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Statesmen: Dennis Halls,Ray Wade,Bernie Bates,Wilf Collier Alan Dyke.

The Statesmen worked throughout the Manchester Club curcuit leading onto the UK club national curcuit,the association with Brian Epstein led to many appearances at the Cavern and Liverpool venues followed by three 4week seasons at the STAR CLUB in Hamburg working with many USA headliners and now famous Liverpool bands including The Beatles,Gerry and the Pacemakers,the Searchers,Bill Haley and the Comets,Fats Domino,Chuck Berry,Little Richard and many more in the late sixties the band reformed after drummer Dennis Halls and guitarist Alan Dyke left the band ,the band led by Ray Wade reformed as a show band called the Showbandits and worked the clubs throughout the 70,s as the Showbandits.
     Dennis Halls became a succesfull businessman and lives in Horwich,Alan Dyke lives with his wife and family in Hyde,Ray Wade lives in Rhyl and runs a gift business,Bernie Bates lives in Dublin and Spain having retired after a serious car crash,Wilf Collier who owned a well known Bolton Pub now lives in Thailand where he owns property and a Business.
All the band members have kept a healthy interest in playing music and are proud to have been part of one of the most exciting eras of pop music as representatives of Manchester throughout the UK and Europe.

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