Zoot Money

George Bruno "Zoot" Money was an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. A Hammond organ player, he was the leader of the Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, Money was drawn to rock and roll music and became involved in the music scenes of Bournemouth and Soho during the 1960s. He took his stage name "Zoot" from Zoot Sims after seeing him perform in concert. Money was associated with the Animals, Eric Burdon, Peter Green, Steve Marriott, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, Humble Pie, Steve Ellis, Alexis Korner, Snowy White, Mick Taylor, Spencer Davis, Vivian Stanshall, Geno Washington, Brian Friel, Hard Travelers, Widowmaker, Georgie Fame and Alan Price. He also became a bit part and character actor in films and TV. and was musical director for the 1987 BBC Scotland drama series Tutti Frutti. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Money) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)