Doc Thomas Group

The Doc Thomas Group was a British band from Herefordshire. Originally known as The Buddies, they spent much of 1966 and 1967 performing in Italy, under their new name. After releasing an album they added Dale Griffin and later merged with a second band called The Shakedown Sound. Eventually they named the combined unit The Silence. (The Silence band began working with Kingsley Ward and then with Guy Stevens. Stevens replaced singer Stan Tippins with Ian Hunter and renamed the band Mott The Hoople, but that's a bit further down the line...).