Robert "Bob" Henrit (born 2 May 1944 in Broxbourne,
Hertfordshire)
is an English
drummer
who has been a member of several musical groups,
including Buster Meikle & The DayBreakers, The Roulettes, Argent,
and The
Kinks.
Biography
Henrit enjoyed initial success as a member of The Roulettes
(1962-1967), who, in addition to a recording career of
their own, backed the popular music singer Adam
Faith on tour and on record. After the demise of the
Roulettes, Henrit briefly (1968) worked with Unit
4 + 2, an association which went back to his session
drumming on their biggest hit, "Concrete and Clay" (1965). In
late 1968, Henrit teamed up with Kink-to-be Jim
Rodford to form Argent, with ex-Zombies keyboard
player Rod
Argent. Henrit's post-Argent career included work with a
number of artists,
including Charlie, after their 1978 tour opening for The Kinks, and Ian Matthews.
As a session drummer, he worked with The Who
vocalist
Roger
Daltrey, and was present on Dave
Davies' Glamour (1981) and Chosen
People (1983) solo LPs.
He also worked regularly with the GB Blues Band which, in addition to
Rodford, included former members of the Mike Cotton Sound.
Henrit quietly replaced long-serving drummer of The
Kinks, Mick Avory, after Avory's
departure in July 1984. He worked with the act until their seemingly
final demise in 1996. He was the obvious choice to replace Avory,
because he and Rodford had already proven to be a capable and
compatible rhythm section, and his previous ties
with Dave Davies and with other musicians, who had augmented The Kinks
over the years.
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| The Kinks |
| Ray
Davies – Dave Davies – Mick
Avory |
| Pete
Quaife – John Gosling – John Dalton – Ian
Gibbons – Jim Rodford – Bob Henrit – Andy Pyle –
Gordon Edwards |
| Discography |
| Albums:
The Kinks
(1964) - Kinda Kinks
(1965) - The Kink Kontroversy
(1965) - Face to Face
(1966) - Something Else by the
Kinks (1967) - The
Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
(1968) - Arthur
(Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
(1969) - Lola
versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
(1970) - Muswell Hillbillies
(1971) - Everybody's in Show-Biz
(1972) - Preservation: Act 1
(1973) - Preservation: Act 2
(1974) - Soap Opera
(1975) - Schoolboys in Disgrace
(1976) - Sleepwalker
(1977) - Misfits
(1978) - Low Budget
(1979) - Give the People What
They Want (1981) - State
of Confusion (1983) - Word of Mouth
(1984) - Think Visual
(1986) - UK
Jive (1989) - Phobia
(1993) |
| Songs:
"You Really Got Me" – "Waterloo
Sunset" – "Sunny Afternoon" – "Lola" – "Dedicated Follower of
Fashion" – "All Day and All of the
Night" – "Celluloid Heroes" |
|
| Related:
British Invasion - Argent |
