Once
upon a time back in 1973, a travelling salesman met a
heating engineer in a Cafe in Holt. They talked about
the good old days of playing in Bands. Both had retired
from the mad days of “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’
Roll”
“I
miss playing” one remarked, “Me too” said the
other.
“Wouldn’t
it be great to get a band together and play again?”
“Yeah,
just to keep our hands in”
So
it came to pass, that on Wednesday 13 March 1974, Roger
Woodrow (Drums), John Skinner (Guitar) got together with
Mick Betts (Guitar) and Pete Motts (Bass) in an upstairs
room of a hostelry known as The Romany Rye in Norwich,
for a Jam.
A
good time was had by all, so another meet was arranged
for the following Wednesday.
The
Landlord of the hostelry, having heard both sessions,
said “Why don’t you come back next week and do a gig
in the bar in return for the use of the room”
So
it was on Wednesday 27 March 1974 that Roger, John, Mick
and Pete played their first gig together . . .
and ACCENT was born.
The
current line up is Roger & John, with Paul
Pryde (Keyboards & Guitar) joining in 1978 and Gary
Dungar (Bass & Gadgets), who joined in 1987.
When
we’re asked “What sort of music do you play?” we
always say “anything from George Formby to Pink
Floyd!” - we do like a challenge.
Past
members include Mick Betts and Pete Motts, who together
with Roger Pymer, Mike Godfrey, Richard, Neil, Jim
McDonald all played their part at various times. Not
forgetting Nick Frankland, Jason Tyrrell, Paul &
Barry Wortley to name but a few who have ‘dept’ for
one or other of us.
Accent
circa 1987. Check out that hair!!
'First
and Last'
We
called our CD “1st and Last” as it was the bands
first studio recording, (if you discount the record we
made for Norwich City Football Club in 1982), and will
probably be our last!
CD
still available, please contact
Gary or Paul to Order your copy. Click here
to download and listen to an Accent classic!
Gary
Dungar and Paul Pryde are Pride of Dunbar - Folk
music with a twist of Rock!
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pictures are copyright Pride of Dunbar 2005 - Please ask
for permission
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