Jim Cregan - guitar / vocals, Brian Godding - guitar / keyboards / vocals, Brian Belshaw - bass / vocals, Kevin Westlake - drums

Blossom Toes evolved out of the Indigoes. The band were popular on the R&B circuit ion London. The band had also played extensively in Germany and, in Paris, they even attracted the likes of Salvador Dali. They had a level of success in Paris and even featured in two films. They already had a loose Yardbirds' manager Georgio Gomelsky who was looking at making them more commercial. He changed the band's name to Blossom Toes. At the same time Westlake replaced Indigoes drummer Colin Martin and Jim Cregan replaced Eddie Lynch on guitar.

They were signed to the Marmalade label set up by Gomelsky. Their first album We Are Ever So Clean was classic English psychedelia. Gomelsky had a lot of ambition for the group and invested heavily, although his control possibly pushed the group in a direction that they were less keen to pursue. The LP was launched to mixed reviews and was seen as dull by some and the band never really recovered from this. At this point, Poli Palmer became the new drummer and the band were more involved in the evolving London psychedelic scene. The twin guitars of Cregan and Godding were giving the band a unique sound.

The band had more control on the follow-up LP If Only For a Moment. Neither of the LPs or singles were commercial successes although the band had gained more popularity in recent years. Godding was becoming less keen on playing live. Godding married Julie Driscoll;s sister Angie and the Blossom Toes backed Julie on her first solo album that was released in 1971.

With the second LP completed, the band were seen to be on the way up. However, in December 1969 they had been playing from a Bristol University gig along the M4 when their car hit black ice and crashed. Deeply affected by this, after a while the band decided to call it a day. A third Blossom Toes album with Cregan called Workers' Playtime and credited to BB Blunder was not a success.

Kevin Westlake left after the second LP and was replaced by John "Poli" Palmer, who was replaced himself by Barry Reeves. The band split in 1970. Godding and Belshaw joined BB Blunder where Westlake was already a member. Jim Cregan formed Stud before joining Family. He later became part of Cockney Rebel and played on the hit (Come Up and See Me) Make Me Smile. After Cockney Rebel he spent many years as Rod Stewart's musical director.

To be completed

• The Indigoes

Making Time Recommendation

• If Only For a Moment