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     Britton, Geoff

    He is a drummer and percussionist born in England.  He became a member of the folk-rock band East of Eden and in 1974 joined Paul McCartney & Wings for a year, performing on the Venus and Mars album.  He became a member of the group Rough Diamond and in 1977 where he met the guitarist Jools Cooper at a recording session.   They would later form The Rockets.  In 1978 he joined up with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, also for a year, and appeared on their Angel Station.  Other bands he has performed with throughout his career include The Pirates, Chicken Shack, The Wild Angels and The Mike Oldfield Band.  As a member of Wings he appears in the films One Hand Clapping and Wingspan, and he appears as himself in the 1977 documentary Empty Hand .  He moved to Spain at the end of the 1980s.

     

    Paul McCartney & Wings recordings

    Lunchbox/Odd Sox (Paul McCartney )

     

    Sources:

    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Britton
    2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110180/

     

    Here he is drumming on Wings' "Junior's Farm"...

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     



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