Band, *1968 GB, Stafford
Rock and Blues
Founded in the 60's, by Colin Cooper, Climax Blues Band has always focused on its roots, a unique combination of jazz and blues. The band has released 21 albums and had a Top 10 hit in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right". That song and "I Love You" were also hits in the United States; "Couldn't Get It Right" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" peaked at No. 12 in 1981. In 1985, Cooper and Glover recruited guitarist Lester Hunt, drummer Roy Adams, and original member Derek Holt to record the Climax Blues Band album Drastic Steps, and this line-up toured in support of the album in the UK, Europe and America. The new line-up soon became established with Cooper, Glover, Hunt, Adams and Neil Simpson in the early 1990s, releasing the live album Blues from the Attic in 1993 and Big Blues in 2004. Cooper died of cancer, aged 69, in July 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children. He wanted the band to continue, as the other musicians had all been long serving (Glover since 1980, Adams and Hunt since 1985, and Simpson since 1991). Cooper was replaced by singer and saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012, and was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge. In 2019, Climax Blues Band released "Hands of Time", a new album of original bluesy funk, soul and jazz rock material that has received rave reviews. The current lineup includes George Glover, Lester Hunt, Graham Dee, Chris Aldridge, Neil Simpson and Roy Adams
![]() | Nicky Hopkins p 1944-1994 GB |
![]() | Pete Haycock voc, g 1951-2013 GB |
![]() | John "Rhino" Edwards b, voc *1953 GB |
![]() | Roger Inniss b |
![]() | Derek Holt voc |
![]() | Peter Filleul ep, bvoc |
![]() | Jeff Rich dr, perc *1953 GB |
![]() | Richard Jones voc, key, g |
![]() | John Cuffley dr, perc |
![]() | Colin Cooper voc GB |
![]() | George Ewart Newsome dr |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Live at the BBC 1970-1978 | Climax Blues Band | 2018 | Album |
Live At The BBC 1970-1978 | Climax Blues Band | 2017 | Album |
Security Alert - The Official Bootleg | Climax Blues Band | 2014 | Album |
Live Rare & Raw 1973-1979 | Climax Blues Band | 2014 | Album |
Live At Rockpalast | Climax Blues Band | 2013 | Album |
World Tour 1976 | Climax Blues Band | 2012 | Album |
Back To Back: Sense Of Direction / Stamp Album | Climax Blues Band | 2009 | Compil. |
River Sessions | Climax Blues Band | 2005 | Album |
Big Blues (The Songs Of Willie Dixon) | Climax Blues Band | 2003 | Album |
Live At The Marquee | Climax Blues Band | 2001 | Album |
Tightly Knit / Rich Man | Climax Blues Band | 2000 | Compil. |
At The Marquee Club | Climax Blues Band | 2000 | Album |
Couldn't Get It Right | Climax Blues Band | 2000 | Compil. |
Got It Right - The Greatest Hits of the Climax Blues Band | Climax Blues Band | 1999 | Compil. |
Rock & Pop Legends | Climax Blues Band | 1996 | Compil. |
The Best Of Climax Blues Band | Climax Blues Band | 1996 | Compil. |
25 Years 1968-1993 | Climax Blues Band | 1994 | Compil. |
Blues From The Attic | Climax Blues Band | 1994 | Album |
The Harvest Years 69-72 | Climax Blues Band | 1991 | Compil. |
California Sunshine | Climax Blues Band | 1990 | Single |
Drastic Steps | Climax Blues Band | 1989 | Album |
Couldn't Get It Right (88) | Climax Blues Band | 1988 | Single |
The Winner | Climax Blues Band | 1988 | Single |
Couldn't Get It Right | Climax Blues Band | 1987 | Compil. |
Year Of The Cat / Couldn't Get It Right | Al Stewart / Climax Blues Band | 1986 | Single |
Collection '77-'83 | Climax Blues Band | 1984 | Compil. |
Listen To The Night | Climax Blues Band | 1983 | Single |
Sample And Hold | Climax Blues Band | 1983 | Album |
Friends In High Places | Climax Blues Band | 1982 | Single |
Darlin' | Climax Blues Band | 1981 | Single |
Breakdown | Climax Blues Band | 1981 | Single |
