The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
Vale Hall, Civic Centre, Market Square,
Aylesbury
Widowmaker
Saturday May 8th 1976
Ariel Bender Steve Ellis Paul Nicholls
Bob Daisley Huw Langdon
Upp
Unknown
See below
Jimmy Copley (Upp), writing for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2008 said:
"I remember with Upp the crowd loved us even though we were the support band.....(they) gave us an encore (and) Widowmaker got really pissed off, Steve Ellis and Ariel Bender were giving us black looks... we didn't care so we did the encore. Friars loved us.....Ellis goes on and says "now for some real rock n roll"....... the crowd groaned.......All the very best to all at Friars...where did the years go?"
None yet
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Internal problems put paid to Widowmaker and Ellis walked during their second album and didn't appear on it. He toured as Love Affair (his old band) for some time and is a solo artiste these days. Ariel Bender (Luther Grosvenor) has formed the Ariel Bender Band. Daisley answered Ritchie Blackmore's call in 1977.
Steve Ellis official site Ariel Bender official site Bob Daisley official site
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