Coventry Bands 1960's to Now: The Dodgers

The Dodgers

BAND INDEX

c1978 Sources include Rex Brough / Hobo Magazine / Bob Jackson Site.

Visit the Dodgers onlin e Library here

http://badfinge.ipower.com/SoloBadfinger/Dodgers/DodgersLibrary.html

First line up

John Wilson - guitar, bass, vocal Dave Powell drums / PCS Bob Jackson Vocals, keyboards, guitar Tom Evans Vocals / bass

Dave Powell left after the second single - replaced by Terry Williams and then Paul Hooper (Ex Indian Summer) on drums.

Tom Evans ( Ex Badfinger) was replaced by Roger Lomas (Ex Sorrows / The Eggy - later Two Tone Producer)

Final Line Up

John Wilson - guitar, bass, vocals Bob Jackson, vocal, keyboards Roger Lomas, bass, guitars, vocals Paul Hooper, drums, percussion.

Singles

Don't Let me Be Wrong (by John Wilson) b/w Get to You (Bob Jackson / Tom Evans) Island. 1976

Just want to Love You (John Wilson) b/w Don't know what you're doing (Bob Jackson) Island

Down (John Wilson) b/w Don't know what you're doing (Bob Jackson) Island

Love on the Rebound (John Wilson) b/w Come out Fighting (Bob Jackson / Paul Hooper) Polydor 1978

Anytime Bob Jackson / John Wilson) b/w Little Darlin' (Roger Lomas) Polydor 1978

http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/pd16174

Albums

Love On The Rebound (Polydor 1978)

Rex Brough explains -

"This band were a post Badfinger venture for Tom Evans. Roger Lomas had played in the Eggy and the Zips, and Bob Jackson and Paul Hooper, formerly with Indian Summer. who recorded albums and singles between 1977-79. Lomas went on to be a full-time record producer, initially working at Horizon Studios, Coventry run by Barry Thomas (which was demolished). Coventry bands that came under his spell include the Specials, the Selecter and the Reluctant Stereotypes, some members of whom became 80's bouffant hit-band, King."

Article by Pete Clemons here https://coventrygigs.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-dodgers-love-on-rebound.html

YouTube Video

Love on the Rebound

Don't Let me Be Wrong

I Just Wanna love You

Down

Mr Music

Love on the Rebound full album

After Indian Summer split up in 1971, after the release of their RCA Neon album named after the group, Coventry keyboard player and vocalist Bob Jackson (Wikipedia) went on to play with John Entwhistles band Ro Ro and then join Alan Ross in the band Ross - recording on the RSO label and then played in Pete Brown's Piblokto. By 1974 Bob had replaced Peter Ham in Badfinger (and was retained after Peter Ham withdrew his resignation). Badfinger disbanded following Ham's suicide in 1975. Jackson remained in contact with Badfinger's bassist Tom Evans, and the two joined "The Dodgers" in 1976. The Dodgers released a handful of singles and one album by 1977, the year Jackson was released by the band due to management disagreements. (More on the Dodgers here http://badfinge.ipower.com/SoloBadfinger/Dodgers/DodgersLibrary.html

Ross featuring Bob Jackson

There are more tracks by Ross on you tube

It started as a demo session for John Wilson and Dave Powell but then Tom Evans and Bob Jackson harmonized very good with the other two musicians, so that they decided to form a band together. Dave Powell made the proposal to call the band the DODGERS. They selected two songs out of their sessions for the first single, which was released in March 1976. Another two songs were released in June as the second single of the DODGERS. Shortly after the release of the second single Dave Powell left the group.

Bob Jackson called his old friend Paul Hooper to join the DODGERS but as he was not immediately available, Terry Williams joined the group for some commitments in July.