The group originated with guitarist Brian Parker and the band from Hertfordshire, England, was called the Hunters, who recorded for the Fontana label in 1961. Parker left the Hunters in early 1962 and joined Adam Faith's (singing idol) backing band.
The Hunters from 1962 |
Like many Singapore re-union gigs, there was a short come-back with the group in 2001 in England, with Parker playing lead. For the audience, it was really emotional to listen to so many old tunes, especially the perennial hit, "Runaway."
Hits From The Hunters Fontana Records (Cover) |
"Another instrumental on the same record, Teen Scene was pretty well known. It had been written by singer Teddy Randazzo. The Hunters gave it a real punchy treatment and used an added vocal chorus to boost up the sound. The Hunters grew up in the Cheshunt locality, the boyhood home of Cliff Richard.
Line-up:
Brian Parker (Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson GA-5T amp , Watkins Copycat echo)
Norman Stracey (Gibson ES-175)
John Rogers (Fender Precision Bass)
Norman Sheffield (Trixon drums)
Dedicated to the late Brian Parker (also member of Unit 4+2 and co-writer of Concrete & Clay)".
Above information from You Tube by: yellowitoms61
Image: You Tube Video from SirBasildeBrush.
3 comments:
Re The Hunters.
Its not a waa waa. They had not been invented !. Its a DeArmond volume and tone pedal. Great gadget. Up and down for volume and left and right for tone, gliding through in an arc gave the odd sound.
multilinkacs
I know this one !!!!!!! I mean I know Del's version, but this is great too.
I can sing along with this one. I am walking in the rain, woa woa woa woa
wonder, where he will beeeeeee, my little runaway, run run run run
runawayyyyyyyne. Did you notice something ?
Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it very much. Big Hugs. Sonja
Above comments taken from YouTube.
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