HW: Ron Tree

[Not Ron Tree]

>>>> What happened to Ron Tree ?
>> Um, isn't there a band called "Bajina" or something that Ron's part
>> of, or perhaps 'fronts'?  That's still an ongoing thing isn't it?
>> Was/is Trev part of that too?  (seems like maybe that's right?)
>> With who else?  I suppose if Trev's listening, then he could tell
>> us what the deal is with Ron.  Ron was also a guest at some of the
>> X-HW gigs I believe.  And he was never really fired from HW, so I
>> suppose he just sort of drifted off on his own accord.
>
>        Well, a while ago I received spam about *this*:
>
>        <http://www.mercurymoon.co.uk/ich/ich-main.html>
>
>        So it seems that Inner City Hawks which appears to be Bajina
> as was (sorry change of name that, now it's much more clearly a
> second-hand band IMO), is still alive and functional, in some form,
> or at least, that was this year and it suggests they can be booked...
> Wonder what you'd get if you tried, I must admit.

The Inner City Hawks and Fee Mercury Moon have made available free audio
and PC video CDs of the Frome February 15 2003 gig. You can see excerpts
from the video at the URL quoted above. The name ICH actually seems more
appropriate since much of the set is Hawkwind covers - though there are
also some very nice space jams and a coupla new Ron Tree-ish style songs,
plus a song from the recent Trev solo CD God and Man. Overall the sound is
much more space-rock and much less punk than you might expect. According to
the ICH list the lineup is said to be fairly stable and includes Ron, Judge
Trev, and Commander Jim Hawkman (who previously played with Nik and Co.)
doing some good spacy synth stuff. The audio/video discs were recently
treed on Neo-Quark - if there is anyone here who wants a copy you can
contact me off-list with your mailing address. Can't guarantee rapid
response tho, coz I'm swamped at the moment.

Stephan