Friday 17 January 2020

Howie Casey and the Seniors













Members

Howie Casey - saxophone
Brian Griffiths - lead guitar
Freddie Fowell - vocals
Derry Wilkie - vocals (Born: 10 January 1941, Kent Gardens, Liverpool - Died: 22 December 2001)
Phil Whitehead - bass guitar
Frank Wibberley - drums

Lu Walters - bass guitar
Frank Bowen - bass guitar (Born: 19 Dec 1943 - Died: 25 October 1967)
John O'Hara - bass guitar
Kenny Hardin - drums

Formed in 1961 in Liverpool after Derry Wilkie and the Seniors temporarily split.
First Liverpool beat group to make a record in 1962.
Frank Bowen replaced Phil Whitehead on bass guitar.
Lu Walters briefly replaced Frank Bowen on bass guitar. Lou Walters had been in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
Disbanded in June 1962.
Frederick Fowell joined The Midnighters as Freddie Starr.
Brian Griffiths joined The Big Three.
Howie Casey joined Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes.
Frank Wibberley joined The Lee Eddie Five.
Derry Wilkie later fronted the Pressmen as Derry and the Pressmen. He also fronted Derry Wilkie and the Others and was later involved in Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages.



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