Colonel Bagshot
Colonel Bagshot were an English rock band formed in the late 1960s in Liverpool, England. Originally called "Colonel Bagshot's Incredible Bucket Band", they began as a six-piece, eventually becoming a four-piece. Their final line-up included Brian Farrell (vocals, guitar, stylophone), Ken Parry (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Dave Dover (vocals, bass, keyboard), and Terry McCusker (vocals, drums). The band released several singles and one studio album (Oh What a Lovely War) in 1971, which included their best-known song, "Six Day War", later remixed in 2002 by DJ Shadow and titled "Six Days" and by Mahmut Orhan in 2018 retitled "6 Days". The song was also sampled by Pusha T in “Just So You Remember,” from 2022’s “It's Almost Dry.”
An alternate recording of "Six Day War", featuring Ollie Halsall, was released in 2022. This was along with a copy of the original "Oh What a Lovely War!" as a re release.
This album of " Oh What a Lovely War!" has a version of "6 Day War", with Ollie Halsall, and was was re released in 2026, by Seelie Court, due to recording errors on the original vinyl and enjoyed by many.
In 2026 "Six Day War" the CD was released by Brian Farrell, all songs were written by Brian Farrell and some of the songs have the members of Colonel Bagshots, but he is also joined by many of the members of Grimms, those being Viv Stanshall, Andy Roberts, Zoot Money, Gerry Conway and Peter John "Ollie" Halsall. Other artists on the CD include; Brian Jones (The Undertakers), Judd Lander (The Hideaways), Big Jim Sullivan, Chas Hodges, Dave Peacock, Steve Wright, Tony Green, Bob Galvin, Mike Gregory and "Sue" Yvonne Wheatman as backing singer.
Terry McCusker has gained recognition in terms of not only his musical career playing drums over the last 69 years, but also in joining with Alex Cain, to write 4 books about Ringo Starr and his drumming techniques, used in his musical career in the Beatles.
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