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David O'List (born 13 December 1948, Chiswick, London) is a rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.[1]
Most notably, he played with The Attack, The Nice and Jet.
Career
O'List (using the name David John) started The Attack
in 1966; managed by Don
Arden, they were part of the 1960s Swinging London scene, and released one
single, "Try It" in January 1967.[2]
- The Nice
O'List was picked by Andrew Loog Oldham as guitarist for
The Nice, then a backing
band for P. P.
Arnold, and left The Attack in February 1967.[2]
By May, the band were gigging in their own right, and gained their
own billing at the National Jazz and Blues
Festival that summer;[3]
their first album, however, did not appear until early 1968. Their
only hit single, "America", a heavily
re-worked version of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story
achieved number 21 in the UK charts in July of that year.[4]
O'List's style in The Nice was described by Bruce Eder of Allmusic as "Hendrix-ish guitar
... in sharp relief."[5]
However, with two strong instrumentalists competing, O'List left
The Nice in autumn 1968 during the recordings for their second album.[3]
While with The Nice, O'List substituted for Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd briefly in
1967[6]
- After The Nice
- before joining Jet in 1974.
- Solo career
O'List released a solo album in 1997, entitled Flight of the
Eagle.[1]
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