THE Flower Pot men
Song writing team John Carter and Ken Lewis (ex-The Ivy League)
formed The Flower Pot Men as a studio project in 1967 and
magnificently exploited the current flower power boom with the
single Let's Go To San Francisco (a UK Top 5 hit) with
the aid of session vocalists Tony Burrows and Rob Shaw, and pals
Micky Keen (guitar) and Clem Cattini (drums)
Session singers Tony Burrows, Rob Shaw, Pete Nelson and Neil
Landon then assumed the name The Flower Pot Men and went on to
release a number of other well-crafted singles, notably A
Walk In The Sky.
An instrumental section accompanied the singers on live dates,
comprising Ged Peck on guitar, Jon Lord on organ, Nick Simper on
bass and Carlo Little on drums. Lord and Simper went on to form
Deep Purple.
Burrows, Shaw and Landon then changed their name to Friends in
1968 but were unable to repeat their previous success. In the
70's, Burrows made quite a name for himself as a vocalist for hire
with Edison Lighthouse, White Plains (which also included
Shaw and Nelson) and The Brotherhood Of Man.
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