Jokers Wild were an English rock band formed in Cambridge, England, in 1964. The group were active until 1967 and never released any recordings commercially, and are best known for launching the career guitarist David Gilmour, who went on to join Pink Floyd. Career In the early 1960s Clive Welham, Roger "Syd" Barrett, Geoff Mott and Tony Sainty formed a band called Geoff Mott & The Mottoes after meeting at a party. During this time Welham introduced his school friend David Gilmour to Syd Barrett as they were both interested in guitar. Barrett in turn introduced Gilmour and Welham to Roger Waters, with Gilmour and Waters frequently joining Sunday afternoon band hang outs at Barrett's family home. The Mottoes never grew into a gigging band and in March 1962 Clive Welham, stepped into The Ramblers with Albert 'Albie' Prior (lead guitar), Johnny Gordon (rhythm guitar), Richard Baker (bass) and Chris ‘Jim’ Marriott (vocals). Albie Prior accepted a job in London, so on Tuesday, the 13th of November 1962, David Gilmour premiered at a gig at the King's Head public house at Fen Ditton. At the beginning of 1964 The Ramblers disbanded but Welham, Gordon and Gilmour resurfaced in Jokers Wild. Jokers Wild first performed in February 1964. The original musicians were Clive Welham (drums and vocals), Johnny Gordon (rhythm guitar and vocals), David Gilmour (lead guitar and vocals) all from The Ramblers, Dave Altham (piano, saxophone and vocals), a student at Trinity College and Tony Sainty (bass guitar and vocals), who Welham knew from the Geoff Mott & The Mottoes, who had also been a St John's College choirboy. Two part-timers joined them for some gigs: Jeff Whittaker (congas and vocals) was a regular at Les Jeux Interdits (below), and Marilyn Minns (vocals) sang Françoise Hardy and Marianne Faithfull songs at parties. Jokers Wild was conceived as an all-singing band, a move towards the Beatles/Hollies type of group and away from the instrumental plus singer line-up then common. They used elaborate harmony singing reminiscent of Beach Boys and Four Seasons. The band played at youth clubs, village halls, private parties and major venues in Cambridge (a 1964 business card designed by Johnny Gordon describes the band as "A versatile beat group for dances, parties, socials, etc."), including the Dorothy, the Guildhall and the Victoria, where they had a regular residence at , a club popular with foreign language students. Occasionally,