Blues By Five

Members

Len Ashley - vocals, harmonica

Ron McQueen (Ron Faulkner) - lead guitar

Mick Wright - bass guitar (Died:?)

Bill (Anthony) Blissett - keyboards

Noel Chartres McManus - tenor saxophone (Died: 1985)

Dick Brice - drums (Died: May 2006)

David Ozholl (David Jones) - lead guitar

Formed in late 1963 in London.

Len Ashley and Ron Faulkner were formerly in The Men of Mystery.

David Ozholl replaced Ron McQueen, who had become ill, on lead guitar in the summer of 1964 during a UK tour where they were backing Big Dee Irwin from America.

Disbanded in September 1965.

Noel McManus later played with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages and Pythagoras' Squares.

Len Ashley and Ron Faulkner were later in Fascination, and TAN. They reformed Blues By Five in 1992.

UK Singles

1964 Boom Boom/I Cried                                                                                              Decca F 12029

   (Released 20 November 1964)

Known Gigs

17 Jul 1964 Trentham, Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire. Backing Big Dee Irwin.