The Thunderbirds
Formed in Adelaide, South Australia
The Thunderbirds in Adelaide in 1964 at the Delphic. Jens Larson on Lead guitar and also John Carlini on bass. Ken Taylor on guitar. Out of view is the late Bobby Bishop on drums. https://musicfinder.online/john-carlini/
musicfinder.online — with John Carlini.
The below photo shows “The Jet Blacks” (subsequently renamed The Thunderbirds) on the Semaphore Bandstand, Adelaide, Christmas 1963. From L to R, Jens Larsen, Bobby Bishop, Ken Taylor and John Carlini .
Great days! It was called “The PAX Club” and was on every Friday night at the Delphic and ran for about 3 months from October ’64. It was usually compered by Bob Francis who also promoted it on his radio show. For the short time it was running, it was very successful. Here’s another photo from the same photo-shoot showing Jens Larsen on the left, Bob Francis at the mic and myself (Ken Taylor) with my “new” 2nd-hand Strat on the right.
By Ken Taylor. 5 May 2020