Artist
Founded in the 60's, by Colin Cooper, Climax Blues Band has always focused on its roots, a unique combination of jazz and blues. The band has released 21 albums and had a Top 10 hit in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right". That song and "I Love You" were also hits in the United States; "Couldn't Get It Right" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" peaked at No. 12 in 1981.
In 1985, Cooper and Glover recruited guitarist Lester Hunt, drummer Roy Adams, and original member Derek Holt to record the Climax Blues Band album Drastic Steps, and this line-up toured in support of the album in the UK, Europe and America. The new line-up soon became established with Cooper, Glover, Hunt, Adams and Neil Simpson in the early 1990s, releasing the live album Blues from the Attic in 1993 and Big Blues in 2004.
Cooper died of cancer, aged 69, in July 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children. He wanted the band to continue, as the other musicians had all been long serving (Glover since 1980, Adams and Hunt since 1985, and Simpson since 1991). Cooper was replaced by singer and saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012, and was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge.
In 2019, Climax Blues Band released "Hands of Time", a new album of original bluesy funk, soul and jazz rock material that has received rave reviews.
The current lineup includes George Glover, Lester Hunt, Graham Dee, Chris Aldridge, Neil Simpson and Roy Adams
Tracks
A1
Mean Old World
A2
Insurance
A3
Going Down This Road
A4
You've Been Drinking
A5
Don't Start Me Talkin'
A6
Wee Baby Blues
A7
Twenty Past One
A8
A Stranger In Your Town
B1
How Many More Years
B2
Looking For My Baby
B3
And Lonely
B4
The Entretainer
B5
Checking On My Baby
B6
Stormy Monday
B7
Arthur's Boogie
Releases
Labels
Parlophone, Esoteric Recordings, Odeon, Sire, Repertoire Records, Air Mail Archive, Repertoire Records , Fuel 2000, Akarma, Tiger Bay, C5 Records, Plum
Countries
Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe
years
1969, 1990, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019
Members
Les Hunt,
Nicky Hopkins,
Pete Haycock,
John "Rhino" Edwards,
Roger Inniss,
Derek Holt,
Peter Filleul,
Jeff Rich,
Richard Jones (10),
John Cuffley,Colin Cooper,George Glover,
George Ewart Newsome,Roy Adams,
Johnny Pugh,Neil Simpson (3),Chris Aldridge,Graham Dee (2)
