Formed at Lydd in 1962.
Line-up included
- Mike (tinker) Tordoff bass
- Les Freathy rhythm and vocals
- Barry (chas) Viles lead guitar
- Bob Piper drums
- Ellis Pelham - Glasby lead guitar & keyboards
- Roger Harrison lead guitar
- Steve Elliott drums
- John Barnes bass.
Photo 1. the very first photo taken of the concords, a local girl painted the skin on Bobs drum
photo2 after around 3 years i left the group to try my luck in London and enjoyed playing on many of the circuits in the south but after a year decided to come home and after a few months a few local musicians got together and reformd the Concords the previous concords carried on for a while then joined Noel Reading for a tour of the north as the Burnettes. The second photo shows the four members of the reformed Concords Lto R Roger Harrison lead guitar Les Freathy rhythm and vocals Steve Elliott drums and John Barnes on Bass.
photo3 after 12 months we decided a keyboard player was required as the type of music we were playing had changed hence the inclusion of Ellis (madcap) Pelham Glasby my word he had long arms.
photo 4 just to prove we were all mad cap heres a photo taken before a gig in Whitstable
cheers
Les
