HW: Bob sings, Nik sings (was: Your captain is dead, part 2)

sprawl sprawl at BLACKBOARD.COM
Wed Feb 11 09:18:23 EST 1998


LN1GJT wrote:

> rj writes (with reference to Nik's sacking):
>
> >also, according to nik: huw lloyd was a large force in the decision, quoted as
> >saying"im sick of him stepping all over my leads!"  (with the sax.)
> >rj
>
> RJ, you're probably right there, but that was the second ocassion when Nik was
> fired, back in 1985. (I think Nik's last gig as a full member of the line-up
> was the gig at Whitehorse Hill, Wiltshire UK, summer solstace 1985. This was
> in-lieau of playing at Stonehenge that year, as the authorities were cracking
> down!
>
> At that time, Huw was in the band, but the first sacking prior to Quark S & C,
> Huw had been absent for six or seven years, not due to re-appear on the scene
> until the 1979 tour.

yes, that sounds right. i never really was buffed on the history of line-ups and
politics.
it was just something i remembered, and i dint think of the time-line.
rj



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