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Drummers - Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan, 25 November 1944, in
Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) was the drummer and one of the original
members of The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra. He also served as
the drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984 and as their percussionist
in 1987. After the collapse of ELO in 1986, he founded Electric Light
Orchestra Part II without the original ELO singer/songwriter, Jeff
Lynne.
History
After education at Moseley School, his professional music career started
with a stint with Denny Laine in his group Denny Laine and the
Diplomats, then with Carl Wayne and The Vikings, followed by The Move in
1966. The Electric Light Orchestra released their first album in 1971,
by which time The Move existed only as a recording outfit. They released
their final single, "California Man" in 1972, and the subsequent
successes of the Electric Light Orchestra and the Roy Wood-led Wizzard
led to their being laid to rest.
Bevan had a very deeply pitched singing voice. While with The Move he
lent lead vocals to two tracks: a remake Of "Zing Went The Strings Of My
Heart" and the Country and Western send-up "Ben Crawley Steel Co".
In 1980 Bevan published a biography of the Electric Light Orchestra. He
also made a solo single in 1976, a cover version of the Sandy Nelson
instrumental, "Let There Be Drums".
After the death of Carl Wayne in 2004 (with a sense of timing which did
not go down well with some fans), he formed a new band, "Bev Bevan's
Move", with Phil Tree and former ELO Part II colleagues Phil Bates and
Neil Lockwood, to play a set comprising mostly The Move classics on
tour.
Bev currently presents a radio show upon Smooth FM West Midlandson
Sunday afternoons called Bev Bevans Jukebox classics, and reviewing
records for the Midland's Sunday Mercury.
Bev lives in rural Warwickshire with his wife of 37 years, Valerie, and
his son Adrian (26), who works at Coventry based website design agency,
HeadRed.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bev_Bevan
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