Alan "Bam" King

Last seen auditioning for the part of a musically gifted hobbit in the Lord of the Rings cycle, guitarist and singer Alan "bam" King is in at least two cases well worthy of inclusion in a potentially equally epic multi-part history of the British rock scene. In the earliest flashbacks there is not only the young King but a greenhorn George Martin, the latter producing a combo called The Action, of which King was a founding member in 1964, his rhythm guitar style blending well with fellow axeman Pete Watson. Martin at this point was working with early British Invasion outfits that typically had little or no original material. The Action were normal along these lines, specializing in cover versions of soul hits by acts such as The Temptations. Obviously, there was less chart action for The Action than other British rock acts that come to mind; critical retrospective has been kind, however, toward the fine individual and ensemble playing during the tackling of said Motown material.

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