 THE
PRESTON YEARS: Dancehall Racketeers
CD Released 2006
"THE PRESTON YEARS is dominated
by material from the first and shortest-lived
lineup of the Dancehall Racketeers. Part of the
reason for this is that Graeme Thomas, the genius
behind the Preston Records phenomenon, was the
bass player during that short epoch of the band's
existence. Graeme liked to turn every practice
session into a reording date, which is just as
well for posterity's sake in this instance. None
of these tracks were ever issued until the first
lineup had split, and then only 500 copies of
a four track, vinyl EP were pressed up and sold,
mainly to habitues of Hound Dogs Bop Shop. So
it seemed like a good idea to issue just abut
everything we recorded of that first band. In
its various forms, the Dancehall Racketeers survived
as a full-time road-band for a further seven years
after that first lineup, and made many more recordings
at the makeshift studio set up in a bedroom of
Graeme's parent's home in James St. Preston..............."
Rick Dempster, 2006
1981:
Andy Baylor / fiddle, guitar, mandolin , vocal;
Paul Neuendorf / guitar, vocals; Mike Andrews
/ piano; Rick Dempster / steel guitar,
harmonica, vocals; Graeme Thomas / bass;
Steve Andrews / drums.
1983
Andy Baylor / fiddle, guitar, mandolin
, vocal; Rick Dempster / steel guitar,
harmonica, vocals; Peter Baylor / guitar,
volas; Donal Baylor / fiddle; Ian Hayes
/ bass; Ed Colbourne / drums.
1985/6
Andy Baylor / fiddle, guitar, mandolin
, vocal; Rick Dempster / steel guitar,
harmonica, vocals; Donal Baylor / fiddle,
mandolin; Ian Hayes / bass; Gary Young
/ drums;
(During 1986/87 Peter Buelke played bass
on some tours, and Jeremy Rasmussen, Steve
Andrews and Andrew Lindsay played drums
on some tours and dates)
1989/95:
Andy Baylor / fiddle, guitar; Rick
Dempster / harmonica, vocals; Howard Cairns
/ bass; Paul Neuendorf / guitar, vocal.
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