Little Free Rock - Roman Summer Nights (1969)

Little Free Rock - Roman Summer Nights (1969) Little Free Rock were a Heavy Rock Trio from Preston in Lancashire, England. They featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (formerly with David John and the Mood who recorded with Joe Meek), Paul Varley (drums) (later with The Arrows) and Frank Newbold (bass and vocals). They began performing covers of The Who, The Creation (“Making Time“ appeared on their album), and Tomorrow then were confident enough to write their own material. The band performed regularly at the Roundhouse Sunday Night Implosion Events and had numerous residencies at the Marquee Club. As well as performing all over Belgium, Continental Trips included the Star-Club in Hamburg, Essen Jazz and Blues Festival, and festivals in Frankfurt, San Tropez and Santa Margarita de la Costa in Italy. They changed their name from Purple Haze to avoid confusion with Jimi Hendrix’ single. Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) joined the band for a short period, but th