by Richie Unterberger & Bruce EderMostly renowned for their 1964 Top Five hit Have I the Right, the Honeycombs were pretty much a front for producer Joe Meek and the songwriting-management team of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. The group was originally called the Sherabons and was formed in...
Starting in the spring of 1965, they toured the U.K. as an opening act for the Stones, then on a package tour opening for the Kinks and the Yardbirds. The band members knew they had to play as well as possible: “We weren’t there to be idiots,” says Lewis. “We were there to...
Another drummer who could also play guitar and sing was Honey Lantree, who made her name in the 60s with The Honeycombs, playing alongside elder brother John (bass guitar). The pulsating 4/4 rhythm that Lantree, who died in December 2018, laid down on “Have I The Right?” helped make...
Honeycombs managers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley were responsible for writing the bulk of the group’s repertoire (though they’re more famous for doing the same thing a bit later for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, who had a long string of UK smashes without breaking through in th...
The Wax Glandsare on the underside of the bee’s abdomen, and they secrete flakes of beeswax, which are used to build the honeycombs. Many bees work together to produce and form the wax that becomes their home. Bees must consume at least eight pounds of honey in order to metabolize one...
The Honeycombs (2) The House Rockers (1) The Hullaballoos (12) The I-Threes (1) The Ikettes (13) The Impressions (2) The In Crowd (1) The Incredible String Band (6) The Isley Brothers (1) The Ivy League (2) The J. Geils Band (2) The J.B.'s (1) The...
The Honeycombs reformed and continued to perform their enormous 1964 smash hit well into the 21st century. Sadly, Denis Dalziel passed away during July 2005 and the band ceased playing, but resumed again in 2006. Info courtesy of: www.45-rpm.org.uk Colin Boyd went on to form Honeybus and...
The Honeycombs (2) The House Rockers (1) The Hullaballoos (12) The I-Threes (1) The Ikettes (13) The Impressions (2) The In Crowd (1) The Incredible String Band (6) The Isley Brothers (1) The Ivy League (2) The J. Geils Band (2) The J.B.'s (1) The...
(myrrh) andasafetidaare centuries-old elements for calming bees when harvesting their honeycombs. I’m guessing it was an easily obtained substance on studio lots as bee smokers loaded with hot coals and olibanum gum were a common way for special effects men to create smoke on stage sets up ...
The Honeycombs (2) The House Rockers (1) The Hullaballoos (12) The I-Threes (1) The Ikettes (13) The Impressions (2) The In Crowd (1) The Incredible String Band (6) The Isley Brothers (1) The Ivy League (2) The J. Geils Band (2) The J.B.'s (1) The...