Kahvas Jute

Kahvas Jute was formed in Sydney in June 1970 as a progressive rock band with Bob Daisley on bass guitar, Dannie Davidson on drums, Tim Gaze on lead guitar and vocals and Dennis Wilson on lead guitar and vocals. Wilson was the guitarist on Kevin Bible and the Book's single, "Rockin' Pneumonia", which was released in August 1966. Wilson played with Daisley in Barrington Davis and the Power Pact, which was renamed as Mecca in 1968. In 1969, Barrington Davis left to return to England and Mecca continued as a trio. Davidson's earlier band, Strangers (aka Four Strangers) had formed in Newcastle in 1964. By 1965, after releasing two singles, they became The Sunsets, a surf rock group and issued five further singles. They relocated to Sydney and were renamed as Tamam Shud in 1968, Gaze joined in 1969. Mecca disbanded in mid-1970 and Daisley and Wilson approached Davidson and Gaze to form a new band, Kahvas Jute.

Kahvas Jute developed a reputation for their live performances and signed with Festival Records' subsidiary label, Infinity Records. They issued their debut album, 'Wide Open' in January 1971. It was recorded at Festival Studios in Sydney and produced by Pat Aulton. By the time that the album appeared, Gaze had already returned to Tamam Shud and Kahvas Jute continued as a trio. In June, Davidson and Wilson travelled to the United Kingdom and temporarily used Mick Smith and Scott Maxey on bass guitar. Daisley arrived in London in July but Kahvas Jute didn't reform. He remained in the UK and became a member of several bands including: Chicken Shack, Mungo Jerry, Widowmaker, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Uriah Heep and Gary Moore, among others.

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