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	Bob Wilcock
			Full Name:   Robert John Wilcock Born:   September 29th, 1946 Hometown:   Christchurch Musical Background:   Originally a Piano Accordionist Instruments Played:   Tenor Saxophone Career Began:   1961 Groups:   The Vigilantes Tours:   Pohara Beach Motor Camp Recordings:   Come Tomorrow, The Cruel Sea Residencies:   The Laredo Nitespot (1963-65) Shows:   Des Britten Coca Cola Show Career:   Currently playing with "About Time" a Hamilton jazz band Awards:   ROCKONZ Southern Star with The Vigilantes (2008) Website (Vigilantes):   www.johnnycampbell.co.nz/vigilantes.html		Southern Star 2008 (Vigilantes)

	Bob Wilcock in his own words .... I started playing saxophone (after being a piano accordionist) when I was 13, and joined Larry McKay and Brian Thomas in what was to become The Vigilantes. The band formed in 1961 and played weddings and 21sts in dance halls, which included a regular but short-lived gig in Timaru (replacing The Downbeats). We hit the big-time when we became the second band at The Laredo Lounge (with Johnny Campbell and The Detours, and Les Stott) around 1963. The band stopped playing at The Laredo in 1965, but continued on making records, accompanying The Southerners on such hits as South Wind, as well as making a few records ourselves, most notably Come Tomorrow and The Cruel Sea.
	The Vigilantes:  Bob Wilcock, Trevor Wright, Dixon McIvor, Wayne Allen, Murray Wood, Larry McKay, Brian Thomas

	The full line-up for The Vigilantes was: Brian Thomas (lead guitar, band leader and occasional singer), Larry McKay (rhythm guitarist and occasional singer), Dixon McIvor (vocalist), Derek (Willy) Withers (bass guitar and occasional trumpet), Tony Mason (drums), Bob Wilcock (tenor saxophone). We were resident second band at The Laredo Lounge from 1963 to 1965, and we subsequently appeared on The Des Britten Coca Cola Show. We played with some pretty good musicians and were not too bad ourselves. The tour to Pohara Beach Motor Camp was an epic. We played lots and lots of dance halls and church halls. Spencer Street and the reek of Old Spice is a particularly strong memory. Recording was very demanding and nerve wracking, but yet strangely satisfying.
	The Vigilantes in concert (ROCKONZ 2007)