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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Gary Pickford-Hopkins (vocals)

BIOGRAPHY:

Great, fine vocalist, he was very underrated in my opinion. Gary Pickford-Hopkins was born in Neath, Wales in 1948. The first band I know with him is The Smokestacks, when he was just 16.

Gary Pickford-Hopkins in 1975

BANDS:

BAND	PERIOD	DETAILS
The Smokestacks	[1964]
Eyes Of Blue	[1964-1970]	5 recordings
Big Sleep	[1970]	1 recording
Wild Turkey	[1971-Jun 74]	8 recordings
Rick Wakeman Band	[1974-1975]	5 recordings + 1 compilation
Network	[1978-?]	1 recording
The Houseband	[1980]
The Broadcasters	[1989-1990]
Wild Turkey (again)
Gary & Taff
Wild Turkey (again)

THE SMOKESTACKS

The Smokestacks was a band from Neath, in Wales. In 1964, the band included singer Gary Pickford-Hopkins and keyboardist Phil Ryan:

THE SMOKESTACKS #?	1964
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Phil Ryan keyboards	+ others unknown to me. Help!
Eyes Of Blueê	Eyes Of Blueê

But I haven´t any other info about them. Help, please!

Other info on members of The Smokestacks (I know up to 2 members)
To be covered (1):	Phil Ryan

EYES OF BLUE

Eyes Of Blue was a band from Wales. It´s very difficult finding info about their beginnings, so this is just my guess - so if someone can provide reliable info, it would be very nice.

I think this was their original lineup:

EYES OF BLUE #1			1964-?
	êThe Smokestacks
Wyndham Rees vocals	Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals, guitar	Melvyn Davies guitar	Ritchie Francis bass, keyboards	David Thomas drums

I don´t know if their first two singles were recorded by this incarnation of the band, or by the following one (with John Weathers and Ray Taff Williams).

This was the new lineup for Eyes Of Blue when they were joined by John ´Pugwash´ Weathers:

EYES OF BLUE #?				?
				êThe Smokestacks
Wyndham Rees vocals	Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar	Ritchie Francis bass	Phil Ryan keyboards	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers drums

They won the Battle of the Bands competition for Melody Maker in 1965.

After releasing 4 singles and their first album, Crossroads of time, Wyndham Rees left the band.

Eyes Of Blue

Around 1969, Eyes Of Blue became a quintet:

EYES OF BLUE #?			1969-1970
êThe Smokestacks
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar	Ritchie Francis bass	Phil Ryan keyboards	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers drums
Big Sleepê	Big Sleepê	Big Sleepê	Big Sleepê	Big Sleepê

The band was used by producer Lou Reizner in Buzzy Linhart´s album Buzzy (but I don´t know if this included Gary). They also played in the soundtrack for the movie Toy grabbers by Quincy Jones. And the band also appears in the movie Connecting rooms in 1969, starring Bette Davis.

They released their 2nd and last album, In fields of Ardath, again produced by Lou Reizner (with liner notes by Quincy Jones), and they soon split in 1970, to carry on under another monicker, Big Sleep.

Other info on members of Eyes Of Blue (I know up to 9 members)
To be covered (4):	Ray Bennett, Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams

BIG SLEEP

Big Sleep

Around 1970, the band Eyes Of Blue stopped working with this name, changing it to Big Sleep:

BIG SLEEP #?			1970
êEyes Of Blue	êEyes Of Blue	êEyes Of Blue	êEyes Of Blue	êEyes Of Blue
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar	Ritchie Francis bass	Phil Ryan keyboards	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers drums
			Piblokto!ê	Piblokto!ê

They released the album Bluebell wood in 1971, but soon folded after a few months, not having played live in their brief life.

Other info on members of Big Sleep (I know up to 5 members)
To be covered (3):	Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams

WILD TURKEY

Wild Turkey - from left to right: John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Graham Williams, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Jon Blackmore, Glenn Cornick

Wild Turkey was a band formed by Glenn Cornick (ex-Jethro Tull). After looking for musicians, I think this was their original lineup, early in 1971:

WILD TURKEY #1			1971
	êHuman Leg
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis guitar	Graham Williams guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers drums
		Graham Bond Bandê		Graham Bond Bandê

But John Weathers and Graham Williams left very soon to join forces with Graham Bond.

