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Archie Brown & The Young Bucks
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'our agent told us we could be as big as Goldie..'



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Member Since3/23/2007
Band Websitewww.archiebrown.com
Band MembersCurrently: Archie Brown (lead vocals, guitar, saxophone) Pat Rafferty (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards) Phil Screaton (vocals, lead guitar) Neil Ramshaw (vocals, drums) Ian Thomson (bass guitar) plus countless others over the years...
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   About Archie Brown & The Young Bucks
Biography... Autumn 1975 - Bucks 1 The band is formed in Newcastle by Pat Rafferty and Tony Wadsworth. First gig is the University Fine Art Dept Xmas Party. Still without a name, inspiration comes from Bogart's "Key Largo" - "I'm looking for a couple of young bucks in fancy shirts who busted out of prison". Pat Rafferty: Insta Piano & Fender Bronco, Tony Wadsworth: Hofner & Vox Tim Wilder: Assorted Drums Steve Brooks: Fender copy Bass John Glynn: Alto & Tenor Saxes Summer 1976 - Bucks2 Band is instantly popular. John Glynn moves to London and joins proto punks 'X Ray Spex'. His replacement is Archie Brown, sax player and songwriter with local band 'Pylon'. Band starts playing Monday nights at the "Cooperage" which is sold out for the next two years. Summer '77 Tim Wilder is replaced by Seb Shelton. Band records its first single "Get your feet back on the Ground" which becomes single of the week in 'Sounds'. Summer '78 band moves to London and signs to Tom Watkins, later to manage 'Pet Shop Boys', 'Bros' and 'East 17'. Pat Rafferty: Insta piano, Vox Continental, Fender Bronco, Vocals Tony Wadsworth: Fender Stratocaster, Vocals Seb Shelton: Drums Steve Brooks: Fender Jazz, Bass Archie Brown: Alto & Tenor Sax, Vocals Spring 1979 - Bucks3 Steve Brooks quits Spring '79 to become a dragonfly expert at the Natural History Museum, and is replaced by Geoff Lincoln. Seb Sheldon don's a mohair suit and joins 'Secret Affair' with whom he has a couple of hit singles and a hit album. He subsequently exchanges his suit for torn dungarees and joins Kevin Rowland in 'Dexys Midnight Runners', has a worldwide hit with 'Come on Eileen' and hit album 'Too Rye Aye'. He is replaced by Geoff Rich, now with 'Status Quo'. Archie becomes lead vocalist and another sax player is brought in, Dave Winthrop formerly of 'Supertramp' and 'Chicken Shack'. By the summer of '79 Thatcher is Prime Minister, Pat is not seeing eye to eye with Tom Watkins, Archie is "upset" and forms a new group. Tony is biding his time. The band's latest gig is Cirencester Agricultural College in July '79 supporting 'Slade'. Pat Rafferty: Viscount Organ, Intercontinental, Fender Strat, Vocals Tony Wadsworth: Fender Tele, Vocals Geoff Rich: Drums Geoff Lincoln: Kramer Bass Dave Winthrop: Alto & Tenor Sax Archie Brown: Alto Sax, Vocals Summer 1985 - Bucks4 Summer '79 Pat returns to Newcastle to work as a musician in a theatre company. He then joins 'Arthur 2 Stroke and the Chart Commandos', then 'Dust on the Needle' and 'The Mick Whitaker Band'. The bass in all these is provided by Ian Thompson. Tony works briefly in 'The Savoys' with Paul Martinez (Robert Plant Band) and Pick Withers ('Dire Straits') but quickly starts his meteoric rise in the music business working for 'Logo', 'RCA', and 'EMI', which culminates in him becoming MD for 'Capitol' and 'Parlaphone' UK. Archie forms the 'Upset', has one single and is approached by Kevin Rowlandless Dexys Midnight Runners. He joins the band as singer, records one album under the name 'The Bureau' and tours America with 'The Pretenders'. They have two hit singles in Australia. The band split and Archie joins forces with Dave Cairns formerly of 'Secret Affair' and they form 'The Flag'. They record one album for 'Skotti Bros' in the USA. In the summer of '85 Pat, Archie and Tony meet at a mutual friend's wedding and the following day meet to record on a portastudio. The sound is instant and during Autumn '85 and spring '86 'Bring me the Head of Jerry Garcia' is recorded at Elephant Studio in London. Ian Thompson and Geoff Lincoln provide bass, and Ray Laidlaw and Tony Cook drums. Pat Rafferty: Accordion, Vocals Tony Wadsworth: Fender tele, Vocals Archie Brown: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals Autumn 1987 - Bucks5 The 'Jerry Garcia' album is released in early '87. Tony continues his ascent in the music business, Pat is working as a lawyer in Newcastle. In the summer of '87 Archie is spotted busking on the London Underground by German artist Leni Hoffmann. She loves the music and arranges a short German tour. Within a week of arriving the band is offered three separate record deals and signs to Dortmund based 'Plane'. Two albums are released 'Jerry Garcia' and 'Rafferty, Rafferty Fish' and the band tours Germany extensively. Tony can't make the tours and is replaced by Pat Cunningham, Irish guitarist/songwriter who played with Archie in the 'Bureau' and subsequently by Paul Rose, a Geordie guitar hero, later to be voted guitarist of the year in 'Guitarist' magazine. Pat Rafferty: Accordion, Vocals Pat Cunningham: Fender Strat, Vocals Geoff Lincoln: Bass Tony Cook: Drums Archie Brown: Acoustic Guitar, Sax, Vocals Summer 1990 - Bucks 6 and 7 By 1990 both Geoff Lincoln and Archie had relocated to Newcastle. Tony Cook is replaced on drums by Steve Dolder and then by Neil Ramshaw, formerly of '21 Strangers' and who played with Pat in 'The Mick Whitaker Band'. Due to difficulties in replacing Tony Wadsworth and his various successors on guitar, Archie buys a Fender Telecaster and starts playing the lead guitar. Geoff Lincoln leaves to join 'Kathryn Tickell' and is replaced by Kenny Potter and then Ian Thompson who had been playing with 'Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters' in America. Pat Rafferty: Accordion, Vocals Ian Thomson: Bass, Vocals Neil Ramshaw: Drums, Vocals Archie Brown: Fender telecaster, Sax, Vocals London Band: To further complicate matters Jon Payne persuades Archie to form a London band. Jon Payne produced an album using people from both bands, and in summer 1993 "Young Bucks in Fancy Shirts" is released by Chris Donald of VIZ. A young manager called Matt Parkin attempts to guide the ship but is soon sent packing. Flakey Jake: Accordion, Vocals Jon Payne: Bass, Vocals Robert Ward: Acoustic Guitars, Vocals Tony Cook: Drums Archie Brown: Fender Telecaster, Vocals Autumn 1995 - Bucks 8 'Dirt and Romance' is recorded throughout '95. The Newcastle Bucks are joined by Bren Gore and Gerry McLaughlin, old school chums of Pat from Manchester. Robert Ward, acoustic guitarist in the 'London Band', is tragically killed by an express train. His funeral is so mobbed that it stops the traffic. He was only 27 years old. Summer '97 - Bucks 9 Archie releases solo album 'Prisoner of Fender'. Jim Hornsby, legendary country guitarist, plus the amazing Paul Smith on drums feature strongly. Ian Thomson joins 'Lindisfarne' and is replaced by a familiar face, Geoff Lincoln. After seven years Neil moves on and in comes Rob Walker on drums. Pat Rafferty: Accordion, Vocals Geoff Lincoln: Bass, Vocals Rob Walker: Drums, Vocals Archie Brown: Fender Telecaster, Sax, Vocals 2000 - 2001 - Bucks 10 'Turks Head Soup' is recorded with the working band and studio musicians. Phil Screaton joins the Bucks on guitar and Neil Ramshaw returns on drums, (Rob Walker joins the QE2, the Ship as opposed to the Tribute band.) The indispensable Paul Smith and Jim Hornsby plus Bradley Creswick, leader of the Northern Sinfonia and Martin Fletcher, local harp hero all guest on the album. Fran Brown sings two duets with Archie and brings the house down when the album is done live at Live Theatre Xmas 2000. Pat Rafferty: Accordion, Vocals Geoff Lincoln: Bass, Vocals Neil Ramshaw: Drums, Vocals Phil Screaton: Fender Stratocaster Archie Brown: Vocals, Sax To be continued......
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Dec 19 2008 1:16 AM

