Rumble Fat Band  

info courtesy Stuart Bunyan

Line up included

• Pete Izon - Vocals 
• Stuart Bunyan - Guitar
• Geoff "Chiz" Muir - Bass
• Keith Davis - Organ
• Geoff Wilson - Drums 
• Ivor Haverson - Sax
• Joe Carroll - Sax 
• Alan Gallagher - Trumpet 
• Stuart Charles - Vocals (replaced PI)
• Pete Wrigley - Lead Guitar (replaced Keith)

Eight-piece soul band with a great sound!

RFB started out as the "Uptown Line" with Roy D Spencer as their manager. Roy had this idea of a Tina Turner type of band and recruited Stuart Bunyan to play guitar, with a new keyboard player and bass player who worked at BT with Stuart - and the "horns" via an advert. 

Pete Izon left in 1969 when the band started working for Kennedy Street Artistes and was replaced by former Life 'n' Soul frontman, Stuart Charles.

For more info on RFB members, read Uptown Line and The Expectations 

Where are they now?

• Stuart Bunyan works with BT after playing in the resident band at Leigh Casino with Joe the sax after Rumble fell apart.  
• Chiz turned pro with Rumble and then had his own Music Shop for a while and was last heard of doing tour promotion for major acts.  
• Keith Davis left BT a couple of years ago and is now in a "Rock and Roll" band.  
• Ivor Harveson lives on the Isle of Bude.
• Joe Carroll - after working at a coastal resort and abroad for many years with many different bands is now a solo performer singing and playing sax on the club circuit. 
• Roy D Spencer has recently been in contact with Manchesterbeat and has supplied some additional material for this page, Uptown Line and his agency, Roy D Spencer and Associates
• Stuart Charles in now back in Manchester after many years in Europe. 

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Known gigs

1968

• 31 August - Pop Inn
• 1 September - Thing Club, Oldham
• 2 September - Tow Barr In, Eggremont
• 7 September - Dunelm House, Durham
• 13 September - Dinos, Liverpool
• 14 September - Park Hall, Warrington
• 19 September - Summerville House, Kingswinford
• 22 September - St Josephs YC, Salford
• 29 September - Gretna Hall, Carlisle
• 5 October - Hawick Town Hall, Scotland
• 9 November - Sloopy's
• 10 November - Cromwellian, Bolton
• 15 November - St Francis's YC, Wythenshawe
• 16 November - Gretna Hall, Carlisle
• 17 November - Gretna Hall, Carlisle
• 22 November - Dinos, Liverpool
• 23 November - LCC Old Trafford (Gas Board)
• 27 November - Bolton College of Art
• 30 November - St Werburghs, Chorlton
• 1 December - Thing Club, Oldham
• 13 December - Dinos, Liverpool
• 15 December - Wallys Disc Club, Preston
• 16 December - Bamboo Club, Stockport
• 20 December - Hills Stores, Oldham
• 21 December - Hawick Town Hall, Scotland
• 28 December - New Century Hall, Manchester

1969

• 1 February - Brooklands Cricket Club
• 2 February - Wally's Disco Preston
• 8 February - Otley Mechanics, Bradford
• 12 February - Worely Court House
• 13 February - Bluebell Hotel, Sheffield
• 14 February - St Francis, Wythenshawe
• 15 February - Princess Ballroom, Halifax
• 16 February - Keg O'Kee, Atherton
• 18 February - St Ignatious School, Mcr
• 22 February - Queens Rd Synagogue,
• 28 February - St Bernadette's, Manchester
• 1 March - Browns, Stretford
• 7 March - St Columba's Wythenshawe
• 14 March - Warrington Carlton Club
• 15 March - Starlite Ballroom, Boston
• 19 March - Fielden Park College, Didsbury
• 21 March - Cromwellian, Bolton
• 22 March - Uncle Toms Cabin, Little Hulton
• 24 March - Hall engineering, Shrewsbury
• 18 April - Royal Iris, Liverpool
• 25 April - Rosco and Gladstone Hall, Liverpool
• 3 May - Ellesmere Port YC
• 9 May - St Francis YC, Wythenshawe
• 10 May - Dolywern Hall, Chirk, N Wales
• 30 May - Winter Gardens Blackpool

Memories 

Have a letter from Jan on Fan Club Headed Paper dated 27th Sept 1968 telling me the Band was playing the Gretna Hall in Carlisle on Sunday 29th Sept - a sunday and they were playing near London on the saturday night.

Was there ever a recording made of this great group every time they were up in Cumbria we all went to see them? They were a huge success at the Tow Bar Inn nr Whitehaven. Happy days!

Sue - 16/6/10 

I remember the band playing at St.Francis's Chuch youth club back in 69/69 as I was a member and helper at the club. I also remember going to see them and I went on my scooter ,while in that place I had my speedo stolen off my scooter and the band offered to take me and my scooter home in the back of the van as my headlight was stolen as well .

On one occasion I remember at St Francis the band had a break innbetween sessions and one of the drummer's cymbols was stolen. It was found a few minutes later in the ladies cloakroom and I think it was my girlfriend at the time who stole it.

Great memories of great times and days may the band play on. Best wishes

Malc Covill - 1/7/11