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- One of the founding fathers of British Blues, guitarist, singer-songwriter and bandleader Kim Simmonds, formed blues/rock band Savoy Brown in 1965. The group was one of the “big six” blues bands of the British Blues Boom in the UK, along with John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Chicken Shack and Ten Years After.
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Kim Maiden Simmonds (5 December 1947 – 13 December 2022) was a Welsh musician. He was the founder, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the blues rock band Savoy Brown , which he formed in 1965.
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Dec 20, 2022 · Kim Simmonds, a fleet and commanding guitarist who for over 50 years led one of Britain’s seminal blues bands, Savoy Brown, died on Dec. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y. He was 75.
One such band was Savoy Brown, led by guitarist-singer-songwriter Kim Simmonds. Formed in London in 1965, as the Savoy Brown Blues Band (later shortened), the group has been going strong with changing lineups—but with Simmonds always front and center—for more than five decades now.
Jul 31, 2020 · One of the founding fathers of British Blues, guitarist, singer-songwriter and bandleader Kim Simmonds, formed blues/rock band Savoy Brown in 1965. The group was one of the “big six” blues bands of the British Blues Boom in the UK, along with John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Chicken Shack and Ten Years After.
Dec 19, 2022 · Savoy Brown founder and UK blues legend Kim Simmonds has died at the age of 75, the band have announced. The singer died last Tuesday (December 13) after a battle with a rare form of signet...
Dec 18, 2022 · British blues pioneer Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown passed away this past week after a year-long battle with cancer; the songwriter and guitarist was 75 years old. Simmonds taught himself guitar by listening to his brother’s blues records and became enamored of the genre.
Savoy Brown was formed in 1965 by guitarist Kim Simmonds in London, England. Simmonds has been the group’s guiding hand from the first singles released in 1966 through the band’s newest effort, their forty-first album “Ain’t Done Yet” to be released August 28, 2020.
