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{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
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'''Python Lee Jackson''' were
==Career==
===1965-1968: Australian period ===
Python Lee Jackson were formed in December 1965 in Sydney by two men from the United Kingdom – Frank Kennington and Mick Lieber (born 1 March 1944, [[Peebles, Scotland|Peebles]], Scotland) – and David Montgomery (born September 1945, Melbourne) on drums (ex-[[Jeff St John]] & the Id). Both Lieber, on guitar, and Kennington, on vocals, were former members of the Denvermen, a surf instrumental group in Sydney, from mid-1965 and contributed to that group's single, "I Can Tell" (November).<ref name="Kimball">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100314214800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/35967/20100315-0848/www.milesago.com/artists/denvermen-2.html | url = http://www.milesago.com/Artists/friends.html | title = The Denvermen | last1 = Kimball | first1 = Duncan | publisher = Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions | year = 2002 | archive-date = 14 March 2010 | access-date = 23 May 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
With Roy James on bass guitar, Python Lee Jackson played the underground circuit. In early 1966, Kennington was deported to the UK, and former [[the Missing Links (band)|the Missing Links]] singer, Bob Brady, filled in for several months before Lieber and Montgomery put a new line-up together. In March 1966 keyboard player and singer
In June, the quartet added former [[Wild Cherries]]' Melbourne-born singer, Malcolm McGee (1 November 1945{{spaced ndash}}17 May 2012), and opened Rhubarb's club in Sydney's [[Liverpool Street, Sydney|Liverpool Street]]. McGee described how Python Lee Jackson is "the ultimate name. Group names are becoming more and more ridiculous – PLJ is the name to end all names."<ref name="Lewes">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44025118 | title = Clothes Help on the (L)Adder to success | last = Lewes | first = Jackie Lee | newspaper = [[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | volume = 34 | issue = 25 | date = 16 November 1966 |
Jackie Lee Lewes of ''[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]'' opined in November 1966 that "Their music is loud and furious" and cited McGee, who felt their sound was in "the Chicago-style city blues idiom."<ref name="Lewes"/> Lewes also reported that "The members [of the group] say they have created a modern image – not only with their music but also with their up-to-date clothes."<ref name="Lewes"/> The magazine provided a double page spread of the band members modelling their clothing.<ref name="Lewes"/>
In September 1966, Bentley left and was replaced by Bob Welsh on piano.<ref name="McFarlane"/>
Late in 1966 Hardy was replaced by [[Duncan McGuire (musician)|Duncan McGuire]], from [[Doug Parkinson]]'s group the Questions, for three weeks. McGuire appeared on the band's version of [[Sam and Dave]]’s "[[Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)|Hold On, I’m Coming]]", backed by "Your Mother Should Have Warned You", before Hardy (now using the name, Virgil East) returned for the band's first trip to Melbourne in March 1967. Like its predecessor, the new single was a minor hit. While in Melbourne the group performed at the Catcher night club, from 17 to 19 March, with various local bands each night. The group returned for an extended stay from 30 March to 16 April.
In April 1967 Dave MacTaggart from Adelaide band the Black Pearls replaced Virgil East. On 11 June, the group appeared on Opus TV with [[The Loved Ones (Australian band)|the Loved Ones]] and [[Ray Hoff]] and the Off Beats. The new line-up released the band's final Australian single, "It's a Wonder", backed by "I Keep Forgetting", in August before Welsh left to be replaced by saxophone player. [[Bernie McGann]].
A few months later Lieber left and worked with [[Billy Thorpe]] and Gulliver Smith's band, the Noyes. Former member East joined Jeff St John's next project, Yama. Lieber's replacement was Laurie Arthur from [[The Strangers (Australian band)|the Strangers]]. Python Lee Jackson continued to play gigs, appearing at Melbourne clubs, Sebastians, and Berties until
McGee then joined vocal trio the Virgil Brothers with Rob Lovett (formerly of the Loved Ones) and Mick Hadley (ex-[[Purple Hearts (Australian band)|Purple Hearts]]). McGee recorded two singles with the Virgil Brothers, including their Australian hit, "Temptation 'Bout to Get Me", but he left the group after they moved to the UK in late 1969 and was replaced by Danny Robinson (ex-the Wild Cherries). McGee later played with McGuire in Rush<!-- Not the Canadian group -->. MacTaggart reunited with Lieber briefly in Billy Thorpe's band. Montgomery reunited with David Bentley in the David Bentley Trio.
===1968-1972: British period ===
Python Lee Jackson was reformed in the UK in October 1968 by Bentley, Lieber and Montgomery;<ref name="McFarlane"/>
Following the recording of the songs with Stewart, the group made sporadic live appearances; ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' magazine advertised one show at the Bottleneck Club in the Railway Tavern, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] in East London on 28 June 1969. The band went into hiatus from 1969 to 1972, during which period the band members explored separate projects.
In 1972, David Bentley, Mick Lieber, and David Montgomery made recordings with new members Gary Boyle (guitar) and former member of [[The Easybeats]], Tony Cahill (bass). Those tracks subsequently appeared on the band's only album (also titled ''In a Broken Dream'') alongside the earlier Rod Stewart recordings from 1969. That resulted in the release of the song and the subsequent charting. The song was popular in Europe and appeared on the soundtrack of films and documentaries (including the arthouse movie ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'') and became the subject of many cover versions. [[Rod Stewart]] included the song on two anthologies of previously recorded work and, in 1996, English band, [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]], delivered a high-octane rendering that propelled it into the UK chart for the second time.
===1973-present: Post break up===
In 2004, a cover of the song appeared on ''[[Relations (album)|Relations]]'', recorded by British singer [[Kathryn Williams]].
In 2009, [[Half a Cow]] released ''Sweet Consolation'', a 24 track anthology of the band's work. Meant to be a definitive collection, it does not contain "In a Broken Dream" as the producers were unable to obtain the required licences needed to include their most famous song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet Consolation|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-consolation-r1697276/review|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 December 2011}}</ref> Cahill was replaced on bass by Chris Belshaw shortly before the band dissolved.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
Following the dissolution of the band, Montgomery went to briefly play drums for the American band [[King Harvest]]. He had been due to meet with [[Brian Jones]] on the day of Jones's death to discuss a collaboration.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! Title
! Album details
|-
! scope="row" | ''In a Broken Dream''
|
* Released: 1972
* Format: [[LP album|LP]]
* Label: GNP Crescendo (GNPS 2066)
|}
===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! Title
! Album details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Piano Players Ball''
|
* Released: 1998
* Format: CD
* Label: Success Series (16318CD)
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sweet Consolation 1966-73''
|
* Released: 2009
* Format: CD, Download
* Label: [[Half a Cow|Half a Cow Records]] (HAC 130)
|}
===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! Title
! EP details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Python Lee Jackson Sings''
|
* Released: 1967
* Format: [[LP album|LP]]
* Label: CBS (BG 225180)
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with Australian chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | EP/Album
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=242}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1966
! scope="row" | "Emergency Ward"
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Um, Um, Um"
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|rowspan="2"| ''Python Lee Jackson Sings''
|-
! scope="row" | "Your Mother Should Have Warned You"
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1970
! scope="row" | "[[In a Broken Dream]]"
| style="text-align:center;" | 84
| ''In a Broken Dream''
|-
| 1972
! scope="row" | "Cloud Nine"
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|
|}
== Members ==
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==References==
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* {{imdb name|6820823}}
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