Eric Haydock
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Eric Haydock (born 3 February 1942, Burnley, Lancashire[1]) was the original bass guitarist with The Hollies from December 1962 until 1966.
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Originally Haydock played bass guitar with The Dolphins, where he played alongside future Hollies guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott. He became a founder member of The Hollies.
Haydock became one of the most admired of the Merseybeat bassists, coupling the Merseybeat style of root note in fourths and fifths, as played by Paul McCartney with the hard-driving style of Jet Harris.[citation needed] It gave the early Hollies records a distinctive sound in the rhythm section.[citation needed] He was one of several British bassists of the early 1960s to regularly use a Fender Bass VI.
By 1965, Haydock was having misgivings about the conduct of the Hollies management, and after several disputes with the rest of the band, he was fired in early 1966 and replaced by Bernie Calvert.
He formed a rhythm and blues outfit called Haydock's Rockhouse, but the band folded after two unsuccessful recordings, including a cover version of Sam Cooke's "Cupid". Eric reformed the Rockhouse in the 80's Nr Macclesfield. Eric led this new group and was the driving force behind it, but due to various reasons the new group split. Eric then worked in music around the Stockport area.
In November 1997, Haydock, who was playing on the nostalgia circuit, was successfully sued by The Hollies for using the band's name in his publicity. He was allowed to call himself "ex Hollies bassist" but his band could not be called "Hollies".[citation needed]
Haydock is still active in music and from 2004 - 2007 played bass in The Class of '64, fronted by Len "Chip" Hawkes formerly of The Tremeloes. Haydock is currently touring with an outfit called Legends of the Sixties, alongside the former Kinks drummer Mick Avory, Love Affair frontman Martin Lyon, plus Graham Pollock (ex-The Mindbenders and Eric Haydock's Hollies) plus Telecaster Ted Tomlin (also ex-Love Affair).
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