1. Trevor Burton accepted an invitation from other Birmingham musicians to form the Move in January 1966, remaining with them until February 1969.
15 Facts About Trevor Burton
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Wayne was the usual lead singer, but Wood, Kefford and Trevor Burton were lead singers to some capacity.
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Trevor Burton dressed them up as American gangsters, staged a contract signing on topless model Liz Wilson, steered them away from their early Motown-style sound and towards a more psychedelic West Coast-influenced live sound and encouraged Wood to write more original material.
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The group carried on as a quartet with Trevor Burton shifting to bass.
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Trevor Burton was rumoured to be forming a new group with Noel Redding, who, like Trevor Burton, was a guitarist who had switched to bass.
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Trevor Burton and Redding shared an apartment in London at that time, and Roy Wood suspected the prospect of forming a band with Redding had encouraged Trevor Burton in his decision to leave the Move.
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Trevor Burton jammed with members of Traffic and became a friend of Steve Winwood, and almost joined Blind Faith in 1969.
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Trevor Burton then teamed up with Steve Gibbons, who fronted the long-established Birmingham group the Uglys.
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The song "Fight For My Country" was an anti-war anthem composed and sung by Trevor Burton, and included backing vocals from Steve Gibbons and Denny Laine, who played bass guitar on the track.
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Trevor Burton guested on bass guitar with Crushed Butler in 1970 and cut twelve studio recordings with the group intended for release on Tony Secunda's Wizard record label.
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Shortly thereafter, Trevor Burton guested on rhythm guitar with the Pink Fairies between August 1971 to July 1972, staying with the band long enough to appear on a BBC live session and two songs from their second album entitled What a Bunch of Sweeties.
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Trevor Burton worked with Birmingham vocalist Raymond Froggatt until 1975.
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Trevor Burton joined in April 1975, and the group enjoyed a hit single in 1977 with the Chuck Berry song, "Tulane" as well as touring America extensively.
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Trevor Burton left Steve Gibbons in 1983 to form his own band.
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On 20 April 2018, Trevor Burton released his first solo acoustic record, Long Play, on Gray Sky Records.