By Nick Warburton

Not to be confused with the 1960s US R&B band that recorded a pair of singles for the Round Sound and Cameo labels (the first co-written by a pre-Velvet Underground Lou Reed and John Cale) nor the 1960s Liverpool beat group of the same name, The All Night Workers/The All Nite Workers was a name used by a bunch of West London musicians for a series of interrelated bands that spanned the years 1965-1972. 

Considering that around 30 musicians passed through the different versions of The All Night Workers/The All Nite Workers, the band’s history is almost impossible to pin down with complete accuracy, so the Strange Brew would welcome any further information to fill in the gaps.

The All Night Workers at Starlight, Greenford, 1966‏
The All Night Workers at Starlight, Greenford, 1966‏. Left to right: Ronny Butterworth, Kenny Power, Dave Holloway, Mick Wheeler, Hans Herbert, Brian Sell and Doug Ayris

In the first part of an exhaustive history, Nick Warburton tells the story of one of West London’s long forgotten bands:

http://thestrangebrew.co.uk/articles/the-all-night-workers-part-1

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