Whilst browsing on google I found this little snip from a blogg by Vic Arnold who was from Aberdare South Wales.
He writes in one section that he “left school and started working as a tailor’s cutter, but I left to join a pro band, “The Gary Edwards Combo,” and we were booked for a six week tour with Chubby Checker. That was like being whisked into a whirlwind. I was absolutely overawed. All those people on the show were household names and there was little old me. They band had a record deal with Oriel Records, and had a minor hit with a dance craze song called “The Method,” which came with an insert of dance instructions: “Be a bird, be a bee, be a flower and be a tree,” etc. Then there was a star called Jess Conrad who was a bit of a looker in the early sixties. He does the occasional TV appearance now, and still looks great.”
Because Mally Jones was the bass player with the GEC all I can assume is that Mally was replaced for some reason by Vic Arnold ! Does anybody know Vic Arnold or can someone throw some light on this?