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At the Station house Marazion 18th December 2010.

At the Station house Marazion 18th December 2010.

At the Station house Marazion 18th December 2010.

Here you see the band performing on stage at the Buffalo Club just outside St Ives where they played fairly regularly.

Ricky was always a popular performer and a good singer particularly in the Elvis/Jerry Lee Lewis/Bill Haley/Cliff mould. He would often emerge in the second set in a blonde wig and gold lamé suit.

This is the original line-up of Ricky and the Layabouts: Ricky Barnes (lead singer), Kit Knight (lead guitarist/vocals), Tim Knight (rhythm guitarist/ vocals, David Wallis (bass guitarist) and Dave Pryor (drums). The band played their first gigs in the Winter Gardens and had a minor residency in...

The Layabouts at the Barn Club c. 1963. Dave Pryor, first drummer of the band had been superseded here by Knut Strindlund, a Swedish drummer living in Penzance temporarily. The Barn Club was a frequent venue for the band whose speciality was pure, unadulterated rock and roll. The band started...

In the Plain-an-Gwarry, St Just during St Just Feast celebrations, c. 1965. Note the ultra violet lamps either side of the stage. They were a relatively new thing in those days and enhanced the band's presentation by making all that was white glow blue, even dandruff!