Dragoons were based in Oldham.
Original line up was Les Kershaw on drums, Billy Lees on guitar, Peter Priest on guitar and Trevor Fogarty ( Terry Ford, same guy on guitar ) Around 1960.
They split and a new line up emerged of Ken Jones on piano, Billy Lees on bass, Norman Pennington on drums and me on lead guitar. This line up lasted a long time until Ken Jones left and we became a trio with me and Billy doing vocals. (I remember Keith Cooper doing a leopard skin routine as a guest. ) No comment.
Later Billy and I joined up with Mick Swift and Tony Manton and became the Tony Manton Set.
I then left and worked the clubs with Terry Ford as "The Terry Ford Duo " He died in a car accident.
I had joined a band called Frank Yonco and the Texas Drifters by then and did a couple of years with them backing american country singers on tour.
Geoff Walker never played with The Dragoons to the best of my knowledge but did play with Ian Fisher and Ken Jones as the Ken Jones Trio.
Ken Jones had a brother called Allan who was a talented pianist/vocalist who often helped out.
No photos available. ex wife disposed of them.
Joe Kilroy |
