# Rod Demick

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{{Short description|Musical artist (born 1947)}}
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| name             = Rod Demick
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| birth_name       = Roderick Demick
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1947|5|17|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Prestatyn](/source/Prestatyn), [Wales](/source/Wales)
| origin           = [Belfast, Northern Ireland](/source/Belfast%2C_Northern_Ireland)
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| genre            = {{hlist|[Rock](/source/Rock_music)|[pop](/source/pop_music)}}
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = {{hlist|Bass|harmonica|guitar|vocals}}
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| past_member_of   = [The Wheels](/source/The_Wheels)<br />[Bees Make Honey](/source/Bees_Make_Honey_(band))<br />[Meal Ticket](/source/Meal_Ticket)<br />[The Strawbs](/source/The_Strawbs)<br />[The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds)
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'''Roderick Demick'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUYhAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22herbert+armstrong%22+demick+copyright&pg=PA188  Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, 1969, "Friend (It's So Hard to Understand)", p.188]</ref> (born 17 March 1947) is a British guitarist and bassist who has played with many leading musicians.

==Life and career==
Born in [Prestatyn](/source/Prestatyn) in [north Wales](/source/north_Wales), Demick moved with his parents to [Belfast](/source/Belfast), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland), aged 5.  He learned guitar and at the age of 11 joined his first band, the Vibros, who later became the Telstars (or Tony and the Telstars).  In 1963 he joined another Belfast band, [The Wheels](/source/The_Wheels), and moved with them to England the following year.  With Demick on [rhythm guitar](/source/rhythm_guitar), [harmonica](/source/harmonica) and vocals, the band released several singles, including "Bad Little Woman", later recorded by [The Shadows of Knight](/source/The_Shadows_of_Knight), and supported visiting American musicians such as [John Lee Hooker](/source/John_Lee_Hooker).<ref name=allmusic>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rod-demick-mn0000338873/biography  Biography by Craig Harris, ''Allmusic.com'']. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref><ref name=gr>[http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/uk-top-sidemen-rod-demick-talk-about-van-morrison-john-lee-hooker  Michael Limnios, "Rod Demick: The Blues Therapy", ''Blues.gr'', 31 March 2015]. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref>
  
After the Wheels broke up in 1967, Demick and his bandmate, lead guitarist [Herbie Armstrong](/source/Herbie_Armstrong), joined [Screaming Lord Sutch](/source/Screaming_Lord_Sutch)'s band, known at the time as the Beautiful Quality, for six months.<ref>[http://forgottenbands.blogspot.com/2009/10/screaming-lord-sutch-savages-in-60s.html  "Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages in the 60’s", ''Obscure Bands of the 50s and 60s'']. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref>  The following year, the pair left and recorded as the James Brothers, releasing two unsuccessful singles on the [Page One](/source/Page_One_Records) label in 1968.  Demick and Armstrong continued as a duo under their own names, toured with a band, and released several singles and two albums, ''Little Willy Ramble'' ([MAM](/source/MAM_Records), 1971) and ''Lookin' Through'' ([A&M](/source/A%26M_Records), 1972), described by [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) reviewer Craig Harris as "impressive".<ref name=allmusic/><ref>[https://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/demickarmstrong.html  Demick & Armstrong, ''IrishRock.org'']. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref>

Demick worked as a [session musician](/source/session_musician) in the 1970s.  In 1973, he joined influential [pub rock](/source/Pub_rock_(United_Kingdom)) band [Bees Make Honey](/source/Bees_Make_Honey_(band)), but the album recorded by that line-up of the band was unreleased and the band split up in 1974.  Demick reunited with Herbie Armstrong in 1978, in the band [Yellow Dog](/source/Yellow_Dog_(band)).<ref name=allmusic/>    He then joined the band [Meal Ticket](/source/Meal_Ticket),  toured with them and appeared on their 1978 album ''Take Away'', before working with singer-songwriter [Ian Gomm](/source/Ian_Gomm), touring the US with Gomm as support act for [Dire Straits](/source/Dire_Straits), and appearing on two of Gomm's albums, ''What a Blow'' and ''Village Voice''.<ref name=gr/><ref name=strawbs>[http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/related/rod/rod.asp  Rod Demick / Demick and Armstrong, ''StrawbsWeb'']. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref>

Demick joined [David Essex](/source/David_Essex)'s band as bassist in the early 1980s, touring with Essex for several years and appearing on the 1983 album ''The Whisper''.  He also played with [Ron Kavana](/source/Ron_Kavana), before joining [the Strawbs](/source/the_Strawbs) in 1985 as replacement for [John Ford](/source/John_Ford_(musician)).  He continued as a member of the Strawbs until 1998, also playing with their spin-off blues band, Turkey Leg Johnson, and in several bands led by [Jim McCarty](/source/Jim_McCarty), including [the Yardbirds](/source/the_Yardbirds) at the time of their 1992 reunion performances.  Other musicians with whom he has performed include [Dr. John](/source/Dr._John), [Billy Ocean](/source/Billy_Ocean), and [Taj Mahal](/source/Taj_Mahal_(musician)).<ref name=gr/><ref name=strawbs/>
 
In the early 1990s, Demick joined the [Paul Lamb](/source/Paul_Lamb_(musician)) Blues Band.  After finally leaving the Strawbs, he became a permanent member of Paul Lamb and the King Snakes in 1999.<ref>[http://www.paullamb.com/The%20King%20Snakes/roddemick.html  "Rod Demick", ''PaulLamb.com'']. Retrieved 26 April 2020</ref>

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Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:Rock guitarists from Northern Ireland
Category:Male bass guitarists from Northern Ireland
Category:Musicians from Belfast
Category:People from Prestatyn
Category:Bees Make Honey (band) members
Category:20th-century bass guitarists from Northern Ireland

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