Chris Curtis

At 63 years old, Chris Curtis has this physical status:

Christopher Crummey (born Christopher Crummey; 26 August 1941 – February 28, 2005) was an English drummer and singer with the 1960s beat band The Searchers.

He invented the concept behind Deep Purple and formed the band in its original incarnation of 'Roundabout.'

Early years

Curtis, who was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1941, went to Liverpool when he was four years old and transferred to primary school, where he met Mike Prendergast. At 30 Florida Street in Bootle, he taught himself how to play the piano on the family's piano. He skipped the 11-plus and went to St Mary's College, Crosby, where he had been taught violin but wanted to play double basses.

When he left school and he learned these in his spare time, not selling prams at Swift's Furniture store in Stanley Road, Liverpool, his father bought him a drum set during his late teens. He developed a passion for American music and, in particular, loved Fats Domino. In the early years, he also had the long hair that would be his trademark.

Prendergast, the searcher's second drummer, had left the band shortly after Norman McGarry, 60, was caught on the streets. He accepted an invitation to join the band in Wilson Hall, Garston, and became the seventh member of The Searchers, replacing McGarry to John McNally, Mike Prendergast, and Tony Jackson. In a press interview, Chris Curtis said he adopted the name Chris Curtis after Jackson referred to him as such, despite a Lee Curtis poster's choice not to say 'crummey'.

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