associated_acts years_active notable_instruments alias article_title background birth_date instrument origin name occupation
felder timebox , patto 's orioles , fatso , the rutles , 1965-present gretsch drums the admiral john halsey -lrb- musician -rrb-
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 23 february 1945 drums , vocals north finchley john halsey publican , musician
john halsey -lrb- musician -rrb-

john halsey -lrb- born 23 february 1945 , in highgate -rrb- is a rock drummer , best known as a drummer and his appearance as barrington womble -lrb- `` barry wom '' -rrb- in the rutles , leading to his playing with neil innes 's band fatso and appearing in the television film `` all you need is cash '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- .
halsey was born in highgate , north london and lived in north finchley .
hejoined the london rhythm and blues band felder 's orioles in 1965 , who released four singles on the piccadilly records label .
in 1967 he became a member of timebox from southport , who later became patto .
with record producer muff winwood they released three albums .
the band disbanded in 1973 .
in 1972 halsey played drums on the lou reed album `` transformer '' and recorded as a session musician on albums including `` mind your own business '' by henry mccullough -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , `` back to the night '' by joan armatrading -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , `` bullinamingvase '' by roy harper -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , `` woman in the wings '' by maddy prior -lrb- 1978 -rrb- and `` mail order magic '' by roger chapman -lrb- 1980 -rrb- .
he toured with others including joe cocker , the scaffold , grimms , chris jagger , neil innes , viv stanshall , joe brown .
in an interview for the fanzine ptolemaic terrascope in 1992 , he told the magazine that he spent much of the 1980s selling fish from the back of a van after a near-fatal accident in chichester in 1983 and that since then , he has been in the pub trade .
since 1996 he has been the landlord the castle inn public house in castle street , cambridge .
he appeared on the channel 4 show ` what the pythons did next ' on 1 january 2007 , discussing what it was like to work with eric idle .
in april 2008 he appeared at rutles thirty year reunion in los angeles , where the four original band members played together again .
