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Location: Sydney, New South Wales
The Foreday Riders were formed in 1967 by a group of school friends who
were all interested in the same music. Influenced by English bands such as
The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and Manfred Mann, the young Foreday Riders
were in turn led to seek the influences of their idols.
This introduced them to Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed,
Jimmy Rogers, and many more from the golden age of Chicago blues. The band
fairly quickly became a 7 piece outfit, and bagan playing a wide range of
blues, ranging from from Memphis Minnie and Lightning Hopkins to Wille Dixon
and Ray Charles.
After numerous line-up changes, the Riders settled into a 5 piece format
with the two remaining original members, Ron and Jeff King, as the core of
the band. Though there have been more line up changes since then, the size of
the band has remained stable, although other musicians have been known to guest
with the band for a gig or two.
In late 1969, Jeff King left the Riders to form his own band, Backwater,
and then a year later he and his brother formed Blue Spirit. In 1973, the
brothers returned to their original name, and the Foreday Riders haven't
looked back.
Throughout their career, the Riders have supported many well-known
international acts, such as B. B. King, Sonny Terry, Browny McGhee,
Freddy King and Hound Dog Taylor. In addition, they have been chosen as
backing bands for touring musicians such as Bo Diddley and Junior Wells.
The Foreday Riders are well respected within the Australian music industry,
and have played at many music festivals around the country, including the
Alice Springs Blues Festival (1986), the East Cosat Blues Festival (Byron Bay
1992, 1993), the Manly Jazz Festival (1994) and the Thredbo Blues Festival
(1995).
Band members (1967-1969):
Peter Anson: guitar
John Baird: drums
Bob Connery: vocals
Clive Disbery: guitar, vocals
Jill Drury: vocals
Dave Drury: bass
Jeff King: guitar: dobro
Ron King: vocals, harmonica
Rick Lock: drums
John Murphy: guitar, bass
Mark Punch: guitar
Rolli Utzinger: piano
Band members (1973-)
Alan Britton: bass
Harry Brus: bass
Rosco Clark: drums
Phil Colson: guitar, vocals
Kim Cook: guitar
Kevin Cooney: bass
Harvey Fisk: guitar, vocals
Graeme Gibb: bass
Les Karski: guitar
Jeff King: guitar: dobro
Ron King: vocals, harmonica
Rick Lock: drums
Ernie McInernie: drums
Stan Mobbs: bass
John Murphy: bass
Tim Partridge: bass
Tony Pedroza: guitar, vocals
John Power: bass
Andrew Reid: guitar, vocals
Fiji Reuben: bass
Greg Rix: bass
Billy Ryland: bass
John Simone: drums
Ron Tabuteau: guitar, vocals
Frisco Thomas: guitar, vocals
Ian Winter: guitar, vocals
Ian Young: guitar, vocals
| Title | Date |
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| Liberated women | 1975 |
| Once a week | 1975 |
| Big rig | 1977 |
| Caldonia | 1977 |
| Title | Date |
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| The Foreday Riders Blues Band (private pressing) | 1969 |
| Live at French's | 1974 |
| Once a week | 1975 |
| Playin' up | 1977 |
| Riders Digest | 1987 |
| Riders Groove | 1993 |
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