Re: Beachcombers

[Brian Steven Cady <cadyb@mindspring.com>]

At 02:08 PM 8/10/98 -0500, Rich wrote:
>Regarding Keith's pre-Who
>activities, a couple sources (e.g., Richard Barnes) state fairly clearly
>that the Beachcombers were Keith's only previous band.  Yet on page 18 in
>the July 1997 issue of Record Collector, an old reprint says he was in a
>band called the Altones before joining the Beachcombers.  Brian, do you know
>if Fletcher's book mentions this other band?

Fletcher's book lists Keith's only group prior to The Beachcombers as The
Escorts.
I don't see anything about the Altones.

Here's what the book says about Keith recording with the Beachcombers:

"He never even got to release a record:  hell, they only went into a studio
once,
 and that in a dingy basement beneth a keyboard shop in North Harrow to
make a tape 
of a few cover versions ('Poison Ivy' and 'I'm a Hog For You Baby' among
them) that 
has long since disappeared."

Other than that, it says that before Keith joined they had not made any
records at 
all, but doesn't say if they made any records afterwards.

			-Brian in Atlanta