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The original Python Lee Jackson line up came together around March 1966 when Brisbane born keyboard player and singer David Bentley left [[Sydney]] group, [[Jeff St John & The Id]] to join a new band formed to play at Sydney club, Rhubarbs. The other members came from the short-lived Unit 4 and comprised Englishmen and former Denvermen, singer and guitarist Frank Kennington and Mick Liber (born in Peebles, Scotland in 1944) plus local bass player Lloyd Hardy, who also went by the name Lloyd Hudson (and later Virgil East) and Melbourne-born drummer David Montgomery.
In June, Kennington was busted and the quartet added former [[Wild Cherries]] singer Malcolm McGee (born in Melbourne on 1 November, 1945). In September, Bentley left (and rejoined the band in 1968) and was replaced by Bob Welsh. The band's first single, "Emergency Ward" c/w "Who Do You Love?" was actually a Ward Austin
Python Lee Jackson released a cover of [[Major Lance]]’s "Um-Um–Um-Um-Um-Um" c/w "Big City Lights" in December 1966 before Hardy was replaced by Duncan McGuire from Doug Parkinson's The Questions for three weeks. McGuire appeared on the band's a cover of [[Sam and Dave]]’s "Hold On, I’m Coming" c/w "Your Mother Should Have Warned You" before Hardy returned for the band's frist trip to Melbourne. Like it's predecessor, the single hit the Sydney and Melbourne top ten.
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