Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers may not be the best-known group ever to work England's Midlands, around Birmingham, but they surely hold the record for longevity -- some version of the group was still working 40 years on; and on top of that, they provided the means by which the hard rock band Trapeze first got together. The band's origins go back to 1965, when three key members of the Dudley-based band the Strangers -- singer Roy "Dripper" Kent, lead guitarist Alan Clee, and bassist Jake Elcock -- teamed up with rhythm guitarist Ralph Oakley (late of the Montanas) and drummer Dave Williams. K...