Hughie, here's a couple of things I found about Ricki Barnes.
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Ricky Barnes leads Britain's first rock'n'roll combo, the Ricky Barnes All Stars. Their set includes shuffle music, R&B, jazz and music heavily influenced by American artists.
Ricky Barnes (& His Rock 'N' Roll Group)
Ricky Barnes was a Scottish tenor saxophonist who featured in several dance bands in Glasgow. He was a member of 'The Beavers' & 'The Wee Band' (Stevie O'Neill - vocals, George Scott Henderson - piano, Jimmy Bell - bass & Jackie Holden - drums).
'Ricky Barnes All Stars' are credited with being Scotland's first ever rock 'n' roll group and I do not yet know if this name was adopted before or after their ballroom appearance as 'Ricky Barnes & His Rock 'N' Roll Group' but it was around that time frame.
He would later form 'The Beat Brothers' (Ricky Barnes - saxophone, Roy Young - organ, Colin Milander - guitar and Johnny Watson - drums). They are credited as playing in support of Tony Sheridan on some recordings made in Hamburg in 1962/3 including 'What'd I Say', 'Ya Ya' & 'Let's Dance'.