Wild Turkey - from left to right: Jeff Jones, Glenn Cornick, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis, Jon Blackmore

This must be the second lineup for Wild Turkey, now with Jon Blackmore on guitar:

WILD TURKEY #2			?
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis guitar	Jon Blackmore guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Jeff Jones drums

Wild Turkey

In 1972, Mick Dyche replaced one of the original members in Wild Turkey (Jon Blackmore), in order to record their 2nd album, called Turkey, with the band also recruiting Steve Gurl on keyboards:

WILD TURKEY #?				1972-
		êHarlot
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis guitar	Mick Dyche guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Steve Gurl keyboards	Jeff Jones drums
	Manê

Tweke Lewis left them in 1973 to join Man.

Wild Turkey - from left to right: Glenn Cornick, Mick Dyche, Bernie Marsden, Steve Gurl, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Jeff Jones

When Gary Tweke Lewis left Wild Turkey, they recruited Bernie Marsden. This was probably around 1973:

WILD TURKEY #?				?
	êUFO
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Bernie Marsden guitar	Mick Dyche guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Steve Gurl keyboards	Jeff Jones drums

Many years later, some live albums have appeared. Live in Edinburgh was recorded live in 1973, by the lineup with Jeff Jones.

Wild Turkey: Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Glenn Cornick

When Wild Turkey drummer Jeff Jones left them, he was replaced by Kevin Currie:

WILD TURKEY #?				? - Jun 74
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Bernie Marsden guitar	Mick Dyche guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Steve Gurl keyboards	Kevin Currie drums
Rick Wakeman Bandê	Cozy Powell´s Hammerê			Babe Ruthê

The band was working in a third album, but disbanded when Pickford-Hopkins left in June 1974 to join Rick Wakeman.

The live album Final performance features the lineup with Kevin Currie. It was recorded on June 1974, plus 3 tracks from June 1973.

There's also a new album with unreleased tracks, called Rarest Turkey. It features different lineups, and among others: Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Glenn Cornick, Bernie Marsden, Mick Dyche, Morgan Fisher, Gary 'Tweke' Lewis, Jon Blackmore, Kevin Currie, Steve Gurl, etc.

Wild Turkey

RICK WAKEMAN BAND

Rick Wakeman & Gary Pickford-Hopkins

This was the Rick Wakeman Band in 1974:

RICK WAKEMAN BAND #?				1974
		êWild Turkey
Rick Wakeman keyboards	Ashley Holt vocals	Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Mike Egan guitar	Roger Newell bass	Barney James drums

Rick Wakeman Band in 1975: Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Ashley Holt

Rick Wakeman Band in 1975: Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Barney James & Ashley Holt

Complete Rick Wakeman Band in 1975

This was the new Rick Wakeman Band still in 1974, now with James Crampton on guitar:

RICK WAKEMAN BAND #?				1974-1975
Rick Wakeman keyboards	Ashley Holt vocals	Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Jeff Crampton guitar	Roger Newell bass	John Hodgson percussion

Barney James
drums

They toured in 1974, as well as during the Wembley special gig (with scenography on ice - see some videos below) and the Australian tour in 1975.

New drummer for Rick Wakeman Band is Barry Flather for the Japanese tour in 1975:

RICK WAKEMAN BAND #?				1975
Rick Wakeman keyboards	Ashley Holt vocals	Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Jeff Crampton guitar	Roger Newell bass	John Hodgson percussion

Barry Flather
drums

After that, most of the band changed in 1975, only staying Ashley Holt, Roger Hodgson and Roger Newell with Rick.

Other info on members of Rick Wakeman Band (I know up to 43 members)
Already covered (5):	Denny Ball, Dave Caswell, Barry De Souza, Stevie Lange, Bruce Lynch
To be covered (37):	Jon Anderson, Steve Barnacle, Reg Brooks, Vicki Brown, Dave Colquhoun, Dave Cousins, Jeff Crampton, Chas Cronk, Dr Doom, John Dunsterville, Mike Egan, Rick Fenn, Tony Fernandez, Barry Flather, Frank Gibson Jr, Anthony Glynne, Chrissie Hammond, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Rick Hudson, Barney James, Sonia Jones, Cori Josias, Dave Lambert, Phil Laughlin,... up to 37 musicians.

NETWORK

Gary Pickford-Hopkins joins Network as their new vocalist, probably still in 1978:

NETWORK #1			?
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Graham Foster guitar, vocals	Andy Pyle bass, vocals	John Gosling keyboards	Ron Berg drums

They recorded an album, but it remained unreleased for some reason. A pity, as it´s a great album with contribution by Jack Lancaster on sax.

