HW & GONG relations

[M Holmes]

Olivier Boigey writes:

> I' m looking for links between these two bands besides the following that I
> remember:
>
> * They played & were recorded at same festival in June '71: the famous
> Glastonbury gig
> * Gong's 'Flying Teapot' album is dedicated - among others - to HW
> * Mike Howlett (ex-Gong bassist) played with Nik Turner's Sphinx around '78
> * Nik plays on one track of Mother Gong/Gilly Smith album (the 1st?)
> * Bob Calvert adds vocals to the song ' We circle around ' on Gong's '
> Gongmaison ' album from 1989.
> * Not to mention the Tim Blake's achieved arrival in 79
> * In an interview last year near Paris Dave Brock confirmed the good
> relations referencing Gong as a French band he particulary liked (Magma too)
>
> Now have you tracks of other links and maybe other historic jams maybe...?

I think Calvert appears on "The Owl and the Tree" and I believe both
bands were on Clearwater in the early days.

>
> Olivier

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