The origins of the Lee Malvern Four go back to 1967ish with Gina Nutt on organ (it wasn’t keyboards in those days!), Nigel (Jonty) Barrett on drums, Malvern Lee on bass and Chris Tobin guitar. When Gina left to go to university, Mick Dancer was invited to be lead vocalist, but initially on the ‘sophisticated’ gigs!! Eventually, Jonty was replaced by Ken Jarman and so the final line up was Mick, Mal, Ken and Chris. After several successful years in the Banbury area the band eventually folded early 1973. Back in December 2010 we were asked to reform for a charity gig and to our delight and surprise we have been in demand for more gigs with both Jonty and Ken on drums, but not at the same time! Perhaps not as tight as used to be, but having a lot of fun which seems to be the key to our success with our more recent following we’re more than happy to roll back the years!
