The Bennett's

One of a handful of top-flight lead guitarists on the British skiffle scene, Les Bennetts formal entry into music took place during the summer of 1957, when he was 17 years old and still a student at London's Polytechnic school. Teamed with Alan Jones, David Russell, Winky Wimbledon, Bennetts and singers Keith Larner and Roger Smith formed a six-man skiffle group which, by the end of the year, was ready to turn professional. Bennetts, Larner, and Smith, with new members Darrell Lyte, Roy Tobin, and Brian Gregg, formed Les Hobeaux. By the end of the year, the group -- or, more ...