In 1960, four young men from southwest Hampshire assembled themselves as an R&B band, first taking the name the Stallions and then settling on the name the Lonely Ones in January 1962. The initial line-up was Jerry Bromley (bass guitar), Tony Good (guitar), Johnny Keeping (vocals), and Chris Warman (drums). As noted above, Jim Sach joined as rhythm guitar, and Ray Taylor helped out as a second vocalist and roadie. Gene Anthony was added as a permanent second vocalist in the summer of 1962. The band went through several drummers between the summer of 1962 and August 1963 and made an appearance on June 17, 1963 on a local TV show called Home Grown.
In August 1963, the Lonely Ones “went pro”, losing Jerry Bromley in the process, so Jim Sach switched to bass guitar; otherwise, through the beginning of 1964, the Lonely Ones were back almost to its original line-up: Tony Good (guitar), Johnny Keeping (vocals), Gene Anthony (vocals), Chris Warman (drums), and Jim Sach (bass guitar).
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In 1972, three previous members of the Soul Agents – Jerry Bromley, Jim Sach and Johnny Keeping – were in a new band called Tapestry.
(May 2014)
