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Robert Tench also known as Bob Tench, Bobby Tench and Bobby Gass is a British vocalist and guitarist. He is best known for working with Freddie King, Jeff Beck, and Van Morrison, also as a member of Gass,〔 Hummingbird, Humble Pie and Streetwalkers. At the start of his career he performed and recorded with Gass and also appeared with Gonzalez, before joining the Jeff Beck Group. He recorded with Ginger Baker before touring with Beck, Bogert & Appice as vocalist and recording sessions with Linda Lewis. Associations with Junior Marvin and the blues, rock guitarist Freddie King followed. He signed to A&M Records and formed Hummingbird, later joining Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney in Streetwalkers. During this period he had brief associations with Boxer and Widowmaker, recording album tracks with each before working with Van Morrison. When his commitments with Morrison came to an end he moved on to work and record with Eric Burdon, also Axis Point, before Steve Marriott included him as an official band member in a new lineup of Humble Pie. More collaborations and associations followed with musicians such as Brian Robertson, Topper Headon, Roger Chapman, Ruby Turner and Alan Price. Tench was re-united with Humble Pie in the new millennium, when the band was re-formed by their drummer Jerry Shirley. The lineup he joined also featured Humble Pie's original bassist Greg Ridley. In the same year he appeared at the ''Steve Marriott Memorial Concert'', which was for one night only at the Astoria Theatre, London. Since 2005 he has been involved with studio collaboration and production.〔 ==The Gass and early career== Tench formed The Gass with Godfrey and Errol McLean in May 1965, credited as Robert Tench and featured as vocalist, guitarist and bass player. The band played the London Club circuit and were often accompanied on stage by guest musicians, such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon.〔 They recorded two singles for Parlophone〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Gass discography )〕 and another for CBS with their original lineup,〔 before taking a more progressive musical direction. During 1968 they were supporting bands such as Led Zeppelin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The University of Surrey was where Led Zeppelin first played...on 25 October 1968 )〕Tench moved on with drummer Godfrey McLean to form a new lineup and were signed by Polydor Records in 1969. By now the band was simply known as Gass and were already playing as the backing band for Catch My Soul, a stage musical produced by Jack Good. Tench sang some parts for Othello and he featured with the band on the original UK cast recording of ''Catch My Soul-Rock Othello'', released a year later.〔 They recorded ''Juju'' (1970), which was soon removed from retail outlets and re-released as Gass. ''Juju'' featured the Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green on the tracks "Juju" and "Black Velvet". Tench also formed the original lineup of Gonzalez with Godfrey McLean. This lineup also included Gass band mates bassist Delisle Harper and percussionist Lennox Langton and during this period Tench began to use the pseudonym 'Bobby Gass'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bobby Gass )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Tench」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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