John Chilton MacColl and Peggy Seeger in the 1950s for the BBC. He later worked with Wally Fawkes, also known as the cartoonist 'Trog', and in January 1974 formed John Chilton's Feetwarmers, who began accompanying British jazz singer and writer George Melly. Together they made records and toured the world for nearly 30 years including trips to America, Australia, China and New Zealand. In 1983 and 1984 they had their own BBC television series called "Good Time George". They appeared on countless other TV shows, including "Parkinson", "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club", "Aspel", "This is Your Life" and "Pebble Mill at
Alex Chilton artist from the late 1980s through the 1990s with bassists Mike Maffei, John S. McClure (later to become a professor of divinity at Vanderbilt University), and Ron Easley, and with drummers Doug Garrison and, from 1993 on, Richard Dworkin (who also played for many years with the jazz group The Microscopic Septet), Chilton gained a reputation for his eclectic taste in song covers, guitar work, and laconic stage presence. Writing about a live performance in "The New York Times", critic Peter Watrous said of Chilton that "He's a soul and blues guitar connoisseur; he chooses his guitar licks as carefully