1 music career 1960s 1980s
1.1 late 1960s
1.2 1970s
1.3 1980s
music career 1960s 1980s
early late 1960s
washington stationed in england united states air force during 1960s. while stationed in east anglia, washington became known frequent stand-in @ gigs around london. when guitarist pete gage saw him @ nightclub in 1965, asked washington join new group, become geno washington & ram jam band. gage later formed vinegar joe elkie brooks , robert palmer. band s name came ram jam inn, old coaching inn on a1 (great north road) @ stretton, near oakham, rutland.
they had 2 of biggest selling uk albums of 1960s, both of live albums. commercially successful album, hand clappin, foot stompin, funky-butt ... live!, in uk albums chart 38 weeks in 1966 , 1967, peaking @ number 5 on chart. other album hipster flipsters finger poppin daddies, reached number 8 on uk album chart. group had number of moderate uk singles chart hits during 1966–67 on pye label: water (which reached no.39), hi hi hazel (no.45), que sera sera (no.43) , michael (the lover) (no.39). managed build strong following crowds , due touring , energetic performances. pye label mates , rivals jimmy james , vagabonds, became popular mod scene. band broke in autumn of 1969 , band members went own ways while geno washington continued solo artist before returning united states. keyboard player geoffrey k. pullum became academic linguist, , today professor @ university of edinburgh , well-known linguistics blogger @ language log , lingua franca websites.
the 1970s
washington left uk return united states , disappeared music industry length of time. studied hypnosis , meditation, made acquaintance beach boys , recorded music them never released. later recorded 3 albums djm label, geno s (1976), live (1976), , s why hollywood loves me (1979).
the 1980s
he encouraged make comeback in 1980 due rekindled interest in him resulting dexys midnight runners hit single geno , declined, completing degree in hypnotism. in uk touring extensively , playing many gigs, particularly in south-east london.
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