Members[edit]
The Temperance Seven dressed in a manner appropriate to the style of music they played. Some members also went under preposterous pseudonyms emphasised by the wearing of a minor yet conspicuous item of clothing – Colin Bowles a dog collar and John R. T. Davies a fez. "Josef Kronk", who supposedly arranged The Temperance Seven 1961 LP, was the collective pseudonym for the band. The early personnel included:
Clifford Bevan (tuba [on first recording on Argo RG117], piano, trombone)
Joe Clark (clarinet)
"Canon" Colin Bowles (piano, harmonium)
Alan Swainston Cooper (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, phonofiddle, pedal clarinet, Swanee whistle)
John R.T. Davies "Sheik Haroun of Wadi el Yadounir" (trombone, second trumpet, alto saxophone)
Martin Fry (sousaphone) (pseudonym: Franklyn D. Paverty)
John Gieves-Watson (banjo, spoons)
Phillip "Fingers" Harrison (banjo, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)
Cephas Howard "Captain, cashiered" (trumpet, euphonium)
Brian Innes "Professor Emeritus" (percussion)
"Whispering" Paul McDowell (trombone, vocal refrains)
Later members included:
Ted Wood (vocals)
Ray Whittam (clarinet, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Bobby Mickleburgh (trombone, trumpet)
Bill Greenow (clarinet, alto saxophone, penny whistle)
Mac White (clarinet, alto saxophone)
Malcolm Everson (baritone saxophone, alto saxophone)
Will Hastie (clarinet, penny whistle)
Geoff Simkins (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)
Bert Murray (piano, trombone)
Chris Hook - (aka Chris Buckley) (sousaphone)
Dave Mills (percussion)
Ian Howarth (percussion)
Graham Collicott (percussion)