TONY O'MALLEY... 'Mr. Operator' 2009. 606 Club.

Featuring the wonderful late Mark Smith on bass... solo at 5-50

Tony O'Malley with Mr. Operator at the 606 Club, Chelsea, London. Oct 19th. 2009.

Tony O'Malley: vocals/keyboard.
Neil Hubbard: guitar (left).
Adam Phillips: guitar (right).
Mark Smith: bass guitar.
Ash Soan: drums.
Frank Collins: backing vocals.

TONY O'Malley, formally of Arrival, Kokomo and 10CC, is from London but plays out of Brussels. He had been, for four years, based in Georgia where he became a national and TV star. He regularly performs in the U.K. and Western Europe (particularly London's 606 Club) - gig details on his website:
http://www.tonyomalley.com
Tony's MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/tonyomalley1

ADAM Phillips plays regularly with his own Adam Phillips Band, and has worked with Hamish Stuart, (Average White Band,) Tom Robinson, Tina Turner, Cher, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston and Dave Lewis, amongst many others. He is in great demand as a session musician. His own blues outfit includes Black Sabbath bassist Jo Burt.
Adam's MySpace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid...
and Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Phillips_%28composer_musician%29

NEIL Hubbard was guitarist with The Grease Band, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music and played on the original 1970 concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar.
Neil's Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hubbard

MARK Smith, one of the UK's top bass players, has worked with many of the greats, including The Waterboys, Leo Sayer, Gonzales, Percy Sledge, Terry Reid, Alvin Stardust, Chris Farlowe, Patricia Kass, Bryan Ferry, Barbara Dickson, Shania Twain, Zoot Sims, Neneh Cherry, Lionel Ritchie, Ronan Keating, Malcolm McLaren, Charlotte Church, Van Morrison, George Michael, and Javier Alvarez.
Mark's web site:
http://www.marksmithbass.com
Mark's MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/futilityorchestra
and on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Smith_%28musician_-_producer%29

ASH Soan has become one of the most sought after percussionists in the last 10 years with artists such as: Gabrielle, Del Amitri, Rick Wakeman, Tom McRae, Faithless, Squeeze, Lisa Stansfield, Jamie Cullen, Natasha Bedingfield Terry Reid, and Belinda Carlisle etc. etc., and is the regular drummer with Trevor Horn and The Producers. visit Ash's web site:
http://www.ashsoan.com
Ashs Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Soan

FRANK Collins was a composer and arranger for Arrival and Kokomo, and fellow singer with Dyan Birch and Paddy McHugh. Frank wrote the Arrival hit 'I Will Survive'. Since then he has sung with Ian Dury, Marc Bolan, Alvin Lee, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Gloria Gaynor, Alison Moyet, B.B. King, and Bob Dylan etc. etc.
Frank's Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Collins_%28composer-singer%29
Why not check out the 7 interview vids with Frank on this channel..


Video by Jack Slipper.
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[StowBurst]

Only just found this.. amazing musicianship!! I'm feeling it

[dyererrol]

Tony,

Mel Collins and I were in our very first band together, when we first started out. I have lost touch with him. Do you know where he can be contacted. We go back to 1964.

I would be so grateful if you can help in any way

Many thanks

[maryjkapl]

Great voice!

[realcircusmanagement]

Awesome band!

[HoxtonHound]

Saw you solo at the Salmon and compasses Aat the Angel years ago you've got all the top musicians with you now .Great band

[MusoRocker]

And to think .....the drummer Ash Soan, fresh from the electric proms at The Round House playing the skins for Robbie Williams.