Cafe Jacques (the name derived from the highly alcoholic coffee that was provided at band rehearsals by a friend called Jack) Formed in Edinburgh, December 1973 by Chris Thomson (guitar, vocals) and Pete Veitch (keyboards,Violin) gathering around them an assortment of players and singers that grew to a seven piece, they soon had a considerable local following! After a partially successful joke entry in the MM Folk / Rock Contest of 1975 ( they came second to Deaf School ),Chris & Pete decided to turn fully professional. They broke up the social seven piece and replaced them with drummer Michael Ogletree and bassist Gordon Hastie (who left not long later) Around Christmas 1975 the revised band entered negotiations with CBS and finally signed in April 1976.After a lot of demoralising let downs and false starts in pre production due to CBS not understanding or appreciating what the band were about, Cafe Jacques finally made 2 albums Round The Back - 1977 (with US chart success & had Phil Collinson drums and encouragement) and International - 1978, they had toured regularly and made an excellent name for themselves as a "Live Band" going against the flow of the "New Wave " But around 1978 and due to many reasons (mostly record company related) the band called it a day! Original members MIichael Ogletree joined Simple Minds and , later , Fiction Factory an now lives & works in America,Chris Thomson is still based in and around Edinburgh, but tragically Peter Veitch sadly passed away in 1990 In 2010 to mark the reissue of both albums on CD through Esoteric Records ( through Cherry Red) Chris Thomson has recruited bass legend Chris Glen from the The Sensational Alex Harvey Band /Michael Schenker Grouphelp update the bands sound, and in 2010 and 2011 Cafe Jacques appeared at the FRINGE BY THE SEA (festival ) , and with proposed new recordings and gigs, its an exciting time for the faithful. Read more: http://www.myspace.com/cafejacquesofficial#ixzz0y4ZQz0oE