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Dec 14 2008 7:21 AM

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Dec 13 2008 7:06 PM

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Here’s wishin’ you the Merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Year…May 2009 bring your family and you all the happiness and health you could ever imagine. May it bring families together who've been apart & May your music find wings…and take flight to the places you want it to go…and friends my wish for us all… May we flourish in gods grace as it shines on us each and every day.

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Aug 18 2008 10:50 PM

I've just read Nigel Panter's book "Ska's For Life" where he talks about The Specials travelling to The Smoke to try to poach Seb Sheldon from "up and coming London band The Young Bucks". Seb turned them down...
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Apr 20 2008 4:02 PM

Awesome.
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Mar 25 2008 10:32 PM

Hey, Cheers for accepting. Hope you like the tracks. See you on the road.
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Feb 24 2008 5:21 PM

ty 4 the add
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Dec 31 2007 4:09 PM

Happy New Year and all that bollocks :-)
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Dec 9 2007 11:18 PM

Thanks for the ad. Hope all's going well Archie. Say 'hello' to Phil for me. Cheers buddy, Chris Gooch.
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Oct 12 2007 8:53 AM

Thanks for the add!
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Sep 6 2007 1:25 AM

Thanks for the add!

I'm away at a stag do this weekend otherwise I'd of been coming along to Dr. Browns to see you. :-(
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Aug 14 2007 9:38 AM

Hi Archie,I hope you and the Bucks are well.Thanks for being our friends.Long may it continue.From Phil and the Caffs.
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May 15 2007 12:21 PM

Thanks for the add , all the best!
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