Who Am I? Inspirational Trivia....

I played on You Really Got Me, The Crying Game (Dave Berry), Here Come's the Night, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, It's Not Unusual and Brian Epstein offered me the chance to play with The Beatles.
Oh, I forgot Dusty Springfield threw a coffee at me, but then she was hard to get along with.
Who am I?

 

I am guessing here...is is Roy Young?

 

Bobby Graham

 

No not Roy.

 

James Patrick Page?

mud-

 

I was hoping you'd say that but no.

 

I think Reechie got it right.

mud-

 

You're an evil man, John. EVIL!!!

mud-

 

You win! A great but mostly unknown British session drummer.

Look for his discography: http://bobbygraham.co.uk/

He's played on so many of the songs we know.

 

How and why did Brian Epstein offer him a chance to play with the Fabs? I mean, I do believe you, Mr. Gort, but it's hard to believe, at the same time.

He was/is a great drummer. I used to practice to "Look Through Any Window" during my salad days.

 

Roy Young was a good guess - definitely a prominent session guy with a Beatles connection. Jimmy Page played on at least two of the songs mentioned. and I am so happy that mud picked him.

Any one have anything to add about Bobby Graham? He's worthy of a thread.

 

MM,
Apparently Brian Epstein approached Bobby when he knew the other three weren't happy with Pete Best. Bobby turned him down but it would probably never have happened anyway as J, P and G had already decided on Ringo.
I think Brian was especially interested in satisfying George Martin's request for a studio drummer.

 

This is from his site:

"Graham's stint with The Bruvvers was marked by an offer which didn't seem significant at the time. "We were on tour in June I962 and played at (Liverpool's) Cavern and Litherland Town Hall. After the show we went to a club called the Blue Angel with Brain Epstein. Brian offered me the job with the Beatles. They wanted to get rid of Pete Best, they were having problems with Pete's mother. Brian didn't like her, so he decided to out Pete, and asked me if I was interested in joining the band, I said 'why would want to join a band in Liverpool that nobody's ever heard of?". After some clashes with Brown, Graham left the Bruvvers in early I963. "We didn't always see eye to eye, I was pretty wild in those days. I should have listened. I learnt my discipline on that when I became a session man"."

The above differs a little from the version I gave but who knows? I doubt if the Beatles would have ended up as John, Paul, George and Bobby even if he had said yes. He does look a little like Ringo on his homepage though.....
Maybe it was him a not Bernard Purdie after all .

 

Hmmm....okay. Perhaps Brian had him in mind to play on the records, and then have Ringo do the concerts. Who knows? Thanks, though, for a little bit of Beatle trivia I didn't know(and I know a TON).

 

Thanks John B for introducing us to this great drummer in such a creative way (I mean via the trivia question).

BC

 

Hi Ben,

Glad you enjoyed hearing about Bobby Graham.

Here's a small roster of songs he played drums on:

Animals - Baby Let Me Take You Home
The Bachelors - I Believe
John Barry - Zulu Stamp
Dave Berry - This Strange Effect
Chubby Checker - What Do Ya Say
Petula Clark - Downtown
Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead
David And Jonathan - Michelle
Kiki Dee - Runnin' Out Of Fools
Carol Deene - Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?
Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me
Fleur-De-Lys - Circles
The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles
Billy Fury - Give Me Your Word
Francoise Hardy - Je N'Attends Plus Personne
Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week
Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes
Benny Hill - Harvest Of Love
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You
Lulu - Here Comes The Night
Mickie Most - The Feminine Look
The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
Patsy Arm Noble - Private Property
The Outsiders Keep On Doing It
The Overlanders - Summer Skies And Golden Sands
Jimmy Page - She Just Satisfies
Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
Brian Poole/Tremoloes - Do You Love Me?
Pretty Things - Rosalyn
P.J. Proby - Together
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
Rod Stewart - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Crispian St. Peters You Were On My Mind
Chad and Jeremy - Yesterday's Gone
Them - Baby Please Don't Go
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
The Zephyrs - I Can Tell

We have a theme here for indy mike.....

 

Hmmmmm, lemme chew on dis idea for a spell...