HW: John Perry

[Alasdair Macdonald]

The Dead connection is that he owned one of Garcia's guitars - the
one used for the recording of American Beauty IIRC. The guitar was
stolen from Perry and has not been seen since.

Alasdair

On 2 Dec 01, at 15:28, Moonglum . wrote:

> I just read in the Oct 2001 issue of Mojo ("I'm a slow reader, in I?") that
> there is a connection between John Perry, lead guitarist with the wonderful
> Only Ones, and Hawkwind.  Anyone know what this connection is?
>
> This comes from the review of "100 Punk scorchers", a subjective Top 100 of
> punk rock singles.  The Only Ones clock in at number 19 with the
> sublime "Another Girl, Another Planet".  (The title is as space rock as
> they get, btw): "John Perry was an accomplice of both Hawkwind and the
> Dead".  I would be delighted to have a connection between 2 of my favourite
> bands, if one really exists! (Not the Dead - they're crap, IMHO!)
>
> Steve
>