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martcaster wrote:This was just about the most magical quarter of an hour of our lives. It was a Charity night at Scarborough's Spa Grand Hall. Also featuring 'Lic' Locking, Alan Jones and Ian McCutcheon (as well as an Elvis impersonator singing Cliff.......don't ask!)



What a night!

Good times and lasting memories Martin.... nice to see this.

Was Rhet Stoller not the composer of the well-known theme tune to "Match of the Day" on TV - he must be doing quite well with all those royalties over the years!

beekay wrote:Was Rhet Stoller not the composer of the well-known theme tune to "Match of the Day" on TV - he must be doing quite well with all those royalties over the years!

The current MOTD sig tune was written by Barry Stoller. He was commissioned to come up with something that would “fit”. Safe to say he did!
I don’t know of any connection between Barry and Rhet. Some say they are one and the same. Others say not. I can’t find any definitive, reliable evidence. Unless one of our forum experts knows him/them?!

RayL wrote:Since over 100 people have looked at the above pictures and not come up with answers, it's time to reveal that the mystery man is Roger Dean.
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Sadly, Roger died in 2008, so those of you who own a copy of the 2007 Convention DVD have perhaps the last video of Roger before his death.
Ray

I have a book with fantasy paintings by Roger Dean ("VIEWS", 1975), who also painted the covers of some YES-Albums. Is this the same person?

Wolfgang

Rich Cowling wrote:

martcaster wrote:This was just about the most magical quarter of an hour of our lives. It was a Charity night at Scarborough's Spa Grand Hall. Also featuring 'Lic' Locking, Alan Jones and Ian McCutcheon (as well as an Elvis impersonator singing Cliff.......don't ask!)

Good times and lasting memories Martin.... nice to see this.

Excellent played version of Chattanooga, although there was a "different" chord: G# major instead of E diminished (in the Shadows' original at 1:46).

Rhet Stoller and Barry Stoller are indeed one and the same person, but Roger Dean of the Nu-Notes was not the Roger Dean who designed all those album sleeves. He did, however, play lead guitar on the first John Mayall album as one of the early Bluesbreakers before Eric C.

Alan Taylor wrote:Rhet Stoller and Barry Stoller are indeed one and the same person, but Roger Dean of the Nu-Notes was not the Roger Dean who designed all those album sleeves. He did, however, play lead guitar on the first John Mayall album as one of the early Bluesbreakers before Eric C.

Thanks Alan, that personal knowledge is what I lacked!
Iain

Biographical information on Barry 'Rhet' Stoller has always been somewhat scarce although, according to Discogs, he has used various aliases over the years...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/289276-Barry-Stoller

The indicated birth year of 1945 is mostly likely erroneous unless he was only 15 when recording Walk Don't Run in 1960 !

Bill

Iain Purdon wrote:

Alan Taylor wrote:Rhet Stoller and Barry Stoller are indeed one and the same person, but Roger Dean of the Nu-Notes was not the Roger Dean who designed all those album sleeves. He did, however, play lead guitar on the first John Mayall album as one of the early Bluesbreakers before Eric C.

Thanks Alan, that personal knowledge is what I lacked!
Iain

That's correct - I have a copy of Russ Sainty's book "King of the 'Cali'" in which he refers to Barry Stoller using the name Rhet. When Russ Sainty started performing in the early 1960s, he was billed as Russ Sainty and the Rhet Stoller Group. With subsequent changes of personnel, the group became known as the Nu-Notes.