Steve Gibbons Band

Steve Gibbons (born 13 July 1941) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and record producer. Gibbons' music career spans more than 50 years.
The Steve Gibbons Band worked the pub and club circuits until 1975 when they were spotted by Peter Meaden, former manager of The Who. This led to the Steve Gibbons Band joining The Who's management stable and recording their first Polydor album ‘Any Road Up’ in 1975 (with John Entwistle of The Who playing on a few tracks). This was followed in 1976 by a tour with The Who in the UK, Europe and the United States.
In 1977 their second album, Rollin' On included their biggest hit single, 'Tulane', a cover of a Chuck Berry song. The single reached No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart and spent eight weeks in the Top 40. 1977 also saw the release of the live album ‘Caught in the Act’. The band made two further studio albums with Polydor, ‘Down in the Bunker’ (1978) and ‘Street Parade’ (1980).
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== Links To Peel ==
As outlined in the Peel-narrated TV documentary Rock Family Trees: Birmingham Beat, Steve Gibbons eventually found short-lived chart success after many years spent in different groupings of local Birmingham musicians, from The Ugly’s to Balls, with Denny Laine (ex-Moody Blues) and Trevor Burton (ex-Move), and a short spell with late-period Idle Race, which evolved into the Steve Gibbons Band, again with Burton on bass.
They attracted attention during the pub-rock era and their music was very much in that style. It led to them signing with the Who's management and to a major-label record deal. The band recorded three sessions for Peel in 1976 and 1977 but found themselves losing the support of the DJ and others with the emergence of punk.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None
== Sessions ==
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Three sessions.
"Please Don't Say Goodbye" and "Right Side Of Heaven/Rollin' On" from Session 2 and the entire Session 3 available on Rollin' (The Albums 1976-1978).
Trevor Burton also two sessions with Move (1967, 1968).
1. Recorded 1976-07-20. First broadcast 30 July 1976. Repeated 28 September 1976.
*Rollin' / Tuepelo Mississippi Flash / Johnny Cool / Spark Of Love
2. Recorded 1977-02-21. First broadcast 03 March 1977. Repeated 04 May 1977.
*Right Side Of Heaven/Rollin' On / Please Don't Say Goodbye / One Of The Boys
3. Recorded 1977-06-27. First broadcast 04 July 1977. Repeated 29 July 1977, 13 September 1977.
* Tulane / The Music Plays On / Gave His Life To Rock 'n Roll / Boppin' The Blues
== Other Shows Played ==
*PM009: Please Don't Say Goodbye (7") Polydor 2058 855 (last track of show, and of week) 08 April 1977 or 15 April 1977
*28 February 1978: Speed Kills (v/a album - Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival) Warner Bros. K 66077
*PM013: Eddy Vortex
*20 June 1978: No Spitting On The Bus (album - Down In The Bunker) Polydor POLS 1001
*11 July 1978: Let's Do It Again (album - Down In The Bunker) Polydor POLS 1001
== See Also ==
*Birmingham: Sessions
*Cover Versions
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
* Other
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