SANDIE SHAW AND THE STREAMLINERS

Sandie Shaw had a London based band called The Paramounts for her touring gigs, they were offered a recording contract and left Sandie, Jackie Trent who was friends with Miss Shaw offered to put a small touring band together for her from local boys in Stoke, they were, Ian Holding, Derek Probyn, Bill Honeyman and Tony Kaye, which after a few changes is the band in the photo, Dave Birkenhead, Glen Martin, Tony Kaye and John Askey. Sandie’s previous band put a single out called “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and changed their name to Procul Harem. When our original drummer Bill Honeyman left to join “The Ivy League” we advertised in the Melody Maker for a drummer, and eventually hired Glen Martin, who had been the drummer with “Hedgehoppers Anonymous” who also had the copyright on the name from Johnathan King, so when we were not working with Sandie we were Hedgehoppers. After some two years and two European tours with Sandie, I was still only 21, and frustrated with the cabaret scene, I was offered a job with a local Progressive Rock Band called “Toyshop” whose bass player Steve Nixon was leaving for personal reasons