Delroy Williams – lead vocals
Dave Mumford – lead guitar
Malcolm Wainman – organ
Pete Browning – tenor sax
Les Batt – baritone sax
Dick Merrit – bass
Geoff Coxon – drums
The Sugar Band was formed in late 1966 out of the ashes of West London R&B/soul outfit, Colin Shane & The Shannons. Coxon had joined the outfit that summer after working with Hampton, Middlesex group, The Others.
Around September 1967, the group’s agent linked the band with Jamaican singer Delroy Williams and they worked initially as Delroy Williams & The Sugar Band before becoming The Delroy Williams Shows. Go go dancers Una and Paula joined them on stage.
During 1968, Dave Mumford and Dick Merrit departed and were replaced by new members. However, a combination of poor management and artistic differences led to a split in early 1969 when Coxon left to join The Kool. He subsequently reunited with Dave Mumford in Calum Bryce alongside sax player Mel Wayne, who had been Colin Shane & The Shannons from 1962-1964.
Mumford had recorded the track ‘Love Maker’ under the name Calum Bryce and needed a group to tour to promote the single. The band recorded a second single, “In My Valley”, which was never released.
Notable gigs:
8 October 1967 – Flamingo, London
20 October 1967 – Flamingo, London
29 January 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
10 February 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Spirit of John Morgan
1 March 1968 – Galashiels, Scotland
2 March 1968 – Glasgow, Scotland
3 March 1968 – Edinburgh, Scotland
4 March 1968 – Aberdeen, Scotland
5 March 1968 – Elgin, Scotland
6 March 1968 – Stonehaven, Scotland
7 March 1968 – Dundee, Scotland
8 March 1968 – Forfar, Scotland
9 March 1968 – Edinburgh, Scotland
10 March 1968 – Glasgow, Scotland
11-16 March 1968 – Playboy, London
17 March 1968 – Leytonstone, Essex
18-23 March 1968 – Playboy, London
24 March 1968 – Burton-on-Trent
25 March 1968 – Recording
26 March 1968 – Bournemouth, Dorset
27 March 1968 – Catford, Kent
28 March 1968 – Ealing, Middlesex
29 March 1968 – Flamingo, Soho, London
30 March 1968 – Gloucester, Gloucestershire
31 March 1968 – Gillingham, Kent
1 April 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
11 April 1968 – Colchester, Essex
12 April 1968 – Eastbourne, East Sussex
13 April 1968 – Yeovil, Somerset
14 April 1968 – Stockport, Greater Manchester
15 April 1968 – Leeds
16 April 1968 – Hanley, Staffordshire
17 April 1968 – Revolution, London
18 April 1968 – Abingdon, Oxfordshire
19 April 1968 – Perton
20 April 1968 – Waddington
21 April 1968 – Silver Ends
22-23 April 1968 – London
26 April 1968 – Weymouth, Dorset
27 April 1968 – Torquay, Devon
29 April 1968 – London
14 September 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury
Most gigs were sourced from Melody Maker.
Many thanks to Geoff Coxon for background information on the Sugar Band.
Garage Hangover would love to hear from anyone who can provide more information on the band and its members.
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