3 AM

 

3 AM

BAND INDEX

3AM 

c 1966 - 67  (Sources Broadgate Gnome / Jim Pryal)

Blues rock

Line up: Derek Wilson (guitar, vocals), Nicky Hawkswell (bass), Jimi Longworth (drums).

Formed in 1966 as heavy/progressive blues band with Cream / Mayall / Beck influence.

'The group are strongly opposed to the current soul music trend' said manager Rodney Joyce in early 1967.

Wilson left February 1967 replaced by Joe Beale. They were augmented by Tim James on vocals and harmonica. Eventually they moved to London and split in late 1967.

Wilson later formed Ning.

From drummer Jim Pryal

" I left home about 1969 and moved into a flat in Whitley village with a local guitar hero of the time, 'Beck' who's real name was Derek Wilson. He had played in '3 am blues'  band with Nicky Hawkswell on bass and Rodney Joyce on congas.  Living in that flat was a life changing experience for me.  Nicky visited the flat and had a Fender bass guitar he'd painted lime green with Wooleys gloss paint and burned the word 'F**K' upside down into  the wood. He was an amphetamine addict  from Keresley village and I don't what happened to him in the end. He seemed like an exciting guy to know at the time. "