HW: Alan Davey Website Ho Ho Ho

mike coleman insect.brain at GMAIL.COM
Wed Sep 30 19:48:35 EDT 2009


Oh good!!
? and the MyStevions just wasn't flyin'/////


On 9/30/09, stevepxr5 at aol.com <stevepxr5 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Ahem...
>
>
>
> Regarding the Incumbency...
>
>
>
> Mr Dibs is the Bassbringer, and every credit to him.
>
> What I have heard, and that's a lot, of his contributions to Hawkwind, he
> is bringing his own style to it.
> So although he is "Currently holding office" he is not "Lying or leaning on
> something else".
>
> I agree he has been great at the gigs.
>
> What's wrong with his choice of tee shirts (included the "R" in there).? He
> wears the same ones as me.
>
>
>
> Nowt wrong with that.
>
>
>
> Onward flies the Bird.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> StevePXR5
>
>
> Ahem
> First off Mr Dibs is the incumbent as he currently holds the office or post
> of
> bassist. There is nothing negative in the use of the word. Dibs has been
> great
> at the gigs - choice of T-shirts could be better, and I look forward to the
> next
> cd.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Hall <david.hall6800 at NTLWORLD.COM>
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:35
> Subject: Re: HW: Alan Davey Website Ho Ho Ho
>
>
>
> Ahem
> First off Mr Dibs is the incumbent as he currently holds the office or post
> of
> bassist. There is nothing negative in the use of the word. Dibs has been
> great
> at the gigs - choice of T-shirts could be better, and I look forward to the
> next
> cd.
>
> Second, the band are currently on blasting form - want to see that
> transferred
> to the studio. Hopefully the move away from programmed synths will help.
>
> Dave
> ---- stevepxr5 at AOL.COM wrote:
> > Why do you call Mr Dibs an Incumbent? That is how you described Alan.
> > After all you said about Alan, do you, if you delve deep back to the
> 70's,
> want Lemmy back or are you prepared to accept the band in their latest
> incarnation? ?
> >
> > I first saw Hawkwind on the Sonic Attack tour in 1981 at Preston's
> Guildhall.
> ?Since then I have never looked back. ?
> >
> > Now I live and breathe Hawkwind.
> >
> > Then band are moving onward, ever onward. ?The Porchester gigs were
> incredible. ?The band were superb, the sound was not. ?There was a
> SCREEEEEE.
> >
> > Yes, it was me that suggested cupping the hands behind the ears.
> >
> > It worked.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > See you at Wolves and Manchester.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (PS - Chris - I'll not be going to Monster Magnet - I'll be in
> Manchester. So
> I'll see you for a pint or 2 at Wolves.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been to gigs on every tour from the late 70s (Hawkwind were the
> first
> > band I saw), festivals, Stonehenge, Hawkestra, Hawkcon, Donnington and I
> have
> to
> > say the band have been so great recently I can't wait to the next one.
> >
> > Dave
> > PS Jury is still out on the present bass incumbent
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Hall <david.hall6800 at NTLWORLD.COM>
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:40
> > Subject: HW: Alan Davey Website Ho Ho Ho
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Just been onto the site. Give me a break - frontman, is he jesting? I
> remember
>
> > seeing Alan at his first gig at Stonehenge and it was great. However a
> bit odd
>
> > because that year the big rumour was that
> Lemmy was coming out on the tour -
> so
> > what we got was a clone. The following year was great - Black Sword, the
> biz.
> > After this Alan seemed to descend into becoming even more of a Lemmy
> clone to
> > the extent of copying his vocal style and the positioning of the mic -
> this
> was
> > a bit of a bore really. To be honest a lot of the guys who came to the
> gigs
> with
> > me complained there was nothing new and the band had become there own 70s
> > tribute act - they stopped coming because of that. The trio years were
> crap -
> > endless recycles and programmed synths - no soul, no spirit. Julian Cope
> > described it well, they had gone into stasis. The high points over the
> years -
>
> > the return of Simon House, Ron Tree and the Alien tour [Alan bounced him
> out
> the
> > band I believe] - now Ron was a frontman. All the duff stuff can't be
> laid at
> > Alan but as he was a prime driver he has to take some of the blame. What
> I
> can't
> > take is the slavish devotion and copying of Lemmy, talk about stifling
> > creativity and originality - 25 years of copying someone else is a bit
> sad.
> The
> > last two gigs have been amongst the best I ever seen - what's more all me
> old
> > mates have returned!
> > So all in all, Alan yes you helped keep the band alive but on the
> negative
> side
> > for some periods you relegated them to being almost a tribute act.
> Creativity
> > was stifled and the band did not grow. Proof of the pudding time for Dave
> Brock,
> > is the next album going to be any good?
> > I have been to gigs on every tour from the late 70s (Hawkwind were the
> first
> > band I saw), festivals, Stonehenge, Hawkestra, Hawkcon, Donnington and I
> have
> to
> > say the band have been so great recently I can't wait to the next one.
> >
> > Dave
> > PS Jury is still out on the present bass incumbent
> > ---- Colin Allen <colinjallen at YAHOO.CO.UK> wrote:
> > > If Hawkwind had a front man for most of that time, it probably was
> Alan.
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 29/9/09, iainferguson at AOL.COM <iainferguson at AOL.COM>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: iainferguson at AOL.CO
> M <iainferguson at AOL.COM>
> > > Subject: Re: HW: Alan Davey Website
> > > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > > Date: Tuesday, 29 September, 2009, 4:32 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Please can we try not not get all hot under the collar over this, it's
> been
> > rather pleasant here for a while, with no bitching between the two teams,
> none
>
> > of the musicians are making any comments and it's just fans doing it all.
> > >
> > > To be fair to Ian, he was just pointing out Alan's new website,? and to
> be
> > honest, Alan was the nearest thing to a front man the band had when Rizz
> ,
> > Bridget , and Ron wern't in the band..
> > >
> > > regards
> > > iain
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Abrahams <ianabrahams1 at YAHOO.CO.UK>
> > > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > > Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 4:23 pm
> > > Subject: Re: HW: Alan Davey Website
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Why tell me??? I only passed on the link!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: gary shindler <bewlay68 at YAHOO.COM>
> > > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:11:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: HW: Alan Davey Website
> > >
> > > Alan was the Bass player/Synth, vocalist and front man(?) for Hawkwind
> for
> 22
> > > years. That seems a bit of a stretch, Ian. I know he didn't get paid
> and all
>
> > > that but...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Ian Abrahams <ianabrahams1 at YAHOO.CO.UK>
> > > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:51:18 AM
> > > Subject: HW: Alan Davey Website
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Just to let you know, there's a new website just launched for Alan
> Davey:
> > > www.alandaveymusic.com and a special offer on the 1st 50 orders
> through the
> > new
> > > site, so worth getting along and registering there (find the register
> link
> at
> > > the bottom of the home page). You can order the new AD solo album,
> Eclectic
> > > Devils, there.
> > >
> > > Eclectic Devils has been getting some very strong reviews, includin
> g a
> > > three-star review in Record Collector and a fantastic four-star review
> from
> Oz
> >
> > > Hardwick in the latest R2 (Rock N Reel) (where I can also be found
> singing
> the
> >
> > > praises of Hall & Oates' 'Along the Red Ledge' LP, but I'm off-topic
> now!!).
> > >
> > > Ian
> >
> >
> >
> >
>



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