36-1024: John Whitney may refer to: Musicians [ edit ] John "Charlie" Whitney (born 1944), British rock guitarist John Whitney, American drummer with City Sleeps Jon Whitney (DJ) , American DJ and musician Others [ edit ] John D. Whitney (1850–1917), Jesuit and president of Georgetown University John Whitney (broadcaster) (1930–2023), writer and producer involved in British commercial radio and television John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), millionaire John Whitney (industrialist) (1836–1932), New Zealand industrialist John Whitney (footballer) (1874–?), English footballer John Whitney (animator) (1917–1995), American animator, composer and inventor Jon Whitney (footballer) (born 1970), English former footballer See also [ edit ] John Witney, British police killer, see Shepherd's Bush murders [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
72-507: A "bleating vibrato" and an "electric goat", were considered unique, although Chapman was trying to emulate the voices of R&B and soul singers Little Richard and Ray Charles , with some reviewers noting however that Chapman's voice could be grating and irritating occasionally. John "Charlie" Whitney was an accomplished and innovative guitarist, and Family's often complex song arrangements were made possible through having multi-instrumentalists like Ric Grech, Jim King and Poli Palmer in
108-557: A Doll's House followed in July 1968. Family's heavy, experimental rock music gained them a reputation as a progressive underground band. By 1970, with the release of their albums A Song For Me and Anyway , they made an appearance at the third Isle of Wight Festival on 28 August 1970. Although Family proved to be popular in the UK and continental Europe, success in the US eluded them, and in 1973
144-486: A classic of British psychedelic rock , it showcased many of the stylistic and production features that are archetypal of the genre. The album's highly original sound was characterised by Chapman's vocals, rooted in the blues and R&B, combined with several unusual instruments for a rock band, courtesy of the presence of multi-instrumentalists Grech and King, including saxophones, violin, cello, and harmonica. Family's 1969 follow-up, Family Entertainment , toned down
180-637: A live unit which played blues and bluegrass music . Los Racketeeros recorded a debut album in 1995 with a line-up including Alan Rogers, Pete Tomlyn, and Tony Taylor. Whitney released a solo album in 1999, and played concerts with Robert A. Roberts, a singer-songwriter , vocalist, harmonica player and guitarist, who had been a founding member of the London Bluesband Roadhouse. They released a CD as The Whitney-Roberts Combo experimenting with folk music . Whitney now lives in Mytilene on
216-548: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John %22Charlie%22 Whitney Richard John Whitney (born 24 June 1944), also known as John "Charlie" Whitney , John Whitney and Charlie Whitney , is an English rock musician and a founder member of the bands Family , Streetwalkers and Axis Point . Whitney was born in Skipton , West Riding of Yorkshire . He attended Leicester Art College in 1962. His first appearance
252-657: The Kralingen Music Festival in the Netherlands and the Isle of Wight Festival for the second year in a row. The band appeared in the documentary film Message to Love about the latter festival. Family's follow-up album Anyway , released in late 1970, had its first half consist of new material recorded live at Fairfield Halls in Croydon , England, with the second half a set of new songs recorded in
288-536: The Reprise Records label (the first UK band signed directly to UK and US Reprise) and their debut album Music in a Doll's House , was recorded during early 1968. Miller was originally slated to produce it, but he was tied up with production of the Rolling Stones ' album Beggars Banquet and he is credited as co-producer on only two tracks, "The Breeze" and "Peace of Mind". The bulk of the album
324-641: The Vertigo label, recording an album titled Streetwalkers (1974). The band broke up in 1977, ending eleven years of the Whitney-Chapman musical partnership. Whitney remained active in rock music. He reunited with Rob Townsend , his bandmate from Family, to form Axis Point in 1978. The line-up for this band included piano player Eddie Hardin, vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench from Streetwalkers and former Taste bassist Richard McCracken. When Axis Point broke up in 1980, Whitney formed Los Racketeeros,
360-560: The 1972 documentary Glastonbury Fayre . As with Grech in Family's original line-up, Wetton also shared vocal duties with Chapman, and this line-up soon released Family's highest-charting single "In My Own Time/Seasons" which reached number four, and the album Fearless in October 1971, which charted in both the UK and the US. In 1972, another album, Bandstand was released, which leaned more towards hard rock than art rock, featuring
396-625: The 2013 Progressive Music Awards . Family again played gigs in the UK in 2014 and 2015. In 2016 they appeared at festivals in England and Italy, as well as two gigs in London on 17 and 18 December and one in Leicester on 22 December, which were billed as the band's last shows. For these gigs, Chapman, Palmer and Cregan were joined by five other musicians. Family's sound was distinguished by several factors. The vocals of Roger Chapman, described as
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#1732801527270432-683: The Coasters before releasing the single "You'd Better Stop" in August 1964. Later, Ric Grech replaced Tim Kirchin and Roger Chapman joined as the principal lead singer, giving a heavier blues sound before renaming the band the Roaring Sixties. During 1966, the Roaring Sixties were renamed Family and they replaced their drummer Overnall with Rob Townsend . The band issued their first single as Family, titled "Scene Through The Eye Of A Lens/Gypsy Woman" in 1967 and their debut album Music in
