Philip Rambow

After the dissolution of British pub-rockers the Winkies, leader Philip Rambow embarked on a brief solo career that never quite fulfilled the potential many observers felt he possessed. The Canadian-born Rambow had previously played in a New York band called Saturday Night before emigrating to England and forming the Winkies in 1973. Their music was basic, Stonesy pub rock, but their outlandish glam rock stage costumes set them apart from the rest of the scene, and caught the attention of Brian Eno, who was then just leaving Roxy Music. Eno brought the Winkies on tour as his b...