The BOOTS

BIOGRAPHY:

Band formed in 1962 as The Beachcombers by Davey Anderson (guitar), Kenny McLean (drums), David Paton (guitar), Mike Rowberry (vocals) & Polmont musician Sandy Walusiac (bass). When they signed to CBS in 1968, they changed their name to The Boots, because another band called The Beachcombers were already recording artists. At that point the band packed their bags and moved permanently down to London.
Things started well with CBS and on 14th June 1968 the band released its first single, "The Animal in Me". Session musicians were used for the backing track and interestingly, Mud were in the studio using the same session musicians for a song called "Up the Airy Mountain". Next the band recorded "Even The Bad Times Are Good" without sessions musicians. The Boots really liked this song and hoped for a good reaction, however, The Tremolos heard the song and wanted it. So it was given to them because they were already established and became a big hit. It ended up on the b-side of "The Animal in Me".
While things seemed to start well when "The Animal in Me" was recorded, things didn't take off. The band's second single, "Keep Your Lovelight Burning", was released later in 1968 but failed to burn up the charts. When the work started to dry up in London, the band moved back to Edinburgh. Rowberry left the band and the rest split soon after. Paton would go on to play with The Bay City Rollers, Pilot, Kate Bush and The Alan Parsons Project

RELEASES:

"The Animal In Me" (7 inch single, CBS Records, 1968)
"Keep Your Lovelight Burning" (7 inch single, CBS Records, 1968)