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Warhorse were a British Rock band formed by the former Deep Purple bassist, Nick Simper.
Simper left Deep Purple in 1969, and joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band
with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and
Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited keyboardist Rick
Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their deb ...read more
Warhorse were a British Rock band formed by the former Deep Purple bassist, Nick Simper.
Simper left Deep Purple in 1969, and joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band
with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band stopped touring, and Simper and
Peck re-organized the group as Warhorse. Ashley Holt became the band's singer, and they recruited keyboardist Rick
Wakeman. When their first demo was recorded in April 1970, Wakeman was replaced by Frank Wilson.
Warhorse signed to Vertigo, and released their debut album, Warhorse in November 1970. Warhorse was managed by Ron
Hire, originally part of HEC Enterprises, the original investors in Deep Purple.
The band began to tour, but made little progress, and the album failed to chart. A single, "St. Louis", was also released,
which also failed to chart. By 1971, after arguments about style, Peck left and moved to classical guitar playing. He was
replaced by Pete Parks.
In June 1972, their next album Red Sea was released, but soon after its release, Warhorse were dropped from the label.
Around the same time, Poole decided to leave Warhorse, for Gong. The band carried on, and replaced Poole with Barney
James. Wakeman used both Holt and James for his solo album, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Warhorse's last concert in
1974 was at Polhill College, Bedford.
Warhorse musicians (Holt, Parks, Simper, Wilson, and Poole) have since played together on occasions, including 1985 and
2005; latterly for drummer Mac Poole's 60th birthday.
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