The Family Dogg
The Family Dogg was a British pop group that existed from 1966 to 1976.
Career
The idea for this project was born in the summer of 1965 when the two British musicians Albert Hammond and Steve Rowland met at a concert in Madrid as singers for the Spanish groups Diamond Boys and Los Flaps. In 1966, together with Mike Hazlewood and the singer Christine Holmes, the group The Family Dogg was founded, which impressed with its harmony singing. In 1969 the album A Way of Life was released , the title song of which reached number 6 in the British charts in July 1969. The Led Zeppelin -members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have collaborated on this album as guest musicians. With the rare bird composition Sympathy there was a No. 2 hit in the Dutch charts in April 1970. 1972 saw the last album View from Rowland's Head with Ireen Sheer as singer and Chris Spedding as guest guitarist.
Group members
First occupation
- Albert Hammond (vocals, guitar)
- Mike Hazlewood (vocals)
- Steve Rowland (vocals, also producer)
- Christine Holmes (vocals)
- Doreen De Veuve (vocals)
- Pam "Zooey" Quinn (vocals)
Last occupation
- Steve Rowland (vocals, also producer)
- Albert Hammond (guitar, vocals)
- Mike Hazlewood (vocals)
- Gary Taylor (bass, guitar)
- Ireen Sheer (vocals)
- Sue Lynn (vocals)
- Chris Spedding (guitar)
- Alan Parker (guitar)
- Barry Morgan (drums)
- Doug Wright (drums)
- Tony Carr (percussion)
- Phil Dennys (piano, organ)
Discography
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- 1969: A Way of Life
- 1972: View From Rowland's Head
- 2014 A Way of Life Anthology 1967 - 1976 RPM Records (Cherry Red Records)
literature
- Guy Peellaert, Nik Cohn: Rock Dreams . Popular Library, New York 1973, ISBN 3-551-02495-2 .
Web links
- Info page (English)