\n John \u201cBeaky\u201d Dymond, rhythm guitarist and founding member of the chart-topping 1960s group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, died earlier this week.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Salisbury musician has been remembered as a pop icon who never lost sight of his roots.\n<\/p>\n
\n The band had the much-loved 1968 number-one hit The Legend of Xanadu.\n<\/p>\n
\n Between 1965 and 1969, they spent more weeks in the UK charts than The Beatles.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dymond spent his childhood in Salisbury and remained proud of his Wiltshire heritage throughout his life and career.\n<\/p>\n
\n Beaky (left) with Tich on stage for the finale of Salisbury Live in June 2017 (Image: Picture by John Palmer)\n<\/p>\n
\n In an interview with The Journal’s history writer Frogg Moody, Dymond said: “We were mates growing up in Salisbury \u2013 me and Tich lived on the same road and we bought our first guitars as 13-year-old boys.”\n<\/p>\n
\n That friendship with Ian \u201cTich\u201d Amey would eventually lead to one of the most remarkable musical success stories to emerge from Salisbury.\n<\/p>\n
\n The band began in 1961 when singer Dave Harman set out to form a group that would later become Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dymond became known as Beaky, with the classic lineup featuring Dave Dee on vocals, Trevor (Dozy) Davies, Michael (Mick) Wilson, and Ian (Tich) Amey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite their international success, Dymond remained closely connected to his hometown.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2008, the Salisbury Civic Society honoured the group with a Blue Plaque outside City Hall on Malthouse Lane, recognising their impact on the city\u2019s cultural history.\n<\/p>\n
\n Even in later years, Dymond continued performing the songs that made him a household name.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2025, he told The Journal he was still touring at the age of 80 and was grateful for the continued enthusiasm of fans.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “I can’t believe how many people still want to hear the 1960s songs.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We’re playing to an average of 750 people a night, and we’re still popular in Europe.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They love the memories \u2013 they keep coming back.”\n<\/p>\n
\n News of his death has prompted a wave of tributes from across the music world.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Equals said that Dymond had now joined fellow bandmates Dave Dee, Trevor \u201cDozy\u201d Davies, and Ian \u201cTich\u201d Amey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tich, Beaky, Dozy, Mick and Dave Dee sign copies of their debut single \u2018No Time\u2019 the day before its release in 1965 (Image: Archive)\n<\/p>\n
\n Music magazine editor Ian Woolley described him as \u201ca real diamond with a kind heart\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fans and musicians alike praised Dymond\u2019s warmth, generosity, and enduring passion for music.\n<\/p>\n
\n His passing comes just over two years after the death of fellow founding member Ian Amey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Amey’s Salisbury funeral brought together many of the friends and colleagues who contributed to the city\u2019s most celebrated band.\n<\/p>\n
\n For generations of Salisbury fans, Dymond will be remembered not just as a giant of the 1960s music scene, but as a local boy whose talent shone on the world stage without ever forgetting his beginnings.\n<\/p>\n
\n His story began on the streets of Salisbury, alongside childhood friends who would help create one of the city\u2019s proudest cultural legacies.\n<\/p>\n
\n With his passing, the city says goodbye to a true musical legend who never lost his boyhood love for music, friendship, and home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John \u201cBeaky\u201d Dymond, rhythm guitarist and founding member of the chart-topping 1960s group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}