 |
 |
| Klaus played with The Hollies |
 |
| In the liner notes of The Hollies 30th Anniversary Collection CD, Tony Hicks (lead guitarist from The Hollies) recalls that the 'Bus Stop' solo was inspired by one of their fill-in bass players... Klaus Voormann. "When Eric Haydock was having one of his walkabouts, Klaus Voormann stepped in and he did a live television show with us, 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium', which was a big show at the time. He must have been around when we were rehearsing "Bus Stop", 'cause I remember him playing through the solo with me - the part where one guitar follows the other." |
| Clockwise from left: Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Bernie Calvert |
| Klaus bought his first bass guitar from Stuart Sutcliffe, the original Beatles bass player He later gave it back to the Sutcliffe family The bass was sold in 1986 at (Sotheby's) auction for £9,500 |
| Stuart Sutcliffe and George Harrison at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg 1961 |
 |
| Klaus's First Bass Guitar |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Klaus plays lots of instruments! guitar bass guitar piano saxophone and flute! (Those are the ones I know... there may be more!) |
 |
 |
 |
| Klaus played some live shows with The Hollies and was asked to join the band permanently, but he declined and soon after joined The Manfred Mann Band. |
|
|
|
|
|