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Fantastic drummer, he appears in several albums by singer Roger Chapman. He was also part of the first live band assembled by Roger, around 1979, under the name Roger Chapman's Shortlist:

Roger Chapman (vocals)
Clem Clempson (guitar)
Tim Hinkley (keyboards)
Jerome Rimson (bass)
Raf Ravenscroft (sax)
Stretch (drums)

Around 1983, he was a member of superband Mainsqueeze, full of veteran players:

Eric Bell (guitar, vocals)
Dave Moore (guitar)
John O'Leary (harmonica, vocals)
Keith Tillman (bass)
Victor Brox (keyboards, vocals)
Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)
Diana Wood (sax)
Stretch (drums)

For a while, Mainsqueeze toured backing rock legend Bo Diddley, with this lineup:

Bo Diddley (vocals, guitar)
Eric Bell (guitar, vocals)
Dave Moore (guitar)
Keith Tillman (bass)
Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)
Stretch (drums)

Albums with Roger Chapman:

• Live in Hamburg (1979, with Geoff Whitehorn, Mel Collins, Tim Hinkley, Jerome Rimson, Helen Hardy, Kathi O'Donoghue) (live)
• Hyenas only laugh for fun (1981, with Geoff Whitehorn, John Wetton, Tim Hinkley, Poli Palmer, Nick Pentelow, Jerome Rimson, Steve Simpson, Alan Coulter)
• He was she was you was we was (1982, with Geoff Whitehorn, Boz Burrell, Tim Hinkley, Poli Palmer, Nick Pentelow, Steve Simpson) (2LP, live)

• International Blues Rock Revue (1983, with Victor Brox, Dick Heckstall-Smith)

• Hey Bo Diddley in concert (1986, with Dick Heckstall-Smith)

• Raphael Ravenscroft (Her father didn't like me anymore, 1979, with Tommy Eyre, Liam Genockey, Kuma Harada, Pete Solley)
• John Gustafson (Goose grease, 1997, with Mark Warner, B.J. Cole, Mike Moran, Morris Pert, Henry Lowther, Barry De Souza)
• Rolf Harris

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