Jason T Alexander Sound
A Soul, Reggae and Pop group, based around Jason T Alexander
Line-ups included:
| Jason T (Dawson Waldron) |
organ and vocals |
| Tommy Beckett |
guitar |
| Bo Orville |
bass |
| Ezra |
bass |
| Tony Lingard |
bass |
| Andy Raynor |
organ |
| Martin Soar |
drums |
| Brian Huggins |
drums |
| Paul Mlynarz |
sax |
| George |
sax |
| Paul Verrechia. |
guitar |
| Rob Foden |
bass |
A publicity shot taken by a professional photographer in Jason's flat. I'm the one with the ridiculous hair flanked either side by Ezra and Tom with Jason at the front. The drummer at the time was Brian Huggins, who didn't turn up for the shoot - Jason was seriously peed off with him!
Andy Raynor
I was the keyboard player for Jason in the late '60s. We started with a group out of Oldham. Stuart the butcher, tall Stuart with a beard, and Ken? the drummer.
The group folded and then I joined Jason again in a second band the Jason T Sound with Bo the bass, sexy George on sax, Jim the power drummer and myself on keyboard. It was a nice band.
I enjoyed every minute.
I now live in Cleveland Ohio and am Director of Engineering for a multi national Engineering conglomerate.
Andrew Tanner
19/7/09
I joined the band, now called The New Jason T Sound, in 1971 as bass player. The other guys were Jason (Dawson Waldron) on organ and lead vocals, Brian Huggins on drums and Tom Beckett on guitar. The manager was Tom's mum, Doris.
I then took over keyboard duties so Jason could get out to front the band. Ezra came in on bass and Brian was replaced on drums by Martin Soar. Tom left the band for a while and was replaced by Paul Verrechia. Finally, Rob Foden joined on bass when Ezra left.
The band was very busy - we played loads of gigs in Liverpool and a number of West Indian clubs in Yorkshire. Jason was a good front man and singer and we nearly always went down a storm (so I remember!)
I still play in a band with Martin Soar in the Manchester area - we're called The Reactions.
Andy Raynor
15/11/09
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