Ollie Halsall

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Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall (14 March 1949 – 29 May 1992) was an English guitarist best known for his appearances in The Rutles, Patto, and Boxer, as well as for his contribution to Kevin Ayers' music.

He is also known as one of rock music's few vibraphone players.

He was identified by his childhood nickname 'Olly' or 'Ollie,' which was simply a reversal of his surname ('alsall,'olly.'

The Ollie Halsall Archive was established in 1985 with the intention of preserving and promoting the work of a particular artist.

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Career

Halsall began playing drums with various local bands, including Pete and the Pawnees, the Gunslingers, the Music Students, and Rhythm and Blues Incorporated. In 1965, he taught himself to play the vibraphone and was invited to London to meet fellow Southport bassist Clive Griffiths and keyboardist 'Professor' Chris Holmes in the pop rock band Take Five, which later became Timebox. Halsall took up guitar in 1967. They recruited Mike Patto on vocals and drummer 'Admiral' John Halsey.'

Timebox developed into the punk band Patto in 1970, with Halsall on both guitar and vibraphone.

Halsall left in 1973 to join Jon Hiseman's Tempest. He resigned and attended many sessions, including a track for Kevin Ayers, which culminated in a permanent position in Ayers' band the Soporifics, less than a year ago. Following Mick Taylor's release from the Rolling Stones, he was briefly considered a potential replacement for him.

His UK session work included concerts and recordings with the Scaffold, Grimms, Centipede, Andy Roberts, Mike de Albuquerque, John Cale, and Vivian Stanshall.

Patto held a short reunion with just three benefit gigs in 1975. During 1975, Halsall and Patto reunited, causing the formation of Boxer. They released two albums on Virgin Records before Patto died of lymphoid leukemia in 1979, and then a posthumous collection followed.

1980 was a low point in his career, and he found himself homeless in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, with no work and a borrowed guitar.

Halsall's most commercially lucrative album is his compilation The Rutles (1978), which debuted at number 20 in the United Kingdom and on which he performs several of the instruments as well as backing vocals – most notable on the songs "Doubleback Alley," "With a Girl Like You" and "Get Up and Go" -- which reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom. Eric Idle appeared in the accompanying film, but Halsall appeared in a small cameo role as Leppo, the fifth Rutle who was lost in Hamburg.

Halsall had rejoined Ayers in 1976, when he was away for the next 16 years. For the most part, he travelled to Deià, a north of Mallorca, commuting to Madrid on the mainland to produce and perform for numerous Spanish musicians, including his final work with pop rock band Radio Futura.

He appeared in the 1980s with vocalist Zanna Gregmar as part of a Spanish synth-pop band called Cinemaspop, which was founded by Spanish producer Julian Ruiz. They released two studio albums, 'Cinemaspop' (1983), just a collection of classical movie tunes, and 'A Clockwork Orange' (1984), which included some compositions and vocals by Halsall, as well as a strange electronic interpretation of The Troggs' "Wild Thing." He replaced the ill Enrique Sierra in Radio Futura in 1989.

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Halsall died in Calle de la Amargura, Spain, on May 29, 1992, at the age of 43.

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