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Elton John with The Bread & Beer Band - The Letter (1969)

3,097 views · Published 4 October 2013 · 2:51 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: Ronnie Friend · 2013 · Music

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Reg Dwight (Elton John) was the keyboardist for The Bread and Beer Band in the late 1960s - at the same time he was attempting to launch his solo career as Elton John. The other members of the band were Caleb Quaye on guitar, Roger Pope on drums, Bernie Calvert (of the Hollies) on bass, Lennox Jackson on percussion, and Liza Strike on background vocal. Reg Dwight also seems to be singing background. They project was initiated and produced by Tony King. They recorded an album of instrumental covers, mostly in blues-rock style, at Abbey Road Studios, but this album was never released. Many bootleg copies have spread the globe. Caleb Quaye remembers, "We had no money, which is why we called ourselves the Bread & Beer Band."

The song "The Letter" was written by Wayne Carson Thompson and was a #1 hit in 1967 for the Box Tops. It has been covered by many artists after that.

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