HW:space bandits-no, Calvert!

[Christian Mumford]

Duane Hoyt wrote:
>
> >
> >  I think Huw was an excellent addition/founding member of HW.  I miss
> >his soloing.  I found it to be unique in it's sound.
> >  As for the comment that Ron Tree has no real talent, what about some of
> >the other past members.  I love Nik Turner, but I never have considered
> >him to be a maestro of the Sax, and some people claim that he can't write
> >a song either (I don't really concur here).  Could Calvert be called a
> >great musician?
> >   Opinions?  Comments?  Corrections?
> >    Troy
> >
> >   PS:  Am I correct about the staus of HLL in the early HW?
> >
> >
> I feel that the one thing Brock has been able to do is take an average
> talented musician, and use their skills to the utmost to create the best
> spacerock ever heard. HLL is a quite good player/writer, and his solo stuff
> is very listenable, it does not aspire to the level of his work with HW.
> Calvert on his own was not as good as Calvert with the Hawks, Nik on his
> own (non-HW material) is only as strong as his supporting cast (IMHO),
> I am only familiar with Calvert's Capt. Lockheed, and it seems that this
> is in reality a HW project, doing Calvert written material.
> Each HW member alone could not be considered a great musician, but it's
> like Brainstorming, the end result is a conglomeration of the talents
> of all the players.
> Don't you think, or don't you?
>

Capt. Lockheed was an exception. Check out Calvert's later material
(i.e. Lucky Leif, Freq etc.), and you'll know he was a great poet and
songwriter on his own.

Christian