Peter Overend Watts is a bass guitar player and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople. Watts continued with Dale "Buffin" Griffin and Morgan Fisher in the Mott successor British Lions, until their demise around 1979. He later became a record producer, producing albums for artists such as Hanoi Rocks, Dumb Blondes, . Watts's bass of choice was a white Gibson Thunderbird, one of which was later sold to Wishbone Ash bassist Martin Turner. In 1978 he sold a customised cream Gibson Thunderbird bass guitar to Shanne Bradley, bassist with The Nipple Erectors, The Nips and The Men They Couldn't Hang. It can be heard on many of her recordings. In January 2009 it was confirmed that Watts and the other original members of Mott the Hoople would reform for three 40th anniversary reunion concerts in October 2009. The reunion at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, England was extended to 5 shows due to popular demand. In August 2009 American rock music group Mambo Sons released a song in tribute to him entitled "Overend Watts". [More at Wikipedia]

May 13th, 1947 in Birmingham  /  Died:   Jan 22nd, 2017 - aged 69