Originally Posted By: jford
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I think you'll find that there are still two original members of The Hollies - Tony Hicks & Bobby Elliott.


Tony Hicks replaced Vic Steele on electric guitar and Bobby Elliott replaced Don Rathbone on drums. The group was really called The Deltas, but started calling themselves The Hollies in December 1962. Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott showed up in May 1963. That's when they started recording, but the band performed live as the Hollies prior to that.

At least that is my understanding.

Hi John,
I stand corrected. I guess the "beginning" of many bands is a grey area; is the "beginning" when the band first got together in the garage, or when they did their first recording?

If you asked anybody who was in The Beatles 99.99% would not say Stu Sutcliffe or Pete Best.
P.S. I'm not being argumentative John, just thinking out loud.


Cheers,
Keith