Cockney Rebel

Cockney Rebel- After an initial stint as a music journalist, Steve Harley hooked up with his former folk music partner, Crocker (fiddle / mandolin / guitar) in 1972 to form Cockney Rebel. Crocker had just finished a short stint with Trees and they advertised and auditioned drummer Stuart Elliott, bassist Paul Jeffreys, and guitarist Nick Jones. This line-up played one of the band's first gigs at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London on July 23rd 1973, supporting the Jeff Beck Group.