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- Born in north London in 1943, Chas's career began as a session musician in the 1950 and 1960s, working with producer Joe Meek and stars including Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent. He was also in the band the Outlaws with Ritchie Blackmore.
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Hodges was originally a bass player, but in Chas & Dave he played the piano and guitar while Peacock played bass.
Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) were an English pop rock duo, formed in London by Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock. They were most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled rockney (a portmanteau of rock and cockney ), which mixes "pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre- Beatles rock 'n' roll ...
Now playing bass, Chas joined Billy Gray and the Stormers and had regular gigs at the Kings Head in Edmonton where Chas first met his wife, Joan. Following this he was asked by Joe Meek to play bass in Mike Berry’s backing band, forming The Outlaws with Reg Hawkins, Billy Kuy and Bobby Graham.
Oct 12, 2018 · Serendipity played a conspicuous part in the musical life of Chas Hodges, one half of the hugely successful and durable north London duo Chas & Dave, never more so than in the early 1960s when he...
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Sep 23, 2018 · They were respected session musicians for 20 years before their partnership found success in the late-seventies, with Chas playing alongside Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent and Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore, originally as a bass player, as well as guitarist and pianist.
Sep 23, 2018 · When Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock first started making music together, close to six decades ago, a large proportion of the British music scene was pretending to be something it wasn’t.
Sep 23, 2018 · Chas Hodges has died at the age of 74, bringing to an end a career that reaches back to the very beginnings of British pop music. He was best known as one half of Chas and Dave. The duo he formed with Dave Peacock were the poster boys of rockney, a chirpy fusion of three-chord rock'n'roll and rollicking Cockney wit.
