Gilson Lavis

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Gilson Lavis

dr, *1951 GB
Musician of Pop and Rock
A.k.a. David Leslie Gilson Lavis

Gilson Lavis (/ˈgɪlsən ˈleɪvɪs/ GILL-sən LAY-viss, born David Leslie Gilson Lavis, 27 June 1951, Bedford, England) is an English drummer and portrait artist. He gained fame as the drummer with band Squeeze in the 1970s. Lavis is currently the drummer with his ex-bandmate Jools Holland's band Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.Before joining Squeeze, he had already built up a substantial amount of experience, having toured with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Dolly Parton. He was working in a brickyard when he noticed the advertisement in Melody Maker for Squeeze.

Instruments

Drums
Percussion
Backing Vocals

Genres

Pop
Rock
R&B/Soul
Electronic
Jazz

Plays With

Jools Holland And His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

Squeeze

Willy Finlayson

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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