468-572: The Hawthorn Building of Leicester Polytechnic on 13 October 1973. Many of its members went on to different musical projects; Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney formed the band Streetwalkers ; John Wetton played with King Crimson and eventually became the lead singer of the band Asia . Rob Townsend was a member of Medicine Head between 1973 and 1975. He has been a member of The Blues Band since 1979 and of The Manfreds since 1991. Ric Grech died of kidney and liver failure in 1990 at
504-722: The Sun, Sweet Desiree. During these performances Chapman paid warm tributes to absent band members Rick Grech, Tony Ashton, Jim King, John Weider, John Wetton and Charlie Whitney during the band's performance. The band went on to appear at the Rockin' the Park Festival at Clumber Park in Notts on 16 August 2013. The limited edition Family box set Once Upon a Time , won the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design award at
540-593: The United Kingdom through their albums, club and concert tours, and appearances at festivals . Family's rotating membership during their relatively short existence led to a diversity of sound on their various albums, with lead vocalist Roger Chapman the only member who stayed in the band throughout its existence. The group have been described as an "odd band loved by a small but rabid group of fans". Family formed in late 1966 in Leicester , England, from
576-578: The United States and Canada as the support act for Elton John , but their performances were often greeted with silence and Poli Palmer later recalled that "the only clapping in this huge stadium would be the guys doing the PA". In 1973, Family released the largely ignored It's Only a Movie (and on their own label, Raft, distributed by Warner/Reprise), which would be their last studio album, followed by another tour. Family gave their final concert at
612-566: The age of 43, as a result of alcoholism. Tony Ashton died in 2001 at the age of 55 of cancer. Jim King died on 6 February 2012 in Middlewich, Cheshire, at the age of 69. Wetton died on 31 January 2017, at the age of 67. In September 2012 the band announced a one-off reunion gig on 2 February 2013 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London featuring Roger Chapman, Poli Palmer, Rob Townsend and Jim Cregan Demand for tickets
648-451: The album, "Never Like This", the only song recorded by Family not written by a band member, and the group also backed Mason on "Little Woman", the B side of his February 1968 single "Just For You". Alongside Pink Floyd , Soft Machine , The Move , and The Nice , Family quickly became one of the premier attractions on the burgeoning UK psychedelic/progressive "underground" scene. Their lifestyle and exploits during this period provided some of
684-456: The band and access to keyboards such as the Hammond organ , the new Mellotron , violin, flute and vibraphone. The band's sound has been variously described as progressive rock , psychedelic rock , acid rock , folk rock , jazz fusion , not to mention "British art rock," and hard rock . Family were particularly known for their live performances; one reviewer describing the band as "one of
720-411: The following shows with his hands by his sides, and by the end of the tour, he had lost his voice; Family's reputation in the US never recovered and they ultimately never achieved great recognition there. Returning to the UK, the band performed at The Rolling Stones' Hyde Park gig and the Isle of Wight Festival that summer. In late 1969, Jim King was asked to leave Family due to "erratic behaviour" and
756-685: The following year on vocals. The American record producer Kim Fowley suggested they call themselves "The Family" as they regularly wore double-breasted suits in performances, giving themselves a mafia style appearance, a look they soon abandoned in favour of a more casual dress code. The group played the music club The Marquee regularly and other London clubs including The 100 Club and Sybilla's in Swallow Street . Through their friend, Mim Scala, they arranged Jimmy Miller to produce their first single and met manager John Gilbert. Because of their association with Miller, Steve Winwood helped with
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#1732801527270792-614: The group broke up. Whitney and Chapman wrote most of Family's songs together as a team. Whitney also composed two tracks, the instrumental "Summer '67" and the childlike folk song "Processions", about a small boy enjoying a day at the seashore. Whitney then formed Streetwalkers with Chapman in 1973. This new band included vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench , from the Jeff Beck Group and Hummingbird , and future Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain , who later moved on to play with Pat Travers and bassist Jon Plotel. They signed to
828-399: The inspiration for the 1969 novel Groupie by Jenny Fabian (who lived in the group's Chelsea house for some time) and to Johnny Byrne . Family featured in the book under the pseudonym, 'Relation'. Music in a Doll's House was released in July 1968 and charted at number 35 in the UK to critical acclaim, thanks to strong support from BBC Radio 1 's John Peel . Now widely acknowledged as
864-432: The island of Lesbos , Greece . Family (band) Family were an English rock band, active from late 1966 to October 1973, and again since 2013 for a series of live shows. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock , as their sound often explored other genres, incorporating elements of styles such as folk , psychedelia , acid rock , jazz fusion , and rock and roll . The band achieved recognition in
