Old Tennis Shoes * Biography
Line up over the years (in no particular order):
Lead guitar & vocals: Kevin Chapman
Bass: Nik Walker
Guitarists:
Clayton Moss (later The Cross)
Volkhard “Felix” ter Linden a.k.a. Von Berg (previously Amnesia / Candy Race)
Dave Deakin
Mickey
Drummers:
Callie Ramsay
René van der Valk “The Duck” (previously Wally Tax / Jos Brink)
Johann Grunwald “The Baron”
Kees Meerman (previously Herman Brood & The Wild Romance)
Louis Lutz
Sax players:
Martin Zakharov (also keyboard)
Geoff Oakes (previous guest appearances with Midnight Oil)
Support act for:
The Ground Hogs
Ten Years After
Dr. Feelgood
The Groundhogs
The Troggs
The Scorpions
Herman Brood & The Wild Romance
Normaal
And many, many more.
Management:
1972 – 1982 Neil Holden
1985 – 1990 Daniel Gay
Early to mid 90s Neil Holden
Guest appearances:
“Doctor” Larry Black from Pride of Texas (mainly on My old friend) (keyboard)
Wendy Sheridan from Amnesia and the Smithereens (vocals)
John Earl Williams (vocals & harmonica) (he also used to own The Last Waterhole)
Did you know...
The name Old Tennis Shoes comes from the 1920s prohibition in America where, if you wanted an Old Tennessee Moonshine Whiskey, you would ask for a shot of Old Tennis Shoes. It was first mentioned in a book by John Steinbeck called Cannery Row.
Old Tennis Shoes did the blues version of the advert for petrol giant Texaco; “Where ever you go, go Texaco”.
In November 2009 Old Tennis Shoes did a reunion tour of Wales in the original 1970s line-up with Kevin Chapman and Clayton Moss on guitar, Nik on bass and Callie Ramsay on drums. During a benefit concert for the Masquerade Theatre Group in Llanfyllin they were joined on stage by local MP and Masquerade patron Lembit Opik playing the mouth harp.
Lead guitar & vocals: Kevin Chapman
Bass: Nik Walker
Guitarists:
Clayton Moss (later The Cross)
Volkhard “Felix” ter Linden a.k.a. Von Berg (previously Amnesia / Candy Race)
Dave Deakin
Mickey
Drummers:
Callie Ramsay
René van der Valk “The Duck” (previously Wally Tax / Jos Brink)
Johann Grunwald “The Baron”
Kees Meerman (previously Herman Brood & The Wild Romance)
Louis Lutz
Sax players:
Martin Zakharov (also keyboard)
Geoff Oakes (previous guest appearances with Midnight Oil)
Support act for:
The Ground Hogs
Ten Years After
Dr. Feelgood
The Groundhogs
The Troggs
The Scorpions
Herman Brood & The Wild Romance
Normaal
And many, many more.
Management:
1972 – 1982 Neil Holden
1985 – 1990 Daniel Gay
Early to mid 90s Neil Holden
Guest appearances:
“Doctor” Larry Black from Pride of Texas (mainly on My old friend) (keyboard)
Wendy Sheridan from Amnesia and the Smithereens (vocals)
John Earl Williams (vocals & harmonica) (he also used to own The Last Waterhole)
Did you know...
The name Old Tennis Shoes comes from the 1920s prohibition in America where, if you wanted an Old Tennessee Moonshine Whiskey, you would ask for a shot of Old Tennis Shoes. It was first mentioned in a book by John Steinbeck called Cannery Row.
Old Tennis Shoes did the blues version of the advert for petrol giant Texaco; “Where ever you go, go Texaco”.
In November 2009 Old Tennis Shoes did a reunion tour of Wales in the original 1970s line-up with Kevin Chapman and Clayton Moss on guitar, Nik on bass and Callie Ramsay on drums. During a benefit concert for the Masquerade Theatre Group in Llanfyllin they were joined on stage by local MP and Masquerade patron Lembit Opik playing the mouth harp.
