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John "Charlie" Whitney is a British rock guitarist and a former member of both Family and Streetwalkers. He has been alternatively credited as John Whitney and Charlie Whitney on various recordings. This is about the British rock band Family. ...

Early years

Whitney was in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. Like many British teenagers in the fifties, Whitney got into rock and roll, and while attending Leicester Art College in 1962, he formed his own band, the Farinas. The group, which featured Jim King on saxopohne and vocals, Tim Kirchin on bass, and Harry Ovenall on drums, largely leaned toward rhythm and blues music, performing songs by Chuck Berry and the Coasters. The Farinas got to release a single, "You'd Better Stop," in August 1964. Map sources for Skipton at grid reference SD9851 Skipton is a town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. ... Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an immensely influential African American guitarist, singer, and composer, and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music. ... The Coasters were an American doo wop and early rock and roll group, evolving from The Robins, a Los Angeles based doo wop group. ...

Subsequent personnel changes, with Rick Grech replacing Tim Kirchin and Roger Chapman joining as the principal lead singer, turned the group into a heavier, more blues-oriented band. Renaming themselves the Roaring Sixties, they eventually took the name Family and replaced Ovenall with Rob Townsend on drums. The band issued its first single as Family in September 1967, and its debut album Music In a Doll's House followed in July 1968. Rick Grech, born November 1, 1945, died March 17, 1990. ... Roger Chapman (Roger Maxwell Chapman) is a British singer (born on 8 April 1942, in Leicester, England). ...

Family

Family gained a reputation as an underground progressive band for its heavy, experimental rock music, and Whitney became famous both for his cocky expression and his double-necked Gibson guitar. By 1970, with the release of their albums A Song For Me and Anyway and an unforgettable appearance at the third Isle of Wight Festival on August 28, 1970, Family was creating some of the fastest and loudest rock and the most intense acoustic music in the British underground scene. The first Isle of Wight ‘Pop’ Festival took place in August 1968. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Whitney's angular guitar passages on songs like "Drowned In Wine" and "Good News Bad News" were singled out by fans and critics as being essential to the Family sound. He and Chapman wrote most of Family's songs together as a team, though Whitney did compose two tracks, the instrumental "Summer '67" and the childlike folk song "Processions" (about a small boy enjoying a day at the seashore), by himself. Though Family proved to be popular in Great Britain and continental Europe, success in North America eluded them, and by 1973 the group called it quits.

Streetwalkers

Whitney continued working with Chapman in Streetwalkers, the project they founded in 1974. The groups, which included Bob Tench on guitar and future Iron Maiden member Nicko McBrain on drums. Streetwalkers were never as big as Family, but their two best known albums, Downtown Flyers from 1975 and Red Card from 1976, are held in high regard by fans and critics alike. The group broke up 1977, ending the Whitney-Chapman musical partnership after eleven years. Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal band from East London. ... Michael Henry McBrain (born June 5, 1954 in Hackney, London, England) is the drummer for heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ...

Later career

Charlie Whitney remained active in rock music, though not as visibly as Roger Chapman would in the eighties and nineties. Whitney first reunited with Rob Townsend to form Axis Point in 1978. Axis Point included Eddie Hardin on piano and vocals and former Taste bassist Richard McCracken. When that group broke up in 1981, Whitney formed Los Racketeeros, a live unit that specialized in blues and bluegrass. Los Racketeeros did not even record a debut album until 1995. Whitney issued a solo LP in 1999, and now plays with the Whitney-Roberts Combo, a folk-oriented group. There are no plans for Whitney and Chapman to join in another musical project as of yet. Taste was an Irish rock band formed in the 1960s. ...