9 June 1946, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire — died 10 December 2003, Saltdean, East Sussex) - saxophonist Tony Hicks (born Anthony Hicks, 8 August 1948, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire — died 13 August 2006, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) - drummer - he was substituted later by Adrian Tilbrook (born 20 July 1948, Hartlepool, County Durham). Colin Hodgkinson first met Ron Aspery whilst the two were playing in Eric Delaney's Showband. The two began to talk about forming their own band around 1969, and eventually Back Door came to fruition in 1971, with Tony Hicks joining on drums. Hodgkinson made an innovative use of the electric bass, making it a lead instrument rather than a part of a rhythm section. Their unique brand of jazz-rock and Hodgkinson's original playing was a hit at read more...