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'{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2011}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Refimprove|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Python Lee Jackson | image = Python lee jackson early 67 email.jpg | caption = Python Lee Jackson, early 1967 | image_size = 200 | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Australia]] | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]] | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = [[David Bentley (musician)|David Bentley]]<br />[[David Montgomery (musician)|David Montgomery]]<br />[[Mick Liber]]<br />[[Tony Cahill]]<br />[[Gary Boyle]] | past_members = Digby Hamstersox | notable_instruments = }} '''Python Lee Jackson''' was an [[Australia]]n [[rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]] active from 1965 to 1968, before a brief sojourn in the United Kingdom. The group's most famous [[Chart-topper|hit]] was "[[In a Broken Dream]]", featuring [[Rod Stewart]] as guest [[singer|vocalist]]. ==Members in Australia== *Frank Kennington – [[Singing|vocals]] *Mick Liber – [[guitar]] *David Montgomery – [[Drum kit|drums]] *Roy James – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Bob Brady – [[Singing|vocals]] *Lloyd Hardy aka Lloyd Hudson – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *David Bentley – [[songwriter]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], vocals *Malcolm McGee – [[human voice|vocals]] *Bob Welsh – [[piano]] *Duncan McGuire – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Dave MacTaggart – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Bernie McGann – [[saxophone|sax]] *Laurie Arthur – [[guitar]] Mabosa ritchie on additional bongos ==Australian period== 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 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 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. 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 cover of [[Sam and Dave]]’s "Hold On, I’m Coming" c/w "Your Mother Should Have Warned You" before Hardy (now going by the name Virgil East) returned for the band's first trip to Melbourne in early/mid March. While there the group performed at the Catcher from 17 to 19 March with various local bands each night. Python Lee Jackson returned to the city for an extended stay from 30 March to 16 April. Like its predecessor, the new single was a minor hit. 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]] and Ray Hoff and The Offbeats. The new line-up released the band's final Australian single, "It’s a Wonder" c/w "I Keep Forgetting", in August before Welsh left to be replaced by saxophone player [[Bernie McGann]]. A few months later Mick Liber left and worked with [[Billy Thorpe]] and Gulliver Smith’s band, The Noyes, while former member Virgil East joined [[Jeff St John]]’s next project, Yama. Liber's replacement was Laurie Arthur from [[The Strangers (Australian band)|The Strangers]]. The band continued to play gigs, appearing at Melbourne clubs, Sebastians, and Berties. However Python Lee Jackson broke up in January 1968. Malcolm McGee then joined vocal trio [[The Virgil Brothers]] with [[Rob Lovett]] (ex [[The Loved Ones]]) and [[Peter Doyle (singer)|Peter Doyle]] (who had replaced founding member [[Mick Hadley]] from [[The Purple Hearts]]). McGee recorded two singles with the Virgil Brothers, including their Australian hit "Temptation 'Bout To Get Me", but he left the group just 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 (band)|Rush]]. MacTaggart reunited with Liber briefly in Billy Thorpe's band. Montgomery reunited with David Bentley in The David Bentley Trio. Around October 1968, they joined forces with Mick Liber and travelled to the UK where they revived the Python Lee Jackson name.Gordon Brown(ex crap PM) is a bag of shite!! ==Members in UK== *David Bentley – [[songwriter]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Singing|vocals]] *David Montgomery – [[Drum kit|drums]] *Mick Liber – [[guitar]] *John Helman – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Jamie Byrne – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Tony Cahill – [[bass guitar]] *Chris Belshaw – [[bass guitar]] *Gary Boyle – [[guitar]] ==British period and "In A Broken Dream"== Arriving in the UK in October 1968 Bentley, Liber and Montgomery (joined by former [[Levi Smith Clefs]]' bass player John Helman) played at the Vesuvio club on [[Tottenham Court Road]]. In early 1969 they performed at the [[Arts Lab]] on [[Drury Lane]] for several months where they were spotted by DJ [[John Peel]]. In April 1969 Bentley, Liber and Montgomery, joined by Jamie Byrne from The Groove, recorded three tracks in the studio with British singer [[Rod Stewart]]. Stewart was brought in to sing a few songs and one in particular, since Bentley had informed his bandmates that he didn't think his own voice was right for it. Recorded by [[John Peel]], "[[In a Broken Dream]]" and several other songs sung by Stewart remained unreleased until 1970 when [[Miki Dallon]] re-produced the track for his [[Youngblood]] label and released it. The single was not a success on its release but Dallon re-released it in early 1972. The single rose to number three in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and #56 in the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock File 3 Chartlog – Sources of British Hit Songs:Writers, American Hits and Original Versions |author=Gillett, Charlie & Frith, Simon |year=1975 |publisher=Panther |___location=St. Albans, Herts. |isbn=0-586-04261-X |page=126 }}</ref> Following the recording of the songs with Stewart the group had continued to make sporadic live appearances and [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] magazine advertised one show at the Bottleneck Club in the Railway Tavern, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] in London's East End on 28 June 1969. After a hiatus, during which the band members explored separate projects in the years from 1970 to 1972. David Bentley, Mick Liber, David Montgomery and Tony Cahill (bass) (who had played drums with [[The Easybeats]]) made some recordings in 1972 with English guitarist Gary Boyle. These tracks subsequently appeared on the band's only album (also titled "In A Broken Dream") alongside the earlier Rod Stewart recordings from 1969 resulting in the release of the song and the subsequent charting. (Montgomery would also go on to briefly play drums for the [[United States|American]] band [[King Harvest]]. He had been due to meet with [[Brian Jones]] on the day of Jones's death to discuss a collaboration.) The song was popular in Europe and appeared on the [[soundtrack]] of [[film]]s and documentaries (including the art house [[film|movie]] ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'') and became the subject of many [[cover version]]s. [[Rod Stewart]] included the [[song]] on two anthologies of previously recorded work and, in 1996, an English band, [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]], delivered a high-octane rendering that propelled it into the [[United Kingdom|UK]] chart for the second time. In 2004 a cover of the song on ''[[Relations (album)|Relations]]'' recorded by British [[singer]] [[Kathryn Williams]]. In 2009, [[Half A Cow]] released [[Sweet Consolation (album)|Sweet Consolation]], a 24 track anthology of their work. Meant to be a definitive collection, it does not however, 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=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} Nick Warburton interviews with David Bentley, David Montgomery, Mick Liber and Malcolm McGee, 2007 Go-Set magazine (listed live shows in Melbourne) in 1969 he made in a broken dream ==External links== {{Rod Stewart}} *[http://www.davidbentley.com.au/ davidbentley.com.au David Bentley- Official Website] *{{discogs master|master=57634|name=Python Lee Jackson: In a Broken Dream}} [[Category:New South Wales musical groups]] [[Category:Rod Stewart]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1965]]'