The Echoes (English group) back to Scotland. The audition to play for Dusty Springfield was with Douggie Reece (bass), Micky Garrett (organ), Martin Gibbs (stand-in drummer for Tommy Frost) and Pete Clifford (lead guitar). After the audition, Bob Wackett replaced Tommy Frost on drums. Dusty's first Echoes were: Douggie Reece (bass), Micky Garrett (keyboards), Bob Wackett(drums), Pete Clifford (guitar). Throughout 1964, many shows were done with Springfield (including the tour of Australia with Gerry Marsden and The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes), as well as a tour of America, this time with The Searchers and Eden Kane. Bob Wackett stayed with
Eddie Marsden Eddie Marsden Edwin Marsden (26 April 1913 – 30 August 1975) was a British trade unionist and communist activist. Born in the Openshaw area of Manchester, Marsden trained as a draughtsman but instead became a steel erector. In 1935, Marsden joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), radicalised in opposition to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia. He also joined the Constructional Engineering Union, serving as a site steward for more than thirty years. In 1952, Marsden was elected to the executive of the union, representing North West England, and in 1962 he became the union's full-time organiser for the