Zoot Money

[1] 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.

[3] In 1958, when he was 14, his elder brother bought tickets for a jazz concert in Bournemouth which featured American saxophonist Zoot Sims, from whom Money took his stage name.

[4] In 1961 Money, "cherry-picking the best musicians in Bournemouth's other rock'n'roll groups",[5] formed the Big Roll Band with himself as vocalist, Roger Collis on lead guitar, pianist Al Kirtley (later of Trendsetters Limited), bassist Mike "Monty" Montgomery and drummer Johnny Hammond.

[8] In its later line-up of Money on organ and vocals, Andy Summers (who later became a member of the Police) on guitar, Nick Newall and Clive Burrows (and later Johnny Almond) on saxophones, Paul Williams on bass and occasional vocals, and Colin Allen on drums, the Big Roll Band played soul, jazz and R&B, following musical trends as the established R&B movement moved into the Swinging Sixties and became associated with the burgeoning "Soho scene" in London.

25 in the UK singles charts, with "Big Time Operator"[10] and the band made regular appearances on the ITV music show Ready Steady Go!

The band's 1967 single "Madman Running Through the Fields" (B-side "Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud"), in the style of early Pink Floyd, was popular in the era of LSD-enhanced listening,[14] and despite a lack of chart success the band found itself at the heart of a new counterculture, sharing concert line-ups with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

The Animals incorporated extended psychedelic versions of Dantalian's Chariot favourites "Madman Running Through the Fields" and "Gemini" into their setlist.

The New Animals broke up shortly afterwards and Money returned to his R&B roots, recording and releasing a solo LP, Welcome to my Head, in 1969 and playing sessions for, among others, Long John Baldry and Lonnie Donegan.

He appeared in the film adaptation of Ronnie Barker's Porridge in 1979, played a music industry PR in Breaking Glass in 1980, and in 1986 was a barman in Absolute Beginners.

[24] In 1994 Money recorded with Alan Price and the Electric Blues Company alongside vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench, bassist Peter Grant and drummer Martin Wild, on A Gigster's Life for Me.

[28] In 2003 Money featured on the British 'Legends of Rhythm and Blues' UK tour alongside Long John Baldry, Ray Dorset and Paul Williams.

[29] Money joined Pete Goodall to re-record the Thunderclap Newman UK hit single Something in the Air (2004) written by John "Speedy" Keene, which featured the last recorded performance by saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith.

[32] In 2009 he appeared with Maggie Bell, Bobby Tench, Chris Farlowe and Alan Price in the 'Maximum Rhythm and Blues Tour' of thirty-two British theatres.

[33] Money joined the British Blues All Stars in 2014[34] and has appeared with the Big Roll Band at The Bull's Head in Barnes, London.

In 1992 and 1993 he appeared in the BBC sitcom Get Back as a dim but well meaning family friend 'Bungalow Bill' alongside Ray Winstone, Larry Lamb and Kate Winslet.

Plaque at The Downstairs Club , Bournmouth