John Lingwood is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

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John has played with many top people over the years Stomo Yamashta, Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...

, Roger Chapman

Roger Chapman

Roger Chapman , also known as Roger "Chappo" Chapman and Chappo, is an English rock vocalist. He is best known as a member of the Progressive rock band Family, which he joined along with Charlie Whitney, in 1967 and also the rock, R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974...

 (still doing occasional gigs), Maddy Prior

Maddy Prior

Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...

, Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. Elkie has been nominated twice for Brit Awards' top female singer. She is known for her powerful husky voice...

. He also enjoyed a brief fame revival as one of the boys who ran on the pitch at the end of the World Cup Final in 1966.

He is perhaps best known as the drummer for Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971 by Manfred Mann.-Formation:Having started in the 1960s with a British band that had such hits as "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn", then moving on to Jazz Fusion with Manfred Mann's Chapter Three, Manfred's third...

 between 1979 and 1987. He featured on the albums Chance

Chance (album)

Chance is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Lies " – 4:37#"On the Run" – 3:53#"For You" – 5:41...

, Somewhere in Afrika

Somewhere in Afrika

Somewhere in Afrika is an album released in 1983 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Tribal Statistics" – 4:16#"Eyes of Nostradamus" – 3:28#"Third World Service" – 5:18#"Demolition Man" – 3:45...

, Budapest Live

Budapest Live

Budapest Live is an album released in 1984 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The album consists of covers performed live, except for "Mighty Quinn" which Bob Dylan wrote for Manfred Mann in 1968.- Track listing :Side one...

, Criminal Tango

Criminal Tango

Criminal Tango is an album released in 1986 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Going Underground" – 5:18#"Who Are The Mystery Kids?" – 3:44#"Banquet" – 5:17...

and Masque

Masque (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)

Masque is an album released in 1987 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.The album is subtitled Songs And Planets and features some parts of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. It represents the completion of an original project started back in 1973, which planned to use Holst's work as a basis...

. Since leaving the band he has performed with the Company Of Snakes

Company of Snakes

The Company of Snakes were an English rock band formed in 1998, by former members of the English rock band Whitesnake who were also members of The Snakes. They released two albums before morphing into M3 during 2004.- History:...

 (a band predominantly featuring ex-members of Whitesnake

Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...

) between 1998 and 2002, featuring on the live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 Here They Go Again

Here They Go Again

Here They Go Again is the first album released by the English rock band The Company of Snakes. It is compiled of live recordings from concerts at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and in the Norwegian city of Trondheim...

and the studio album

Album

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 Burst the Bubble

Burst the Bubble

Burst the Bubble is the only studio album released by the English rock band The Company of Snakes. Of this album, "Kinda Wish You Would" is the only song that had already been released on the band's previous record, the live album Here They Go Again .-Track listing:# "Ayresome Park" - 0:59#...

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