Jim Rodford (born James Rodford, 7 July 1941
, St
Albans, Hertfordshire, England) is a musician who
played with The Kinks, and was a founding
member of Argent.
In the late 1950s,
and early 1960s
he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the
time. Later, although he did not become a band member at this stage,
Rodford was instrumental in helping his younger cousin Rod
Argent form The Zombies in 1964.
Rodford later joined the Mike Cotton Sound as bass
guitarist.
Along with Rod Argent, Rodford was one of the founding members
of Argent. When Rod Argent quit
the band, the remaining three members (Rodford,Henrit and Verity)
formed the short-lived band Phoenix. Eventually, Jim Rodford joined The
Kinks, as bassist, in 1978, and played with them until their
final disintegration in 1996.
Having never played with The Zombies in the 1960s, despite
having been closely involved with them, he now plays bass
with the band's reincarnation in the early years of the 21st century,
with his son Steve on drums.
References
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Argent artist biography from
bbc.co.uk
| 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 |
