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   Des O'Reilly :   Resident  Adelaide South Australia                        Life Partner : Mos Day

                                               Des,Jim and Dave

                             I'm an original '60s musician from the UK. I was drummer/vocalist for The Puppets, a group from Preston, Lancashire.We recorded at the legendary        Joe Meek's RGM Studio in London and backed many major Artists

of the time.                                                                         'Photo Copyright©1966 Clive Bubley.'

                                                                 including Americans like 'Little Miss Dynamite'                                                 

                                                                                         
                                                                                      Brenda Lee

              The Fabulous Ronettes                  Big Dee Irwin                      Dee Dee Sharp

                                                                                                                             (The Mashed Potato Lady)

                                                                       and that incredible Rock'n'Roller,

                                                                                    Gene Vincent

                                                                                  And Brit Idols

  Marty Wilde       Michael Cox           Vince Eager       Duffy Power           Jess Conrad

                                  Crispian St. Peters                                            Billy Fury         

              'You Were On My Mind '& 'Pied Piper'       The best Rock Balladeer in Britain           

                                                                                   AND

                                                            The delightful Millie who sang 'My Boy Lollipop'     

                                      As you can imagine we had a ball, for History,please click on history chapters to your left

                       Des                                                Andrew                                                Rob

I have been living in Adelaide South Australia since 1979.In 1986 I formed a band called Monkey Business with guitarist Andrew Hilton ,keyboard player Rob Ryan and later Neil Andrews aka The Adelaide Guitar Doctor.

                                                   We were around for about 10 years and had a ball.

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