I HAVE AN OLD SIGNED PHOTO OF COLM WILKINSON WHEN HE WAS IN A BAND BACK IN JANUARY 1969. THERE IS ALSO A REEL TO REEL TAPE OF HIM SINGING WITH A GROUP (THERE ARE 7 IN THE BAND) WHICH LASTS ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS AND SOME HAVE SIGNED THE PHOTO.....
...HARVEY....MAXIE......FRANK.....PAUL   .....COLM .....
THERE IS ALSO  WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM A "SEIGFRIED MIELKE". AND THEY HAVE SIGNED IT THANKING HIM FOR HIS REMARKS ON THE CONTENTS OF THE TAPE ......I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO COULD SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE NAME OF THE BAND OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP.....THANKS. :) ::)

Don't know if this will help, but a friend tells me he remembers Colm doing some gigs with the Gentry. 8)

HI THERE LIAMO,THANKYOU FOR THE INFORMATION I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY BUT I HAVE BEEN AWAY ON HOLIDAY.I HAVE MANAGED TO FIND OUT A BIT MORE CONCERNING THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS.NOEL BRIDGEMAN WAS, I BELIEVE, THE DRUMMER IN THE BAND AND MAXIE McCANN VOCALS AND POSSIBLY SAXAPHONE.I STILL DO NOT KNOW THE SURNAMES  OF BRANDON,PAUL , HARVEY AND I CANNOT FIND OUT ABOUT FRANK O' FFAGAN SO ANY OTHER TIPS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.THANKS AGAIN : 8)

Hi,

I've just came across a site----www.colmwilkinson.com.
Had a quick look. It gives his biography and mentions that he started with The Action. You'll get a pic of them under beat groups on Irishshowbands.net :-/