Trevor Burton

Trevor Burton occupies an odd position in British rock history. A serious blues enthusiast, his most visible gig after 40 years in music is still the three years he spent playing with the pop-rock band the Move, which he co-founded. He was playing with Danny King & The Mayfair Set when, following an after-hours jam, he, Roy Wood, Ace Kefford, Carl Wayne, and Bev Bevan formed the Move, which proceeded to burn up the charts over the next four years with their eclectic mix of pop-rock and psychedelia, mostly dominated creatively by Wood's songwriting. Burton's influence was mostl...