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Bev Bevan

Born:
Nov 25, 1944 in Birmingham, England

  • Genre: Rock
  • Instruments: Vocals, Drums

Biography

Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan in 1944) has proved to be one of the most enduringly successful drummers ever to come out of Birmingham, England's early 60's pop-rock scene, although it didn't seem that was in 1964 -- a member of Denny & The Diplomats, he was left high-and-dry when "Denny," as in Denny Laine, took off for the Moody Blues. He was lucky enough to land another gig, with Carl Wayne & The Vikings, and soon after that, was, with Wayne, one of the co-founders of the Move. A legendary British band with an almost Beatles-like aura of creativity about them, the Move never managed to succeed outside of England and continental Europe. But when the band reached its near end-point at the outset of thw 1970's, Bevan was one of three members -- Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood being the others -- to make the leap to the Electric Light Orchestra. And it was from there that Bevan became an international pop-rock star, in tandem with Lynne over the next 15 years; thanks to his work with both bands, his drumming is some of the most familiar in British rock, and his work on both the Move and ELO versions of "Do Ya" right up there with Charlie Watts' and Ringo Starr's best known performances. He also kept the ELO name alive -- sort of -- through the ELO II following Lynne's departure for other projects, and has since worked with Black Sabbath and Bobby Womack, among others. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

A Member of the Group:

Carl Wayne & the Vikings, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Black Sabbath

Worked With:

Richard Tandy, Hugh McDowell, Mik Kaminski, Kelly Groucutt, Melvyn Gale, Michael Edwards, Roy Wood, Michael d'Albuquerque, Louis Clark, Jeff Lynne
 
 
Wikipedia: Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan
Birth name Beverley Bevan
Born 25 November 1944 (1944--) (age 62)
Origin Flag of England Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
Genre(s) Rock music
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Drums, Percussion
Label(s) Jet Records
Harvest Records
Epic, EMI
Associated
acts
The Move
Electric Light Orchestra
Black Sabbath
ELO Part II
Bev Bevan's Move
Website Musical career

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, or, indeed, any other past members of ELO.

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. Bates left in July 2007 to re-join ELO Part 2, by then renamed to The Orchestra.

Bev currently presents a radio show on Smooth Radio 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).



 
 

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