Family


 * Family were an English rock band, formed in Leicester in 1966. They came to London in 1967 and gained a contract with Reprise Records, for whom they recorded a series of albums before splitting up in 1973. Family were one of the most accomplished, popular and critically acclaimed bands to come out of the 1967-68 London "underground" scene, gigging regularly on the British club and college circuit and enjoying some commercial success, but unlike many of their contemporaries they never managed to win a large audience in the United States.
 * A fuller account of Family's career can be found here

Links to Peel
Family were among Peel's favourite late 1960s artists and his affection for them remained, long after he had lost interest in most of the music he had played in that era. He seemed to see them as down-to-earth provincials, free from the London underground trendiness and snobbery which so dismayed him.

Peel expressed a liking for singers with what he described as "extreme voices". Family's lead singer Roger Chapman could be placed in this category, with his throaty, sometimes harsh voice and an odd, bleating vibrato which at times sounded as if he was gargling. TBC....

Sessions

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Other Shows Played
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