Salford based outfit featuring Mick Weaver on organ. He later went solo under the same name then reverted to his own name. Has played with everybody at some time or other.

Bass player was John Brennan, who was with Life 'n' Soul and now with The Ivy League. They used to feature their interpretation of Oscar Peterson's arrangement of "Night Train". Daring for the time.

John Irving

Conflicting info re the line-up shows:

Neil Hubbard (guitar)
Alan Spenner (bass)
Mick Weaver (keyboards)
Chris Mercer (sax)
Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussion)
Ian Cooper (drums)

The Sunshine Superfrog LP is very rare and has not .. to my knowledge come out on CD .. however; the "Out Of The Frying Pan" set is out on CD on the British Edsel label .. may be deleted now , but I have a copy , and play it on my ALL BLUES show on kuvo radio here in Denver regularly !! The studio phone lights up every time I play it .. especially the 'Willie And The Hand Jive' track.

Dick Heckstall Smith (R.I.P) is featured throughout, and is heard doing his "two saxes at once " bit on "Willie".

Mick Weaver also was on tour with Andy Fairweather Lowe, and played on his albums during his be Bop N' Holla late 70s period.

We were the opening act on the tour, about 77/78'. I was signed to RCA playing bass in a band called 'Limey'..we put out one album , then got fired from RCA halfway through recording our followup LP!

We did about 16 dates through U.K. with AFL - mainly universities etc. I think Mick played for Joe Cocker as well; not heard about him or his wherabouts as of late. A great player - he had Booker T' and Jimmy McGriff DOWN, boy!!

David Bowker (ex-many Manchester groups)

As a founder member of the band, my aged memory is that the name belongs to a jazz/blues artist in the U.S. We took it long before the band recorded, Mick kept it ..... Wilf Lewis on guitar along with Alex Kirby on sax (St Louis Union and later EMMY award winning TV director and TV Lion,Witch n Wardrobe director) were also founder members...... Don't know what happened to wilf?????

Marian Stockley (Friday Brown)

Hi

To clarify the query on the above, it ain't no American bluesman from way back. I worked as frontman vocalist harmonica player with the Chapters along with Alex Kirby and Dave Webb (St Louis Union) before they teamed up with Mick Weaver.

We tried to form another band after the demise of the Chapters. One of the suggested names was Wynder K  Frogg, double G. This new band didn't happen so the name moved on with Alex and Dave.

The  name was inspired by a book I was reading at the time - the hero being one 'Jimmy Wynder'. This was coupled with Frogg from a song I wrote at the time entitled Frogg Bop Blues. The K came as an abbreviation of the word King from the line in the song 'King of the Frogg Bop Blues'.

Mike Lynch

I'm lucky enough to own a copy of "Into The Fire". Someone in the US saw my comment's on "Out Of The Frying pan" at Aamazon, and wanted "Sunshine Superfrog" of which I have on LP as well, so I sent the LP to the states.

He DVD'd "Fire" for me and returned everything, so I'm a proud owner of "Into The Fire" although not as good as "Into The Frying Pan" well worth having.

Mick's a brilliant player, I've met him as well at "Bumper's Club" in London, no longer there. What a night that was, Mick on one side of the stage, and I think it was Eddie Hardin on the other, two great Hammond players.

Mike Masterton

Me and my  band The  Calgary  Stampede (we  tryed  to  be  a poor  mans  Alan  Bown  Set) supported  Wynder  K. Frog at  The  Queen  Mary Ballroom  located  inside  Dudley Zoo  in The  West Midlands.

After delivering  their  own  set, they then  backed  none  other  than Jimmy Cliff! A great  night  and  yes  we  sha* ourselves  especially  our  hammond  player!

Thank  god  I was  only the  lead  singer  (dead  easy  to  blow  Jimmy  Cliff  away, NOT!).

Any body  else  remember  when  you  got  a buy  one  get  one  free  with  the  two  great  stars  dong  a double  act? The  venue  had  two  stages  facing  each  end  of  the  dance  floor so  just  to  make  matters  worse  we'd  got  ourselves  a  logistic  "face off"!

Charlie  Butterskin - Mute(stage  name  '66)

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