layabouts

Here you see the band performing on stage at the Buffalo Club just outside St Ives where they played fairly regularly.

This is the original line-up of Ricky and the Layabouts: Ricky Barnes (lead singer), Kit Knight (lead guitarist/vocals), Tim Knight (rhythm guitarist/ vocals, David Wallis (bass guitarist) and Dave Pryor (drums). The band played their first gigs in the Winter Gardens and had a minor residency in...

The Layabouts at the Barn Club c. 1963. Dave Pryor, first drummer of the band had been superseded here by Knut Strindlund, a Swedish drummer living in Penzance temporarily. The Barn Club was a frequent venue for the band whose speciality was pure, unadulterated rock and roll. The band started...

In the Plain-an-Gwarry, St Just during St Just Feast celebrations, c. 1965. Note the ultra violet lamps either side of the stage. They were a relatively new thing in those days and enhanced the band's presentation by making all that was white glow blue, even dandruff!