About The Nightsounds - very little information available and no photos
After leaving The Jury, Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson formed a new band in October 1962, The Nightsounds. This band had a very short life and lasted only until November 1962.
Members:
Brian Casser (vocals)
from Cass and the Casanovas, better known as Casey Jones **.
from Cass and the Casanovas, better known as Casey Jones **.
Albert Lee (guitar)
Pat Donaldson (bass)
Ricky [Rikki] Barnes (sax)
John Puddy (sax)
Tony Middleton (drums)
**later bands:
Casey Jones and His Engineers
Casey Jones and The Governors
Casey Jones and His Engineers
Casey Jones and The Governors
The Top Ten Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany owned by Peter Eckhorn. The address in Hamburg area St. Pauli was 136 Reeperbahn. Albert [The Nightsounds] played there (1962) - the same time as The Beatles were playing The Star Club
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| Top Ten inside. I was there by beginning of the Seventies and it still looked like this |
"We [The Nightsounds] went to Hamburg for 3 weeks playing the Top Ten Club - the same time as The Beatles were playing The Star Club. It was my first trip abroad... in the day when every musician had to pay his dues in Hamburg - nightly, dusk to dawn...”. [Anm. G.S.: The Nightsounds: Brian Casser (from Cass and the Casanovas, better known as Casey Jones] on vocals, Albert Lee (guitar), Pat Donaldson (bass), Rikki [Ricky] Barnes (sax), John Puddy (sax), Tony Middleton (drums). The group's life was very short, until November 1962.
Photo: Brian Casser, here as Casey Jones and His Engineers
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Ricky Barnes today, still playing the saxophone. Picture taken by me at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Star Club Hamburg, 13 April 2012.
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