Coordinates | 33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N |
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name | Zoot Money |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | George Bruno Money |
born | July 17, 1942 Bournemouth, England |
origin | British |
instrument | Keyboards |
genre | R&B;, soul, jazz |
occupation | Musician |
years active | 1960–present |
label | Columbia (EMI), Indigo, MPL |
associated acts | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Dantalian's Chariot, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Majic Mijits, The Electric Blues Company, Ruby Turner, Humble Pie, Zoot Money Trio, Good Money, Widowmaker, Brian Joseph Friel, The Hard Travelers, The British Blues Quintet |
website | zootmoney.org |
notable instruments | Hammond organ }} |
George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money (born 17 July 1942, Bournemouth, England) is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, he was drawn to rock and roll music and became a leading light in the vibrant music scene of Bournemouth and Soho during the 1960s. Money has been associated with Eric Burdon, Steve Marriott, Rocket 88, Snowy White, Mick Taylor, Spencer Davis, Geno Washington, Brian Joseph Friel, The Hard Travelers, Widowmaker and Alan Price. He is known as a bit part and character actor and as "one of British rock & roll's homebound heroes - admired, respected, and sought after by his colleagues".
In early Autumn 1961 Zoot Money formed the Big Roll Band, with himself as vocalist, Roger Collis on lead guitar, pianist Al Kirtley, bassist Mike "Monty" Montgomery and drummer Johnny Hammond. In 1962 drummer Pete Brookes replaced Hammond at the same time as bassist Johnny King and tenor sax player Kevin Drake joined the band.
The Big Roll Band played soul, jazz and R&B;, moving with musical trends as the now established R&B; movement moved into the Swinging Sixties and became associated with the burgeoning "Soho scene". Money's antics as a flamboyant frontman were a feature of the band's act. During 1964 The Big Roll Band started playing regularly at The Flamingo Club in Soho, London until Money joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. In July 1967 the Big Roll Band became Dantalian's Chariot and in spite of a lack of chart success the band found itself at the heart of a new counter culture, sharing concert line-ups with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. A single, "Madman Running Through the Fields", was released in 1967 but in April 1968 Dantalian's Chariot was disbanded. During 1968, with a brief stint in the United States with Eric Burdon & The New Animals, Money moved home to the States for a short time. During this period he began attracting acting roles and started a parallel career with character appearances in film and TV dramas.
In the 1970s Money appeared with different acts including the poetry and rock band Grimms, Ellis, Centipede, Kevin Ayers and Kevin Coyne. Money toured with Coyne and appeared on Coyne's double album In Living Black And White (1976), which was recorded at live performances, and on his two studio albums Heartburn (1976) and Dynamite Daze (1978). Money signed to Paul McCartney's record label MPL Communications in 1980 and recorded Mr. Money produced by Jim Diamond. In 1981 Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane formed a band with Money, bass player Jim Leverton, drummer Dave Hynes and saxophone player Mel Collins to record the album The Majic Mijits. The album features songs by Lane and Marriott but due to Lane's multiple sclerosis, they were unable to tour to promote it. It was eventually released nineteen years later.}}
In 1994 Money appeared with Alan Price and The Electric Blues Company alongside vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench, bassist Peter Grant and drummer Martin Wild, on A Gigster's Life for Me. He continued to appear with Price at live appearances in UK. The only Dantalian's Chariot album Chariot Rising was eventually released in 1997, thity years after it was recorded. In 1998 Money produced Ruby Turner's album Call Me By My Name, and the Woodstock Taylor and The Aliens album Road Movie (2002), also contributing keyboards to both. In 2002 he recorded tracks with Humble Pie for their album Back on Track released by Sanctuary Records.
In 2000, he starred in the underground cult film Remember a Day (2000 film); as a fanatical fan stalking the Rock star Roger Bannerman, played by Darryl Read, the character and story of the film were closely based on Syd Barrett.
Money joined Pete Goodall to re-record the Thunderclap Newman UK hit single Something In The Air (2004) written by John "Speedy" Keene, which featured the last recorded performance by saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith. In 2005 Money joined Goodall to record a CD of new songs by Goodall and Pete Brown. They went on to tour the UK under the name of Good Money. In early 2006 Money and drummer Colin Allen joined vocalist Maggie Bell, bassist Colin Hodgkinson and guitarist Miller Anderson, in The British Blues Quintet.
He appeared with The RD Crusaders for The Teenage Cancer Trust at "The London International Music Show", on 15 June 2008. In 2009 he appeared with Maggie Bell, Bobby Tench, Chris Farlowe and Alan Price, in the Maximum Rhythm and Blues Tour of thirty two UK theatres.
Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:English pianists Category:English blues musicians Category:English rock keyboardists Category:The Animals members Category:People from Bournemouth Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians
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