Gotta Have More Love / My Girl | Climax Blues Band / Rod Stewart | 1981 | Single |
In Concert-243 | Climax Blues Band | 1981 | Album |
Lucky For Some | Climax Blues Band | 1981 | Album |
I Love You | Climax Blues Band | 1980 | Single |
Gotta Have More Love | Climax Blues Band | 1980 | Single |
Dance The Night Away | Climax Blues Band | 1980 | Single |
Flying The Flag | Climax Blues Band | 1980 | Album |
Fallen In Love (For The Very Last Time) | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Single |
Special Radio Sampler From The Album "Real To Reel" | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Album |
Live From Miami | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Album |
Children Of The Nightime | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Single |
Summer Rain / Money In Your Pocket | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Single |
In Concert-211 | Molly Hatchet / Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Album |
Real To Reel | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Album |
In Concert-189 | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Album |
The Best Of Climax Blues Band | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Compil. |
Children Of The Nigh | Climax Blues Band | 1979 | Single |
Mistress Moonshine | Climax Blues Band | 1978 | Single |
Shine On | Climax Blues Band | 1978 | Album |
Makin' Love (Edit) / The Gospel Singer | Climax Blues Band | 1978 | Single |
When Talking Is Too Much Trouble | Climax Blues Band | 1978 | Single |
Shine On | Climax Blues Band | 1978 | Album |
Nightbird & Company | Average White Band / Hubert Laws / Climax Blues Band / Thin Lizzy | 1977 | Compil. |
Together And Free | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Single |
Stereo Pop Special-134 | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Album |
Couldn't Get It Right | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Single |
Gold Plated | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Album |
Couldn't Get It Right / Sav'ry Gravy | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Single |
Chasin' Change | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Single |
Chasin' Change | Climax Blues Band | 1976 | Album |
Stereo Pop Special-106 | Climax Blues Band | 1975 | Album |
Using The Power | Climax Blues Band | 1975 | Single |
Stamp Album | Climax Blues Band | 1975 | Album |
1969 / 1972 | Climax Blues Band | 1975 | Compil. |
Using The Power | Climax Blues Band | 1975 | Single |
The Fool | Curved Air / Climax Blues Band / Renaissance | 1975 | Single |
Nightbird & Company | Climax Blues Band / Renaissance / Leo Kottke / Daryl Hall & John Oates | 1974 | Compil. |
Sense Of Direction | Climax Blues Band | 1974 | Single |
Sense Of Direction | Climax Blues Band | 1974 | Album |
Reaching Out | Climax Blues Band | 1974 | Single |
A Lot Of Bottle/Tightly Knit/Rich Man | Climax Blues Band | 1973 | Compil. |
I Am Constant / Goin' To New York | Climax Blues Band | 1973 | Single |
Stereo Pop Special-56 | Wild Turkey / Climax Blues Band | 1973 | Album |
FM/Live | Climax Blues Band | 1973 | Album |
Mole On The Dole | Climax Blues Band | 1972 | Single |
Hey Mama | Climax Blues Band | 1972 | Single |
Rich Man | Climax Blues Band | 1972 | Album |
Shake Your Love | Climax Blues Band | 1972 | Single |
Tightly Knit | Climax Blues Band | 1971 | Album |
Towards The Sun | Climax Blues Band | 1971 | Single |
A Lot Of Bottle | Climax Blues Band | 1970 | Album |
Reap What I've Sowed | Climax Blues Band | 1970 | Single |
Plays On | Climax Blues Band | 1969 | Album |
The Climax Chicago Blues Band | Climax Blues Band | 1969 | Album |
And Lonely | Climax Blues Band | 1969 | Single |
Like Uncle Charlie | Climax Blues Band | 1969 | Single |
Couldn't Get It Right / I Love You | Climax Blues Band | Single | |
Blues Apostles | Climax Blues Band | Album |