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| Pete Bocking |
Lead guitar |
| John (Butch) Mepham |
6 string bass |
| Ian Starr |
Drums |
| Graham Attwood |
Sax |
| Clive Neill |
Sax |
| Keith Shepherd |
4 string bass |
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After The Fourtones came The Pete Bocking Six, seeing as none of us were sober enough to count, their was usually 5 or 7 or 8 even at one gig.
The line up as far as I can remember (maybe some one else will be able to help here) was Pete Bocking (lead guitar), Ian Starr (drums), Graham Attwood (sax), Clive Neil (sax), myself (six string bass) and Keith Shepherd (four string bass).
I can't tell you the full history of the group, as I left after about 4 months when I gave up playing to join the merchant navy as an engineer.
We played all the normal venues in and around Manchester.
I can remember one gig at Bernard Mannings Embassy Club, where we fielded two sax players and two bass guitars, a really powerful sound for those days!
On another occasion, we played the Oasis with the Beatles. Paul McCartney had turned up without his guitar and borrowed my Fender Jazz Bass.
We (as usual ) went for a pint across the street, to the Nags Head. When we returned the Beatles had left leaving my guitar on the floor with all the back damaged. Paul had been wearing a big buckle on his belt and this had scratched through the varnish cutting into the wood. I never even got an apology.
Although The Pete Bocking Six wasn't as well known as the other groups I played for (possibly they weren't going for long enough), I know several people who can remember them , and who saw them play. Their main memory was the powerful sound we had.
John (Butch) Mepham |
The gig with the Beatles at the Oasis
MEN Friday 21 Dec 1962
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