HALSALL FAMILY HISTORY
Last Updated : 27 Feb 2011

Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall was born on the 14th of March 1949 at Southport (now in the Borough of Sefton), north of Liverpool.

He got has nickname from the way he pronounced his surname. He had an interest in music from an early age and was a keen Beatles fan, attending some of the group's shows in Southport before Beatlemania took off.

Ollie was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music.

He died from a heroin overdose on the 29th of May 1992 at in Madrid, Spain.