Timeline

Born

Danbury, Essex

Mother – Rita Mabel Hudson

Father – Edward Charles Innes

Brother – Iain Edward Charles Innes

1950 – 1960

Family moved to Bad Harzburg, Germany

(Father in Royal Artillery – Warrant Officer

British Army Occupation of the Rhine)

Attended Goslar Primary School

(British Forces Education Service)

Returned to England in 1955

Passed 11+ (after an Interview)

Attended Thorpe Grammar School, Norwich

A new Co Ed school, joined in the 2nd year

Fell in love with Netball Team

Passed 5 O Levels + 1 A Level Art

1960

Attended Norwich Art School

1962

Attended Goldsmiths College School of Art, London

1963

Started playing with early Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (in the Royal College of Art canteen)

1964 – 1965

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

Band played in various London Public Houses

1966

Marriage to Yvonne Catherine Hilton in March

Graduated Dip AD in Fine Arts in July

Band turns professional and goes “Up North”

1967

Miles Alexander is born on April 11th

1st Album “Gorilla” is released

gorilla

 

Filming “Magical Mystery Tour” in Soho, London

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Christmas Special “Do Not Adjust Your Set”

(Both shown on Boxing Day)

1968

First Series “Do Not Adjust Your Set”

Band becomes “Bonzo Dog Band”

2nd Album “The Doughnut In Grannie’s Greenhouse

Hit Single “I’m The Urban Spaceman”

1969

2nd Series “Do Not Adjust Your Set”

3rd and 4th Albums “Tadpoles” + “Keynsham”

Isle of Wight Festival

1st and 2nd Bonzo USA Tours

1970

Bonzos wind up their business affairs

Formed GRIMMS with “Scaffold” and Liverpool Poets

“The World”“unfinished”album“LuckyPlanet”

1970

Last Bonzo gig in January at the Lyceum, London

1971

Luke Zachary is born on April 13th

1972

Bonzos
Photo Credit: Barrie Wentzell

Bonzos (Contractual Obligation) Album “Lets Make Up And Be Friendly”

1972

Monty Python

Joined forces with “Monty Python” Toured UK and Canada

1973

1st with Tour with “GRIMMS”
Henry Moore’s 75th Birthday in Italy

How Sweet To Be An Idiot
Photo Credit: Barrie Wentzell

Solo Album “How Sweet To Be An Idiot”

1974

Monty Python Album “Live At Drury Lane”

Music and Filming for “Holy Grail

1975

The Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Rutland Weekend Television with Eric Idle

1976

Monty Python at City Centre New York

1st “Secret Policeman’s Ball”

1977

Solo Album “Taking Off”

Saturday Night Live – The Rutles
The Rutles

The Rutles “All You Need Is Cash”

1978

Barnaby James born on September 20th

The Innes Book Of Records

BBC 2 Series 1 “The Innes Book Of Records”

1979

Move to Suffolk

BBC 2 Series 2 “The Innes Book Of Records”

Album “The Innes Book Of Records”

1980

Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl

Series 3 “The Innes Book Of Records”

1981

1st Tour of UK with One Man Show

1982

Edinburgh Festival “A Nest of Intervals”

Children’s TV “The Book Tower”

Double Album “Off The Record”

1983

Road crash on 1st May

UK Tour “A Nest of Intervals”

1984

Adapted Terry Jones’ “Fairy Tales” for C4

1985

“Joe Public” Edinburgh Festival

Puddle Lane
Photo Credit: Yorkshire Television

Series 1: “Puddle Lane”

1986

Music for “Eric The Viking”

Series 2: “Puddle Lane”

Series 1: “The Raggy Dolls”

1987

Series 3: “Puddle Lane”

Series 2: “The Raggy Dolls”

1988

Series 4: “Puddle Lane”

Series 3: “The Raggy Dolls”

1989

Series 5: “Puddle Lane”

Raggy Dolls
Photo Credit: Yorkshire Television

Series 4: “Raggy Dolls”

1990

Series 5: “The Raggy Dolls”

1991

Final “Puddle Lane”

Series 6: “The Raggy Dolls”

1992

Gloom,Doom, & Very Funny Money - Economics for Half-Wits
Credit: Piccadilly Press

First book: “Gloom, Doom, & Very Funny

Money – Economics for Half-Wits”

Edinburgh Festival: “More Jam Tomorrow”

Series 7: “The Raggy Dolls”

R.I.P. Ollie Halsall

1993

Series 8: “The Raggy Dolls”

1994

Series 9: “The Raggy Dolls”

USA BeatleFests: New York, Chicago

and Los Angeles

CD: “Re-cycled Vinyl Blues”

1995

Songs for “Wind In The Willows”

BBC film “Be Safe With Fireworks” Watch Video

Vivian Stanshall
Photo Credit: Barrie Wentzell

R.I.P. Vivian Stanshall

1996

Archaeology

2nd Rutles Album “Archaeology”

1997

Los Angeles “Rutlefest”

1998

TV Series: “Away With Words”

2000

Grandson Max Jordan born 1st November

“Recollections 1” CD – 14th May

2001

“Rutles Unrugged” Tour of A14

George Harrison

R.I.P George Harrison

“Recollections 2” CD – 17th February

2002

Tour of New Zealand

“Recollections 3 CD”

Concert for George

2003

Los Angeles “7th Python” Filming

Melbourne Comedy Festival

Sydney “Basement” Webcast

2004

USA – “Short Stories and Tall Songs”

(1st US Road Tour + Yvonne’s Blog)

George Bush re-elected

2005

“Spamalot” opens in New York

CD “Works In Progress”

“Neil Innes and Friends” UK + NYC

2nd US Road Tour + Yvonne’s Blog

Granddaughter – Isabella born 20th November

2006

Bonzo Reunion Concert and UK Tour

“Neil Innes and Friends” US Tour

2007

“Pour L’Amour Des Chiens” Album

“Ego Warriors” + John Dowie – Edinburgh

2008

“Rutlemania” 30th Anniversary USA

“Neil Innes and Fatso” Reunion Tour

2009

Idiot Bastard Band

“Idiot Bastard Band” at the “Wilmington”

2010

“A People’s Guide To World Domination”

US and UK Tours + Yvonne’s Blog

R.I.P. Simon Brunt

2011

“An Evening With…” NFT

“Idiot Bastard Band” at The Water Rats

Radio Noir

Audio Memoir project “Radio Noir” begins…

2012

“Idiot Bastard Band” UK Tour

2013

“Rutles” mini Tour of UK

“Another Chance To Get It Right” – UK

2014

“Rutles” UK Tour and Japan

“The Art of Hopelessness” UK Tour

2015

R.I.P. Bonnie Rose

Bonzo 50th Anniversary + Rutles at Koko

Audio Memoir “Radio Noir” continues…

Bonzo

Folk East with Terrafolk

Guernsey literary festival

Big Rutles UK tour

Charity gig with Wild Oats in aldeburgh

 

2016

Move to France

Rutles tour

2017

Working on Radio Noir.

Small gigs in France with Deborah and Ashley Dow known as Rag Mama Rag

Started building a music studio in basement of house

2018

Studio finished.

Small gigs in France

Steve James over to do the pre -recording for album in Neil’s studio

To Crete with Roger Mcgough.

Big Rutles tour UK

Small solo tour

Small American tour – Beatlefest plus The Cutting Room and the Vault

2019

Rutles tour March

In Australia for a couple of months working on the album sept/oct

Back in France and album Nearly Really pressed and released

Big tour with Bootleg Beatles and full orchestra

Christmas with old friends from the UK

Neil died on 29th December