Arthur Brown

[William Duffy]

> His significance to HW is that he was always admired
> by Dave Brock.  Whenever you read articles or
> interviews about the early days of HW and what their
> influences were, Brock often mentions Arthur Brown as
> an example of somebody who was always doing something
> interesting on stage, always trying to liven up the
> performance.  This led to HW always having dancers,
> fire eaters, mime artists and the like.  So the AB
> connection is not a musical or personnel thing, I
> think it's more to do with inspiration and Dave
> Brock's whole philosophy of what a good HW gig should
> be about.  I'm sure Brock is pleased as punch to have
> AB along as a guest.

And he made a guest appearance on Robert Calvert, Captain Lockhead & The
Starfighters, doing vocals on The Gremlin.

Incidentally, Other great tracks to look out for with him on vocals include
The Tell-Tale Heart on Alan Parsons' Mystery & Imagination, as well as on
Klause Schultz' Dune.

William