Meal Ticket

This article is about the British country rock group. For the American ska punk band, see Mealticket. For the system of paying for meals, see meal voucher.

Meal Ticket
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
GenresCountry rock, South Coast rock
Years active1970s
LabelsLogo, EMI international
Past membersRay Flacke
  • Jack Brand
  • Andy Coulter
  • Rod Demick
  • Rick Jones
  • Chris Hunt
  • Keith Nelson
  • Steve Simpson
  • Willy Finlayson
  • Steve Hammond

Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records. They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke,[1] Jack Brand,[2] Andy Coulter, Rod Demick,[3] Chris Hunt, Keith Nelson,[4] Steve Simpson, Willy Finlayson[5] and Rick Jones. Canadian born Jones, who was known for his television appearances on Play School and Fingerbobs, wrote many of their songs.[6] The band performed the theme to the BBC's Play For Today, The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), also Another Flip for Dominick[7] which was entitled "You'd Better Believe It Babe".[8] They released three albums,[9] Code Of The Road (1977), Three Times A Day (1977) and Take Away (1978).

  1. ^ "Ray Flacke credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Jack Brand credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Rod Demick credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Keith Nelson credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Willy Finlayson credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ "100 Children's TV stars. where are they now?". Daily Mirror. 28 May 2007.
  7. ^ Andrew Pixely (2005). The Flipside of Dominick Hide & Another Flip for Dominick: Viewing Notes. BBC Worldwide.
  8. ^ Daniel Tessier (1980). "The Flipside of Dominick Hide / Another Flip for Dominick". televisionheaven.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Meal ticket". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.