ROY SUNDHOLM - THE CHINESE METHOD (1979)
After being a member of the Spencer Davis Group, Roy Sundholm played with "The
Ratbites From Hell" (Huw Gower later joined The Records) & "Over The Hill". The band formed in 1972, broke
up at the start of 1973 and reformed, with the line-up that recorded
"Ratbite Fever" toward the end of 1973. The other
members were: Peter Roe (lead guitar), John Perry went on to see
considerable commercial success, with Peter Perrett, and The Only Ones. Alan Platt
joined Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders in 1978 and played on the first of
Roy Sundholm's solo albums "The Chinese Method", released by Ensign in
1979.
"The Chinese Method" has ten Roy
Sundholm compositions and each of them bears the hallmark of a skilled
and imaginative songwriter. The shadows of Dave Edmunds loom large,
while the similarity to Graham Parker is so conspicuous in places it
sounds like a tribute to the worthy.
Guy Humphries (The Winkies) is
playing guitar, while the Graham Parker's Rumour Brass and Rumour's
keyboardist Bob Andrews are also guesting.
