Birth name Roy Alan Lynes Role Singer Name Roy Lynes | Instruments Keyboards Occupation(s) Musician | |
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Albums Picturesque Matchstickable Message, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Spare Parts Similar People | ||
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Roy Alan Lynes (born 25 October 1943, Redhill, Surrey) was the keyboardist and occasional singer with Status Quo (originally The Spectres then Traffic Jam). He joined the band in 1964/1965, two years after its foundation.
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- Just quo rocking all over the world with roy lynes live
- QUO VADIS featuring ROY LYNES Down The Dustpipe
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He appeared on Status Quo's first three albums, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, Spare Parts and Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, and wrote "To Be Free", the B-side of the second Quo single, "Black Veils of Melancholy". The track Umleitung was a co-composition with Alan Lancaster, but wasn't released until the first album subsequent to Lynes' departure, Dog Of Two Head in 1971. He left the band in 1970, and was eventually replaced by Andy Bown in 1977.
According to the group's producer John Schroeder, who wrote the booklet notes for the 3-CD compilation The Early Years, Lynes was 'the quietest member of the group' and 'somehow always seemed to be the odd one out'. He left the group in 1970 when he fell in love whilst on tour, claiming that he could see how serious the other band members (Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt and John Coghlan) were about fame and glory, and that he just wanted to settle down to a life with his newfound love.
In the group's autobiography Just For The Record (1993), Rick Parfitt said Lynes was 'a bit laid back, the Open University type who liked tinkering and finding out about things,' and Francis Rossi remarked that he showed up at a gig they were playing in New Zealand about ten years later to say hello; 'He seemed a much happier bloke.'
He remains professionally active in Australia, continuing to perform independently. During the Status Quo 2000 tour in Australia, Lynes joined Quo on stage in Brisbane to play keyboards. Additionally, he has made occasional appearances, contributing both vocals and keyboard skills with the Australian Quo tribute band, Statoz Quo.