Born
Danbury, Essex
Mother – Rita Mabel Hudson
Father – Edward Charles Innes
Brother – Iain Edward Charles Innes
Danbury, Essex
Mother – Rita Mabel Hudson
Father – Edward Charles Innes
Brother – Iain Edward Charles Innes
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
Attended Norwich Art School
Attended Goldsmiths College School of Art, London
Started playing with early Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (in the Royal College of Art canteen)
Marriage to Yvonne Catherine Hilton in March
Graduated Dip AD in Fine Arts in July
Band turns professional and goes “Up North”
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”
2nd Series “Do Not Adjust Your Set”
3rd and 4th Albums “Tadpoles” + “Keynsham”
Isle of Wight Festival
1st and 2nd Bonzo USA Tours
Bonzos wind up their business affairs
Formed GRIMMS with “Scaffold” and Liverpool Poets
“The World”“unfinished”album“LuckyPlanet”
Last Bonzo gig in January at the Lyceum, London
Luke Zachary is born on April 13th
Monty Python Album “Live At Drury Lane”
Music and Filming for “Holy Grail
Monty Python at City Centre New York
1st “Secret Policeman’s Ball”
Move to Suffolk
BBC 2 Series 2 “The Innes Book Of Records”
Album “The Innes Book Of Records”
1st Tour of UK with One Man Show
Edinburgh Festival “A Nest of Intervals”
Children’s TV “The Book Tower”
Double Album “Off The Record”
Road crash on 1st May
UK Tour “A Nest of Intervals”
Adapted Terry Jones’ “Fairy Tales” for C4
Music for “Eric The Viking”
Series 2: “Puddle Lane”
Series 1: “The Raggy Dolls”
Series 3: “Puddle Lane”
Series 2: “The Raggy Dolls”
Series 4: “Puddle Lane”
Series 3: “The Raggy Dolls”
Series 5: “The Raggy Dolls”
Final “Puddle Lane”
Series 6: “The Raggy Dolls”
Series 8: “The Raggy Dolls”
Series 9: “The Raggy Dolls”
USA BeatleFests: New York, Chicago
and Los Angeles
CD: “Re-cycled Vinyl Blues”
Songs for “Wind In The Willows”
BBC film “Be Safe With Fireworks” Watch Video
R.I.P. Vivian Stanshall
Los Angeles “Rutlefest”
TV Series: “Away With Words”
Grandson Max Jordan born 1st November
“Recollections 1” CD – 14th May
Tour of New Zealand
“Recollections 3 CD”
Concert for George
Los Angeles “7th Python” Filming
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Sydney “Basement” Webcast
USA – “Short Stories and Tall Songs”
(1st US Road Tour + Yvonne’s Blog)
George Bush re-elected
“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
Bonzo Reunion Concert and UK Tour
“Neil Innes and Friends” US Tour
“Pour L’Amour Des Chiens” Album
“Ego Warriors” + John Dowie – Edinburgh
“Rutlemania” 30th Anniversary USA
“Neil Innes and Fatso” Reunion Tour
“A People’s Guide To World Domination”
US and UK Tours + Yvonne’s Blog
R.I.P. Simon Brunt
“Idiot Bastard Band” UK Tour
“Rutles” mini Tour of UK
“Another Chance To Get It Right” – UK
“Rutles” UK Tour and Japan
“The Art of Hopelessness” UK Tour
Move to France
Rutles tour
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
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
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