THE TONY KING SOUND

Shadz

This little piece of nostalgia dates back to 2004 and shows (left to right) Tony Kindlan, John Minto, Jet Harris, ex-bass player with Cliff Richard and the Shadows; Billy Talbot, former drummer with the Rock-Avons; Jet Harris' wife Janet and Tony Dare. Tony Kindlan was a former member of the Hartlepool bands The Rock-Avons and The Tony King Sound. Tony Kindlan became Tony King!

Tony & Guild

This portrait of Tony, over a Duane Eddy model Guild guitar, was taken by former Hartlepool Mail photographer, Harry Harland. Harry took this from his private collection and was kind enough to offer it for this page. Harry also took a series of studio portraits of Magic Roundabout which you can see on their page.

Fender

An early publicity photo, on the left, and a slightly out of focus - but rare - photograph with his treasured Fender guitars.

Russ & The Nichols

This cutting came to us courtesy of Barry Cox and was featured in the Northern Daily Mail in Hartlepool on November 2, 1989. It features Russ and the Nichols with Tony Kindlan, ex-Tony King Sound and The Rock-Avons on guitar, Russ Nicholson, the Queens Rink band leader, Keith Berry on bass and Barry Cox on drums. The other members in the photo with brass instruments are from the Queens Rink Band - the baritone player on the left is Billy Codling and the tenor player, on the extreme right, is Jack Carter - brother of former drummer George Carter. It was after this time that other members came on the scene - female vocalist Heather, (sister of Tony Kindlan and wife of bass player Keith Berry) and Terry Metcalfe.

Stratocaster

Tony photographed in 2000 with Hank B. Marvin's Red Fender Stratocaster guitar - the model which was used on The Shadows hit "Apache" in 1960.

Bruce Welch

Tony Kindlan, Bruce Welch of The Shadows and Billy Talbot photographed at a "Shadz" meeting in Gateshead 2000. The gentleman is at the back is Joe Armstrong of the Tyneside Shadows Club.

This page is dedicated to the memory of Kenny Allen, Harry Harland and Billy Talbot

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Fender Telecaster

Tony King Sound

The Tony King Sound were resident band at the Queens Rink Ballroom in West Hartlepool and supported many well known acts during the 1960's.

They enjoyed some time with The Swinging Blue Jeans from Liverpool.

During a recent conversation I had with Mike Pender, of The Searchers in April 2010, he informed me that this advertisement would be from 1963. Thanks to Hartlepool Mail for the use of these cuttings.

The music of Cliff Richard and The Shadows will never die. Tony Kindlan, extreme right, along with Keith Graham from Hartlepool on keyboards, Mattie Silbeck on vocals, Tony Dare on bass (both from Tyneside) with Billy Talbot on drums. This was taken at a Shadz night at the Mayfair Centre in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool in 2004.

Mark Lewis, who played the Hammond organ with the Tony King Sound at the Rink in 1967 and Kenny Allen, bass player with the band at the same time, meet again after 37 years on November 29th, 2006.

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