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David O'List

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Years active
  
1960s–present

Website
  
davidolist.com

Genres
  
Rock music, Glam rock

Labels
  
Decca, CBS

Education
  
Royal College of Music


Born
  
13 December 1948 (age 68) (
1948-12-13
)

Origin
  
Chiswick, West London, England

Associated acts
  
The Attack, The Misunderstood, The Nice, Jet, Roxy Music

Music groups
  
The Nice (1967 – 1968), Roxy Music (1971 – 1972), The Attack, The Misunderstood, Jet

Albums
  
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, Second Thoughts

Similar
  
Lee Jackson, Brian Davison, Graham Simpson, Paul Thompson, Roger Bunn

Profiles

David 'Davy' O'List (born 13 December 1948) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter. He has played with The Attack, The Nice, Roxy Music, which he co-founded (before being replaced by Phil Manzanera), and Jet (replaced by Ian Macleod). He also briefly deputised in Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd.

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Career

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O'List (using the name David John) started The Attack in 1966. Managed by Don Arden, they released four singles: "Try It"/"We Don't Know" (Decca F 12550), "Hi Ho Silver Lining"/"Anymore Than I Do" (Decca F 12578), "Created By Clive"/"Colour Of My Mind" (Decca F 12631) and "Neville Thumbcatch"/"Lady Orange Peel" (Decca F 12725).

The Nice

David O'List David O39List On The Road Again Interviews

O'List was picked by Andrew Loog Oldham as guitarist for The Nice, then a backing band for P. P. Arnold and left The Attack in February 1967. By May the band was gigging in its own right and appeared at the National Jazz and Blues Festival that summer; their first album, however, did not appear until early 1968. Their only hit single, a re-worked version of Leonard Bernstein's "America", reached number 21 in the UK charts in July of that year. O'List's style in the Nice was described by Bruce Eder of Allmusic as "Hendrix-ish guitar ... in sharp relief." However, with two strong instrumentalists competing, O'List left The Nice in autumn 1968 during the recordings for their second album.

While with the Nice O'List substituted for Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd briefly in 1967.

After the Nice

O'List also played briefly in Jethro Tull after the departure of Mick Abrahams.

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In early 1969 O'List provided guitar and bass for The Misunderstood and then Roxy Music between October 1971 and February 1972.

David O'List Mark from Holland Interview with David O List The Nice March

O'List reunited with Roxy Music vocalist Bryan Ferry in 1974 as one of the guitarists on Ferry's second solo album, Another Time, Another Place. Ferry's hit cover of "The 'In' Crowd" featured a striking O'List guitar solo. After Roxy Music, O'List joined Jet in 1974. They released one album in 1975 and toured as support to Hunter-Ronson.

Solo career

David O'List Davy O39List WHCP Radio Interview YouTube

O'List released a solo album in 1997, entitled Flight of the Eagle. His second solo release Second Thoughts was released in 2015.

David O'List Davy O39List Second Thoughts The Strange Brew

Songs

RondoThe Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack · 1967
Second ThoughtsSecond Thoughts · 2015
Children of the SunBroken Road · 1997

References

David O'List Wikipedia