The Syndicats

The Syndicats were an English freakbeat band formed in September 1963 in North London. The group initially consisted of John Lamb on vocals, Steve Howe on guitar and backing vocals, Kevin Driscoll on bass and backing vocals, Jeff Williams on organ and piano, and John "Truelove" Melton on drums. John Lamb was later replaced by Thomas Ladd. John "Truelove" Melton was replaced by Paul Holm on their last single in 1965. When Steve Howe left The Syndicats to join the In Crowd in November 1965, he was replaced by guitarist Ray Fenwick, who was subsequently replaced by Peter Banks. Banks went on to be the first guitarist in Yes, later replaced by Howe in 1970. The Syndicats' first single was released on 8 April 1964, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" on the A side, and on the B side, a joint composition of Howe and Ladd, "True to Me". Their second single was another cover, a song by Willie Dixon, "Howlin' for My Baby", with the B side being a song credited to the entire band, " What to Do". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Syn...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)