Paul Varley (24 May 1949 – 2 July 2008) was an English musician best known as the drummer in the band
Arrows.
Born in
Preston
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, he played on several top 30 hit records, including "
Touch Too Much," "
My Last Night With You" and "
I Love Rock 'N' Roll". Arrows hosted their own TV series, ''
Arrows'', on Granada
ITV Television in the UK, from 1976 to 1977.
Varley also played with the bands
Little Free Rock
Little Free Rock was an English late 1960s psychedelic rock, psychedelic hard rock trio from Preston, Lancashire, Preston in Lancashire. It featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (born 21 July 1943, Inglewhite Road, Longridge, Lanc ...
(earlier called Purple Haze),
Ginger Johnson's African Drums, the
Terry Reid band,
Darling
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Places Austral ...
, and the Hitchermen.
Varley had one daughter, Ilona, born in 1977, from his relationship with June Child-Bolan, the former wife of
Marc Bolan. In the new millennium Varley moved to
London after living in
Los Angeles for many years.
Varley died on 2 July 2008 at the age of 59.
External links
The Arrows official website*
1949 births
2008 deaths
English rock drummers
British male drummers
Musicians from Preston, Lancashire
20th-century British male musicians
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