Noddy's day job enabled him to purchase a better guitar and amplifier. He said "When they saw how determined I was, they gave in, although I don't think they ever believed I could make music my profession." Terry Taylor joined on saxophone and the group secured regular bookings playing three or four shows per week. Noddy Holder took a job in a car parts firm to the dismay of his teachers and parents who wanted him to stay on at school for 'A' levels, but Noddy wanted to "turn professional" and the Phantoms became "The Memphis Cut-Outs". Upon leaving school, The Phantoms group members started to go their separate ways with Kenny Holland being replaced by Pete Bickley and Mick Aulton leaving to be replaced by Gerry Kibble. With the advent of rock 'n' roll, Noddy took some lessons from local jazz guitarist Freddy Degville before forming The Phantoms who would play 1950s style rock 'n' roll and Shadows numbers, performing mainly at youth clubs.ĭespite being involved with his band, Noddy persevered at school and managed to obtain six 'O' levels before deciding that a music career was what he wanted. When Noddy was twelve years old, his father bought him an old spanish guitar. An early significant influence on the young Noddy was American singer/performer Al Jolson whom he imitated from an early age. His father liked to sing in the local pubs and his mother played the violin. Neville "Noddy" Holder was born on June 15, 1946. This line-up was Mick Aulton on drums, Phil Burnell on rhythm guitar, Kenny Holland on bass guitar and Noddy Holder on vocal and lead guitar. The origins of this group go back to the early 1960s in Walsall, West Midlands when some school friends formed a group called "The Phantoms". At this time, the Mavericks bass guitarist was Dave Holland from Wolverhampton who would later go on to become world famous in jazz music circles as bassist for Miles Davis amongst many others.īy the end of 1964, the original Mavericks had split so Steve Brett enlisted a new Mavericks backing-group consisting of a Walsall band, previously known as "The Memphis Cut-Outs". Steve Brett and The Mavericks went over to Germany in 1963 where they performed at the same clubs where a little-known Liverpool group called The Beatles had been booked at only a year before. Steve Brett and The Mavericks were broadcast on Television during the early 1960s, appearing regularly in the program "For Teenagers Only" which raised their profile considerably throughout the area. The 1962 line-up of the Mavericks were bass guitarist Rick Dene, drummer Gary James, and lead guitarist Rob Nelson (Lightwood). Steve Brett and The Mavericks are significant in rock music history as one of the earliest groups to feature future Slade vocalist Neville "Noddy" Holder. He and his backing group 'The Mavericks' were winners of the "Big Beat" contest held at the Gaumont Cinema in 1962. Steve Davies (Brett) who grew up in Wolverhampton, was a talented and popular singer in the West Midlands during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Terry Taylor* saxophone Peter Bryan saxophone (joined in 1965) Steve Green drums (joined in 1965) Graham Franklin bass guitar (joined in 1965) "Joining the Mavericks gave me my first real taste of the music industry" Pete Bickley* bass guitar, vocal (left in 1965) Line-up after 1964: (*formerly known as 'The Memphis Cut-Outs')
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