Years active 1970s–present Website grahamparker.net | Name Brinsley Schwarz Role Rock band | |
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Born 25 March 1947 (age 77)
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ( 1947-03-25 ) Instruments Guitar, piano, organ, saxophone, vocals Associated acts The Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Brinsley Schwarz Origin England, United Kingdom (1969) Albums Despite It All, Please Don't Ever Change, Silver Pistol Genres Rock music, Pub rock, Country rock Record labels United Artists Records, Capitol Records Members Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm, Bob Andrews, Brinsley Schwarz Similar Graham Parker, Rockpile, The Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Dave Edmunds | ||
Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz (born 25 March 1947, Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English guitarist and rock musician. He formed a band named Kippington Lodge in 1965, which evolved into the band Brinsley Schwarz. After the band's demise in 1974, Schwarz briefly joined Ducks Deluxe before forming The Rumour and going on to achieve success with Graham Parker as Graham Parker and the Rumour. He continued to record and tour with Parker following the splitting up of The Rumour in 1980, notably contributing to Parker's The Mona Lisa's Sister album (1988).
Schwarz also played the saxophone on the band's albums from 1972 onwards and on Dr. Feelgood's 1974 debut album, Down by the Jetty, on the live recording of the medley track, "Bonie Maronie" / "Tequila".
He produced some Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker albums.
As of 2012 he was back on tour with Ducks Deluxe, and in 2016 toured with Graham Parker and released his first solo album Unexpected. on which he wrote all the songs, played all guitars and bass and sang all the vocals.