Brinsley Schwarz

Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz (born 25 March 1947, Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English guitarist and rock musician. He formed a band named Kippington Lodge in 1965, which evolved into the band Brinsley Schwarz, featuring initially Nick Lowe on bass and vocals, keyboardist Bob Andrews and drummer Billy Rankin. They were later augmented by Ian Gomm on guitar and vocals. After the band's demise in 1974, Schwarz briefly joined Ducks Deluxe before forming The Rumour and going on to achieve success with Graham Parker as Graham Parker & The Rumour. He continued to record and tour with Parker following the splitting up of The Rumour in 1980, notably contributing to Parker's The Mona Lisa's Sister album (1988). Schwarz also played the saxophone on the band's albums from 1972 onwards and on Dr. Feelgood's 1974 debut album, Down by the Jetty, on the live recording of the medley track, "Bonie Maronie" / "Tequila". He produced some Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker albums.

Links to Peel
Peel played many of Brinsley Schwarz songs in the 70's and on his 21 December 1971 show, he described their song Country Girl, as one of his all time favourite songs. The band did four sessions for Peel's show and one of the session tracks, (You've Got To Be) Cruel To Be Kind, was later covered by former bass player, Nick Lowe, which became a hit in 1979.

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1970-11-16. Broadcast: 05 December 1970 2. Recorded: 1972-11-27. Broadcast: 12 December 1972 3. Recorded: 1974-07-11. Broadcast: 25 July 1974 4. Recorded: 1975-02-06. Broadcast: 20 February 1975
 * Seymour I Love You / Funk Angel / The Slow One / Rock And Roll Station
 * Hooked On Love / Thirty Pounder (Do The Cod) / Night Flight / Hello Mamma
 * What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding / The Ugly Things / You Ain't Living Till You're Loving / I'll Take Good Care Of You
 * (You've Got To Be) Cruel To Be Kind / We Can Mess Around With Anything But Love / Gimme Back My Love / Everybody

Live
1. Recorded at an unknown venue: 1971-03-25. Broadcast: 11 April 1971 2. Recorded at the BBC Paris Theatre: 1971-11-18. Broadcast: 21 December 1971
 * unknown set
 * Country Girl
 * Dry Land
 * Unknown Number
 * Silver Pistol
 * Range War
 * Egypt
 * Nervous On The Road
 * Rockin' Chair

Other Shows Played

 * Brinsley Schwarz - Country Girl
 * 02 May 1970: Hymn To Me (b-side of single Shining Brightly) United Artists
 * 24 October 1970: Ballad Of A Has-Been Beauty Queen (LP - Brinsley Schwarz) United Artists
 * 07 November 1970: Country Girl (single) Liberty
 * 14 November 1970: Love Song (LP - Despite It All) Liberty
 * 28 November 1970: Ebury Down (LP - Despite It All) Liberty
 * 1972
 * 07 March 1972: Egypt (LP - Silver Pistol) United Artists
 * 11 April 1972: Dry Land (LP – Silver Pistol) United Artists
 * 26 May 1972: I'm Ahead If I Can Quit While I'm Behind (LP - Greasy Truckers Party) United Artists
 * 04 August 1972: Surrender To The Rhythm (LP - Nervous On The Road) United Artists
 * 08 August 1972: Nervous On The Road (LP - Nervous On The Road) United Artists
 * 08 September 1972: Home In My Hand (LP - Nervous On The Road) United Artists
 * 22 September 1972: Don’t Lose Your Grip On Love (LP - Nervous On The Road) United Artists
 * 1974
 * 11 April 1974: Country Girl (LP - Brinsley Schwarz's Original Golden Greats) United Artists
 * 1978
 * 25 January 1978: unknown
 * 25 September 1978: 'I Cried My Last Tear (7"-(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding)' (United Artists)
 * 2001
 * 15 February 2001: Country Girl (LP - Despite It All) Liberty
 * Other
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 2: Range War (LP - Silver Pistol) UA