These are New Links to Coventry Music Sites

These links have also been transfered here to Cov Vox group blog from the Hobo site to tidy up the welcome post. Again Broadgate Gnome now can also add in links here to save duplication of links and endless scrolling!.

Dean's History of Coventry with You Tube of bands and artist and more

Backbeat
Pete Chambers Cov music history articles for the Covnetry Telegraph. Worth looking at if intersted in Cov music past and present.

FRESH MAGGOTS
Coventry progressive rock / folk duo from 1971 - their 1971 album for RCA - Hatched - is now cult. Visit their Vox site and listen to some of their tracks.

COLIN CRIPPS (Formerly of the Mountain Ash Band) - New Songs

HAZEL O'CONNOR
Hazel'S MAIN SITE - Catch up with her more recent folk based recordings and gigs.

Rex Brough Cov Music site - This is an excellent site probably stronger on bands and musicians from 1977 to early 80's including the Two Tone period but has info on bands and the music scene from the sixties to pressent in smaller doses - some contributions by musicians such as Tim James and other. An important and valued Cov Music History site.

Broadgate Gnome Band Directory - Another excellent site by Ian Green and Paul Leather stonger on the sixties but with material into the 70's - including a great band directory - with a large contribution made by Hobo - and info on venues, magazine and music reportage, DJ's etc. A very important site in terma of Coventry music history.

Tim James - One man band - Another important Coventry music site from one of Coventry's long standing musicians - from Ra Ho Tep to Last Fair Deal. A wide range of info and appeal about Coventry bands, musicians and Tim's own musical endeavours and much more. High ranking stuff from one of Coventry's musical alumini.

Modi Albrighton - Modi was a top Coventry musician in the 60's and 70's - in groups such as Peppermint Kreame and New City Sounds. Now owns a recording studio in Germany where he is famous as a musician also. The site relates to his studio and has some info on Coventry Music history with more forthcoming.

Kevin Harrison - Band Space Kevin is ex Whistler / Zoastra / Urge / and now  a solo producer / musician. Check out some of Kevin's current work. It's very cool!

Marz Imprints This is another Kevin Harrison site with plenty of samples of his work to listen including Urge.

Kevin Harrison Personal History site  Kevin Harrison's personal musical history site.

Gus Chambers - Squad - Gus Chambers relates the history of Coventry punk band Squad that once featured Terry Hall and vocalist. Gus also formed 21 Guns who had a single out in 1981 - which I think I have somewhere - must try and find it!

Inferno - Jim Pryal's current band site. Jim was drummer for Wandering John, Hot Snacks and Roddy Radiation's Bonediggers.

Highway 56 Colin Cripps site. Colin was involved in the Hobo Workshop in the 70's and community based work in Willenhall. Later he wrote the music and co-ordinated and researched the legendary Hermit album by the Mountain Ash Band in Ikley and in the 80's produced a book for schools on the history of Popular Music with musical andlyrical exercises for school - Cambridge University press.

Doc Mustard - This  is the site of Ollie Oliver - hear and download his latest music. Former Covnetry bands include Hot Snacks and Smack!, Pug Ma Ho.

Last Fair Deal - A long standing acoustic blues band that began in 1970 and is still going strong albeit with new line up but linked by John Aldersons Delta Resonator country blues guitr laying. Formerly personed by Jon Gravenor, John Westacott and John Alders on. Currently John Alderson and Tim James.

Loz Netto  Hats off to Loz for producing an excellent and intersting site around both his musical history and his current work. You can listen to / down load his music on this site. Early days - Loz played in Tsar / Love Zeus - later Sniff and the Tears and has worked solo for many years as well as becoming a visual artist too. He has a new album out now - go check it out.

The Fortunes - The sixties Midland group now featuring Coventry's Bob Jackson on Keyboards (Ex Indian Summer).

Smackee - The Coventry Showband.

John Alderson Delta Resonator Guitars To Coventry guitarist John Alderson also specialises in making quality Delta Resonator guitars. Check his site out.

Simon Lovegrove - Simon was drummer with Coventry band Fission in the 70's and this is his business consultancy site.

More sites will be added as and when....If we've missed you out - let us know!

Trev