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The original Python Lee Jackson was formed in December 1965, in [[Sydney]] by two British men – singer Frank Kennington and guitarist Mick Liber (born in [[Peebles, Scotland]] on 1 March 1944) – after meeting drummer David Montgomery (born September 1945 in Melbourne). Together with bass player Roy James they played the underground circuit. In early 1966 Kennington was busted and deported back to the UK, and former Missing Links singer Bob Brady filled in for several months before Liber and Montgomery struck on the idea of putting a new version together.

A new Python Lee Jackson line-up came together around March 1966 when Brisbane-born keyboard player and singer David Bentley (born in 1943, in Brisbane) left [[Sydney]] group [[Jeff St John & The Id]] to join Liber and Montgomery alongside former Unit 4 bass player Lloyd Hardy (aka Cadillac Lloyd Hudson).

In June the quartet added former [[Wild Cherries]] singer Malcolm McGee (born in Melbourne on 1 November 1945) and opened Rhubarb's club in Sydney's [[Liverpool Street, Sydney|Liverpool Street]]. 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 their version of the [[Bo Diddley]] song "[[Who Do You Love]]", was actually a [[Ward Austin]] single featuring Python Lee Jackson as backing group.