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

                                                                  Des, Jim and Dave

                    This pic has only just surfaced, the guy on the left is our Publicity manager Greg Tesser

                     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 America's '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

                            Craig Douglas                                      The Marionettes                                           Danny Rivers

                                                       Bert Weedon                                                        Julie Rogers

                         Elkie Brooks                                                 Kiki Dee                                                         Billie Davis

                                     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 our history, please click on History Chapters to your left.

                                Des                                 Andrew                                   Rob                                   Neil

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.

                                                     Contact on :   Des@desoreilly.com

                                          Bob Johnson  passed  away on Sat May 7th 2011

                     Click on the  Bob Johnson  Obituary  page in the navigation panel to your left for details

                                                .                           

                                                                               Dave Millen passed away on  Tuesday Jan 19 2010

                                Click on the   Dave  Millen  Obituary  page in the navigation panel to your left for details      

                                                     Sadly the following artists have all passed away

                                                             Joe Meek  April 05 - 1929 --- Feb 03- 1967

                                                             Gene Vincent Feb 11 - 1935 --- Oct 12 - 1971

                                                             Billy Fury    April 17 - 1940  --- Jan 28 - 1983

                                                          Big Dee Irwin   July 06 - 1932  --- Aug  27 - 1995 

                                                            Dave Millen   Jan 29 -1944 --- Jan 19 - 2010

                                                      Crispian St. Peters April 05 - 1939 --- June 08 - 2010

                                                         Bob Johnson  Aug.30 - 1940 --- May 07 - 2011

                                                                                    Keef Hartley  April 08 -1944 --- Nov 26 2011  

                                                         Bert Weedon  May 10-1920 --- April 20 - 2012

                                                      David John Smith March 29 -1946 ---  Mar 03 2013

                                                      Sir Tom Finney            April 5   .1922   ---  Feb 14 2014

                                                    Duffy Power        9 September 1941 –--  19 February 2014    

                                                    Danny Rivers       November 7, 1941  ----  28 July 2016

I've decided to open up a page as a forum for people to post items regarding the music scene in Preston, Lancashire UK.

                       You have to be a site member to post. If you are not a member you can register on the page, it's free, usual rules apply.

                                                     Please click on 'Preston Musos' at the bottom of the navigation panel to our left.

                                                                                                                 Des O'Reilly

G’Day everybody

I would like to share this with you.

Around 5 years ago I joined a site for musicians

called  Fandalism. Today 08 Nov. 2017, I have

 5,775,741    hits,

   —Who -ooh

Here’s a link     http://fandalism.com/desdinga

Still counting

                   I've had this site since 2004, over time people have sent me all sorts of info etc.

                     If anyone has anything Puppet related pics or articles,

                there are even four demo discs out there somewhere there could also be some Videos too   So if you have please please send me a copy

  [email protected] 

I just want you to know that the site is constantly being updated

  and I genuinely thank you for your interest

   Des

                                                                         I can be contacted on the following Email address

                                                                                [email protected]

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