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Robert John Henrit (born 2 May 1944) is an English drummer. He has been a notable member of several musical groups, including Buster Meikle & The Daybreakers, Unit 4 + 2, the Roulettes, Argent and The Kinks.

Biography

Robert John Henrit was born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England on 2 May 1944.[1] He first played washboard as a teen,[2] progressing to a borrowed drum kit and left school at 17 with his parents' blessing[3] to pursue a distinguished music career. He was originally the drummer with Buster Meikle & the Day Breakers, together with Russ Ballard on guitar and Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother, on piano.[1]

His neighbour, Harry Webb (who would later perform under the stagename Cliff Richard[2][4]) introduced him to the Roulettes (1962–1967), gaining initial professional success with them. They had their own recording career and also backed popular music singer, Adam Faith, both on tour and on Acetate.[1] After the demise of the Roulettes, Henrit briefly (1968) toured, including the US with Unit 4 + 2,[1] their association dated back to his session drumming on their biggest hit, "Concrete and Clay" (1965).

Henrit teamed up with Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford and Rod Argent in late 1968, to form Argent, and remained with them until the band ended in 1976.[1] After a brief spell with Rodford and John Verity as Phoenix, Henrit's post-Argent career included work with a number of artists, including Charlie,[1] after their 1978 tour opening for The Kinks, and Ian Matthews.

As a session drummer, he worked with many solo albums by notable band lead singers[5] including the Who vocalist, Roger Daltrey, and was present on Dave Davies' Glamour (1981) and Chosen People (1983) solo albums. He also worked regularly with the GB Blues Band which, in addition to Rodford, included former members of the Mike Cotton Sound. In a 1972 interview, Keith Moon identified Henrit as one of his favourite drummers.[6]

Henrit replaced the long-serving drummer of the Kinks, Mick Avory, after Avory's departure in 1984.[7][8] He worked with the act until their split in 1996. Henrit toured with the re-formed Argent intermittently between 2010 and 2013 and occasionally deputises for Mick Avory in the Kast Off Kinks.

Henrit published his autobiography, Banging On, in November 2013 and collaborated with Nigel Constable[9][10] in writing, The Hayman Drum Book.[3] He would also regularly write for the Music Express.[2]

He owned Henrit's Drum Store[11][2] on Wardour Street, customers included many leading drummers of the time, Ringo Starr purchased a drum kit, a gift for his son, paying in cash, recalls Henrit.[11] It came about when Henrit had flown to the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen to play drums on Ringo's album and enquired of him, whether the Drum Store was still going. Henrit participated in the 2021, Netflix movie, documentary, Count Me In.[12]

Henrit is married, and together, have three children.[2] He currently resides in the Forty Hill area of Enfield.[13][5]

See also

Timeline

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 id:roulettes   value:red         legend:The_Roulettes
 id:unit     value:green       legend:Unit_2_+_4
 id:argent        value:blue        legend:Argent
 id:phoenix  	 value:pink        legend:Phoenix
 id:gb	 value:yellow	   legend:GB_Blues_Company
 id:charlie      value:purple      legend:Charlie
 id:kinks   	 value:rgb(0.5, 0.2, 0.1)     legend:The_Kinks
 id:studio   	 value:black       
 id:bars     	 value:gray(0.95)

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 bar:buster    text:"Buster Meikle"
 bar:roulettes   text:"The Roulettes"
 bar:unit	  text:"Unit 2 + 4"
 bar:argent	  text:"Argent"
 bar:phoenix	  text:"Phoenix"
 bar:gb	  text:"GB Blues Company"
 bar:charlie	  text:"Charlie"
 bar:kinks	  text:"Kinks"
 
 

PlotData =

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 color:buster
 bar:buster    from:start      till:01/01/1963
 color:roulettes
 bar:roulettes  from:03/01/1963  till:01/01/1967
 color:unit
 bar:unit	from:06/01/1964   till:01/01/1965
 
 color:unit
 bar:unit	from:01/01/1967   till:01/01/1969
 color:argent
 bar:argent	from:01/01/1969   till:09/01/1976
 color:phoenix
 bar:phoenix	from:09/01/1976   till:01/01/1981
 
 color:gb
 bar:gb		from:01/01/1980   till:07/01/1984
 
 color:charlie
 bar:charlie	from:01/01/1981   till:07/01/1984
 color:kinks
 bar:kinks		from:07/01/1984   till:06/16/1996
 
   color:argent
 bar:argent	from:06/01/2010   till:01/30/2011
 color:argent
 bar:argent	from:01/01/2012  till:04/01/2012  

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References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Citation
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  5. 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
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  7. Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, 6th edn., Canongate, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 578
  8. Eder's Allmusic biography states that Henrit replaced Avory in 1984, but Avory has one credit on the 1986 album Think Visual, Henrit's first credit was on the 1984 album Word of Mouth, which also had Avory play on 3 tracks.
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  11. 11,0 11,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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