The Churchills

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The Churchills
Cover for The Churchills' Jericho Jones album
Background information
Also known as	Jericho Jones The Churchills Band
Origin	Tel-Aviv, Israel
Genre(s)	Psychedelic Rock Hard Rock
Years active	1966-1973
Label(s)	Red Bus Repertoire Hed Artzi
Associated acts	Arik Einstein Shalom Hanoch
Former members
Yitzhak Klepter Stan Solomon Robb Huxley Haim Romano Miki Gavrielov Ami Traibetch Roni Demol Dani Shoshan

The Churchills (or The Churchills Band) is an Israeli band founded in 1965, and was active until the mid-70s. It was a part of the rythm bands scene that were active in Israel in the 70s, especially in Ramla. The band played Rock music in English, from Psychedelic Rock to Hard Rock. It was also active in other countries, under the name of Jericho Jones, so their name wouldn't offend the British.

The band has been a leading force in the early Israely beat scene, but it was their cooperation with Arik Einstein that helped them cross over to the mainstream of Israeli pop and gain recognition. Their collaboration with Einstein proved to be very influentive on the Israeli rock. It began when The Churchills were invited to work with einstein on his third solo album Poozy, recorded in 1969. This is considered by many to be the very first true rock album in hebrew. The Churchills played on half of the tracks in that album, one of them was a hebrew version of one of their own songs ("When you're gone"). Following "Poozy", the Churchills also played with Einstein in his gigs, and continued to play and produce three more albums with Einstein: Shablul (1970), Plastelina(1970) and On Avigdor's Grass" (1971). . Instrumantal to the Churchills' sound at the time was the joining of two foreign members - Canadian vocalist Stan Solomon and British guitarist Robb Huxley (formerly with the Tornados).

1 Band Members
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Band Members

First Ensemble (1965-1967)
- Itzhak Klepter - Guitar
- Miki Gavrielov - Bass Guitar
- Haim Romano - Guitar
- Ami Traibetch - Drums

Second Ensemble (1968-1969)
- Robb Huxley - Guitar, Vocals
- Miki Gavrielov - Bass
- Haim Romano - Guitar
- Stan Solomon - Vocals
- Ami Traibetch - Drums

Third Ensemble (1969-1972)
- Robb Huxley - Guitar, Vocals
- Miki Gavrielov - Bass
- Haim Romano - Guitar
- Dani Shoshan - Vocals
- Ami Traibetch - Drums

Fourth Ensemble - The New Churchills (1972-1973)
- Miki Gavrielov - Bass
- Roni Demol - Guitar
- Shmulik Bodgov - Guitar
- Ami Traibetch - Drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

1969 Cherchilim (צ'רצ'ילים, "Churchills")
1971 Junkies Monkeys & Donkeys
1972 Jericho Jones

[edit] Singles

1968 Too Much In Love To Hear/Talk To Me
1970 Churchil Sebastian Bach: Coral for Young Lovers/Double Concerto (צ'רצ'יל סבסטיאן באך: קוראל לאוהבים הצעירים/קונצ'רטו כפול)
1970 Signs of You/Living Loving
1970 She's a Woman/Sunshine Man
1971 Time is Now/Freedom