[BOCL] HW: a question of past members

[Jon Jarrett]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Kirsten Procter wrote:

> A recent post from a newsgroup I'm a regular reader / starter of HW
> threads on[1] -
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Newsgroups: uk.media.radio.archers[2]
>
> [goes and furkles around on shelves for concert programme thingie from
> October 1981 (The Gaumont, Sarf'ampton, Oct 25th. Spectacular light
> show, AIR. {Curiously, no-one else of my acquaintance who was at the gig
> recalls any kind of light show at all. Hmm})]
>
> Tim Blake is there in the list of people who'd played keyboards etc with
> them (along with Dik Mik, Del Dettmar, Simon House, Paul Hayles, Steve
> Swindells, Twink, Keith Hale, "and a new member being auditioned at
> present").
>
> Sad to say that's my only frame of reference, cos I never really
> listened to anything they did past about 1982....
>
> -----------End of forwarded message-----------
>
>  So, what I want to know is - who is the 'new member' mentioned? Yes, I
> probably should be able to work it out, but can't due to brain user error.

        How entirely confusing. After Keith Hale left in 1980 there was no
new keyboardist until Frederick Reeves the Earl of Essex in 1983, because
as Dave says in the _Sonic Attack_ liner, "Harvey and me could do it". Or
am I wrong? My initial conclusion would be that whoever this extra member
was he was so awful that Dave decided they'd be better off without a
keyboard player :-)

        N.B. also that Twink above is not *the* Twink but another one who
roadied on the 1980 tour and got dragged in to take over from Keith
Hale. I believe he also played with Mother Gong though I can't remember
where I thought I'd found this out. Anyone else shed any light on
this? Yours,
             Jon

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