{"id":61,"date":"2015-09-17T17:33:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2017-11-01T14:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:58:39","slug":"history-of-the-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"history of the band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Triumphs_full-pixel_9317-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Triumphs_full-pixel_9317-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Triumphs_full-pixel_9317-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Triumphs_full-pixel_9317-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Triumphs were formed in 2007 as a purely Joe Meek\/RGM\u00a0tribute group. The idea was to perform numbers by RGM artists\u00a0and Joe Meek\/Geoff Goddard compositions. As well as the\u00a0obvious big hits the group frequently performed obscure and\u00a0almost forgotten songs, rarely \u2013 if ever \u2013 performed by anyone\u00a0else. They also worked up numbers from the famous \u2018Tea Chest\u00a0Tapes\u2019. Famously, they were told by Sandra Meek \u2013 Williams at\u00a0the very first \u2018Meekfest\u2019 in Newent not to perform too many Joe\u00a0Meek songs!!!!! We\u00a0have to report that they largely ignored\u00a0Sandra\u2019s instructions that night!!!<br \/>\nThey backed quite a few Joe Meek\/RGM artists during the next\u00a0few years \u2013 including Mike Berry, Dave Kaye, Malcolm Lenny,\u00a0Bobby Rio and Danny Rivers. As well as that they appeared at a\u00a0memorable Joe Meek\/RGM show at Amersham R\u2019n\u2019R Club in\u00a02010. It was a real privilege for the Triumphs to appear on the\u00a0same bill as Mike Berry, The Flames, Charlie Gracie, John\u00a0Leyton, Bobby Rio and The Saints. Also of note were gigs at\u00a0London\u2019s Ace Caf\u00e9 (backing Malcolm Lenny, Bobby Rio and\u00a0Danny Rivers) and the Meeksville event where drumming legend\u00a0Clem Cattini joined them onstage. They also backed big Joe\u00a0Meek fan DJ Mike Read in Newent.<\/p>\n<p>In April, 2013, the Triumphs\u00a0(for various reasons) split up as a performing entity following a\u00a0show at Chingford. They reunited again for a gig in August 2015 and have an album for release this autumn and would be interested in any bookings for future gigs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016\u00a0Jules Dawton, bass player left. There is no permanent successor but Ray Liffen now plays bass and they\u00a0brought in guest lead guitarists. For a show in October 2016 Malcolm Lenny\u00a0joined them and has since become a permanent member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Triumphs were formed in 2007 as a purely Joe Meek\/RGM\u00a0tribute group. The idea was to perform numbers by RGM artists\u00a0and Joe Meek\/Geoff Goddard compositions. As well as the\u00a0obvious big hits the group frequently performed obscure and\u00a0almost forgotten songs, rarely \u2013 if ever \u2013 performed by anyone\u00a0else. They also worked up numbers from the famous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.silvertabbies.co.uk\/thetriumphs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}