Cyril Jordan was born in San Francisco on 31 August 1948. He is a guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and founding member of San Francisco cult band The Flamin' Groovies. They are best remembered for their influential 1976 album Shake Some Action. Jordan founded the band in 1965, playing with them until they disbanded in 1992.

His song "Shake Some Action", co-written with Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson (guitarist)

Chris Wilson is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist, most known for his role as the singer of the best-remembered line-up San Francisco cult band The Flamin' Groovies, having replaced original singer Roy Loney in 1971...

, appeared in the 1995 movie Clueless.

After the death of George Harrison in 2001, Cyril performed a tribute to George with a band known as the New Moondogs at a special charity event at CD Land in Palo Alto, California

California

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. Cyril also backed up Gordon Waller

Gordon Waller

Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller was a Scottish singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as "Gordon" of the 1960s duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was "A World Without Love".-Biography:...

 (of Peter and Gordon) at the same venue a few months later.

He currently plays guitar in Magic Christian, alongside vocalist Paul Kopf.

Jordan designed many of the earliest Flamin' Groovies handbills and has subsequently worked as an artist and illustrator.