900-528: The psychedelic experimentation of their previous offering to some extent, reaching number six in the UK Albums Chart , and featured the single " The Weaver's Answer ", although the group reportedly had no control over the mixing and choice of tracks, or the running order of the songs. With the UK success of Family's first two albums, the band undertook a tour of the United States in April 1969, but it
936-419: The recording. Shortly afterwards, Ovenall became disillusioned with the group's move away from soul music towards psychedelia and was concerned about the management. He subsequently decided to leave the band. Family's debut single "Scene Through The Eye of a Lens/Gypsy Woman" was released by Liberty Records in October 1967 but was not a success. Ovenall was replaced by Rob Townsend . The band signed with
972-567: The remaining members of a group that was previously known as The Farinas and later briefly The Roaring Sixties, whose sound was grounded in rhythm and blues though they did not record under that name. The Farinas originally consisted of John "Charlie" Whitney , Tim Kirchin (born around 1944, Birstall, Leicestershire died circa 2000), Harry Ovenall (born Richard Harry Ovenall, 12 September 1943, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire), and Jim King , forming at Leicester Art College in 1962. Ric Grech replaced Kirchin on bass in 1965 and Roger Chapman joined
1008-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Whitney&oldid=1184222007 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1044-443: The singles "Burlesque" in late 1972, and " My Friend the Sun ", which was released in early 1973. In mid-1972, John Wetton left Family to join a new line-up of King Crimson and was replaced by bassist Jim Cregan , and at the end of that year, John "Poli" Palmer also left the band and was replaced by keyboardist Tony Ashton , previously of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke . After Wetton's departure (but before Palmer's exit), Family toured
1080-704: The studio, and reached number seven on the UK chart. In March 1971 the compilation album , Old Songs New Songs , (which contained remixes and rare tracks) was released, but in June Weider left Family to join Stud . He was replaced by former Mogul Thrash bassist John Wetton , who had just declined an invitation from Robert Fripp to join King Crimson . The band performed at the Glastonbury Free Festival 1971 , filmed by Nicolas Roeg for
1116-519: The wildest, most innovative groups of the underground rock scene", noting that they produced "some of the rawest, most intense performances on stage in rock history" and "that the Jimi Hendrix Experience were afraid to follow them at festivals". Family was an influence on Jethro Tull , with Ian Anderson noting that the band were particularly underrated. Both in his vocal sound and style and his dramatic stage presentation, Chapman
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1152-563: Was at Fleckney village hall, near Leicester, with his mates from Great Glen, Alistair Sutton, Tony Wilson and Arthur Sloper. The name of the band has escaped living memory, but may have been something to do with Jeans. Their second gig was cancelled due to snow and they never reformed. He then formed his own band known as the Farinas. They played rhythm and blues , and featured Jim King on saxophone and vocals, bassist Tim Kirchin and drummer Harry Overnall. They performed songs by Chuck Berry and
1188-633: Was beset by problems. Halfway through the tour, Grech unexpectedly left the band to join the new supergroup Blind Faith ; on the recommendation of tour manager Peter Grant , Grech was replaced by John Weider , previously of Eric Burdon and The Animals . A further setback occurred during their first concert at Bill Graham's Fillmore East , whilst sharing the bill with Ten Years After and The Nice – during his stage routine, Chapman lost control of his microphone stand, which flew in Graham's direction, an act Graham took to be deliberate; Chapman performed
1224-426: Was produced by former Traffic member Dave Mason , and recorded at London's Olympic Studios with engineers Eddie Kramer and George Chkiantz . 18 year old Mike Batt arranged string and brass overdubs, notably on "The Chase", "Mellowing Grey" and "Old Songs, New Songs" but was uncredited. "Old Songs, New Songs" also included an uncredited tenor sax solo from Tubby Hayes . Mason also contributed one composition to
1260-630: Was replaced by multi-instrumentalist John "Poli" Palmer . In 1970, Family played a few more gigs in the United States, appearing in San Francisco and Boston. In early 1970, they released their third studio album, A Song for Me ; produced by the band, it became the highest-charting album the band had released, reaching No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album itself was a blend of hard rock and folk rock . Family's new line-up played at major rock festivals that summer, including
1296-792: Was so great that an extra show was scheduled for the previous night as well and an expanded line-up of the band (also featuring Chapman's regular back-up musicians Paul Hirsh, John Lingwood, Nick Payn, Gary Twigg and Geoff Whitehorn, billed as "The In Laws") played to sell-out audiences. The setlist on both nights included: Top of the Hill, Drowned in Wine, Holding the Compass, Part of the Load, Ready to Go, Crinkly Grin, Burning Bridges, No Mule's Fool, Sat'dy Barfly, Between Blue and Me, Hung Up Down, Burlesque, In My Own Time. Encore 1: Weaver's Answer; Encore 2: My Friend
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