Johnny Spence & Doctor's Order + Sons of Pirates

*Johnny Spence & Doctor's Order*

British rocker Johnny Spence was born in January 1942 and started playing rock'n'roll in late 50's. In the early 60's he played bass for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates for 5 years. Classic Pirates line-up featuring Johnny Spence on bass, Mick Green on guitar and Frank Farley on drums played on most of Johnny Kidd's greatest recordings and hits. They made their first recording on their own (without Kidd) already in 1964, the single "My babe"/"Casting my spell" (featuring Spence also on vocals) is ever since considered a classic. In the mid 70's the classic line-up of the Pirates came back, and very soon got the reputation of being the greatest and wildest rock'n'roll trio of all time. From that time we have the saying never follow the Pirates". They were unbeatable on stage, and also made some great albums. During all these years Johnny Spence has also played with various other legendary artists, for example bass for Jerry Lee Lewis.

*Sons of Pirates*

In Nov 2010, Brad and Lloyd (sons of the legendary Pirates' guitarist and veteran session man, Mick Green), joined forces with ex-Pirates' drummer Mike Roberts to form The Green Brothers. Their first performance (and Brad's first ever gig after only taking the guitar up in Feb 2010!!!) was to a packed audience at the tribute concert for their late father at the famous 100 Club. They were joined on stage by Pirates' vocalist Johnny Spence and support acts included The Animals and The Wilko Johnson Band.