Network split around 1979, probably after more lineup changes (I think Bruce Rowland also drummed for them).

Other info on members of Network (I know up to 7 members)
Old pages (2):	Ron Berg, Andy Pyle
To be covered (4):	Graham Foster, John Gosling, Bruce Rowland, Dave Tedstone

THE HOUSEBAND

In 1980, friends Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Ray ´Taff´ Williams get together with a new project, called The Houseband:

THE HOUSEBAND #?		1980
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar	Kevin Dunn bass	Neill Adams drums

Other info on members of The Houseband (I know up to 4 members)
To be covered (1):	Ray Taff Williams

THE BROADCASTERS

The Broadcasters played from 1989 to 1990, don´t know if always with the same lineup:

THE BROADCASTERS #?		1989-1990
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar	David Bell bass	Terry Williams drums

Other info on members of The Broadcasters (I know up to 4 members)
To be covered (2):	Ray Taff Williams, Terry Williams

AND THEN...

It´s not easy tracking down Gary Pickford-Hopkins career, so I have big gaps in his bio. Can someone help me, please?

WILD TURKEY (again)

In the mid 90s (maybe 1996?) Wild Turkey was reformed by Glenn Cornick, with past members Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Tweke Lewis, and new drummer Brian Thomas

WILD TURKEY #?		?
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Brian Thomas drums

They released Stealer of years in 1996.

GARY & TAFF

Apart from playing in different bands, Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Ray ´Taff´ Williams have also toured as a duo, named Gary & Taff:

GARY & TAFF #?	?
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Ray Taff Williams guitar

Other info on members of Gary & Taff (I know up to 2 members)
To be covered (1):	Ray Taff Williams

WILD TURKEY (again)

Wild Turkey in 2006 - from left to right: Mick Dyche, Clive Bunker, Brendan McGrath, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers & Glenn Cornick

Mick Dyche and Gary Pickford-Hopkins live in 2006 - copyright of the photo: Carlo Pavone

Gary Pickford-Hopkins live in 2006 with Wild Turkey - copyright of the photo: Carlo Pavone

Wild Turkey live in 2006 with special guest Ian Anderson - copyright of the photo: Carlo Pavone

In 2006, Wild Turkey reforms in order to record a new album, You & me in the jungle. It features some of the original members, such as Graham Williams or John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, as well as Glenn Cornick´s mate Clive Bunker on drums.

As far as I know, Graham Williams and Steve Gurl didn´t make the tour, so a new guitarist was recruited, Brendan McGrath, as well as two different keyboardists. In September 2006, Wild Turkey plays in Italy with Fabio Mastrogregori:

WILD TURKEY #?				2006
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Mick Dyche guitar	Brendan McGrath guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Fabio Mastrogregori keyboards	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers percussion

Clive Bunker
drums

In 2006, Gonzalo Carrera joins Wild Turkey for the rest of tour (except Italy):

WILD TURKEY #?				2006
Gary Pickford-Hopkins † vocals	Mick Dyche guitar	Brendan McGrath guitar	Glenn Cornick bass	Gonzalo Carrera keyboards	John ´Pugwash´ Weathers percussion

Clive Bunker
drums

Other info on members of Wild Turkey (I know up to 16 members)
Old pages (2):	Mick Dyche, Bernie Marsden
To be covered (13):	Jon Blackmore, Clive Bunker, Gonzalo Carrera, Glenn Cornick, Kevin Currie, Steve Gurl, Jeff Jones, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis, Fabio Mastrogregori, Brendan McGrath, Brian Thomas, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Graham Williams

AND THEN...

Gary Pickford-Hopkins in 2010

Gary has been playing locally in pubs for more than 20 years in Port Talbot, Neath & Swansea.

Gary Pickford-Hopkins sadly passed away on June 22nd, 2013 after a long battle with jaw cancer.

DISCOGRAPHY: (27 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)

OWN ALBUMS (2 credits)

The Stradey song / Theme from Stradey Park (SINGLE) - Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Llanelli RFC (1988)

Members: (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

GPH - Gary Pickford-Hopkins (2002)

Members: (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: Andy Fairweather Low, Bob Jackson, Deke Leonard, Brian Thomas, Ray Taff Williams, Terry Williams
Comments: Recorded in 2002, this was Gary Pickford-Hopkins first solo album, featuring his mates Bonnie Tyler and Ray ´Taff´ Williams.

ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (20 credits)

Journey to the centre of the Earth - live in concert - Rick Wakeman ( - ) (LIVE)

Members: Jeff Crampton, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: DVD+CD, recorded live in February 1975. There´s a special 30th anniversary edition with a bonus documentary.

Heart trouble / Up and down (SINGLE) - Eyes Of Blue (November 1966)

Members: Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

Supermarket full of cans / Don´t ask me to mend your broken heart (SINGLE) - Eyes Of Blue (1967)

Members: Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

Crossroads of time - Eyes Of Blue (1968)

Members: Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: There´s a CD reissue with 3 bonus tracks.

Largo / Yesterday (SINGLE) - Eyes Of Blue (1968)

Members: Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

In fields of Ardath - Eyes Of Blue (October 1969)

Members: Ray Bennett, Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Producer: (RIP: Lou Reizner)
Technical: John Timperley
Comments: CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks.

Bluebell wood - Big Sleep (1971)

Members: Phil Ryan, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Ray Taff Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Producer: (RIP: Lou Reizner)
Technical: John Timperley

Battle hymn - Wild Turkey (1972)

Members: Jon Blackmore, Glenn Cornick, Jeff Jones, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Technical: Tom Allom
Comments: First album by the band. Some CD reissues contain 2 bonus live tracks.

Turkey - Wild Turkey (1973)

Members: Glenn Cornick, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, Jeff Jones, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Technical: Robin Black
Comments: Second album by the band. Some CD reissue contains 6 bonus live tracks.

Journey to the centre of the Earth - Rick Wakeman (1974) (LIVE)

Members: Mike Egan, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: Will Malone (RIP: David Hemmings, David Measham)
Producer: (RIP: Lou Reizner)
Technical: Keith Grant

The Myths & legends of King Arthur & the knights of the round table - Rick Wakeman (April 1975)

Members: Jeff Crampton, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: Michael Baker, Derek Grossmith, Skaila Kanga, David Katz, Will Malone, Geoff Perkins (RIP: Tony Gilbert, Tony Harris, David Mason, David Measham)
Comments: Recorded from October 1974 to January 1975.

Unleashing the tethered one - the 1974 North American tour - Rick Wakeman (1993) (LIVE)

Members: Jeff Crampton, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: (RIP: David Measham)
Comments: Recorded live in 1974.

The Private collection - Rick Wakeman (1995)

Members: Jeff Crampton, Tony Fernandez, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: John Gustafson, Jackie McAuley (RIP: David Hemmings, David Measham)
Technical: John Burns, Stuart Sawney, John Timperley

Stealer of years - Wild Turkey (1999)

Members: Glenn Cornick, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis, Brian Thomas (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

Live in Edinburgh - Wild Turkey (2001) (LIVE)

Members: Glenn Cornick, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, Jeff Jones, Bernie Marsden (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: Recorded live in 1973, but released in 2001.

Rarest Turkey - Wild Turkey (2002)

Members: Jon Blackmore, Glenn Cornick, Kevin Currie, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, Jeff Jones, Alan ´Tweke´ Lewis, Bernie Marsden (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: Morgan Fisher
Comments: Album of rarities, featuring 5 tracks recorded in 1974, 2 from 1972, 1 from 1973, and another live track from 1972, along with 5 bonus tracks from Gary Pickford-Hopkins backed by Morgan Fisher on keyboards.

You & me in the jungle - Wild Turkey (October 2006)

Members: Clive Bunker, Glenn Cornick, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, John ´Pugwash´ Weathers, Graham Williams (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: Recorded in April 2006.

Network - Network ( - )

Members: Ron Berg, Graham Foster, John Gosling, Andy Pyle, Bruce Rowland (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Guests: Jimmy Chambers, Jack Lancaster
Comments: The album sadly remains unreleased.

Final performance - Wild Turkey ( - ) (LIVE)

Members: Glenn Cornick, Kevin Currie, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, Bernie Marsden (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: Recorded live at The Marquee in June 1974 at their last gig in the 70s, with 3 bonus tracks recorded live in June 1973.

Don´t dare to forget - Wild Turkey ( - )

Members: Glenn Cornick, Mick Dyche, Steve Gurl, Jeff Jones, Bernie Marsden (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)

COMPILATIONS AS A BAND MEMBER (1 credit)

Recollections - the very best of Rick Wakeman (1973-1979) - Rick Wakeman (October 2000)

Members: Reg Brooks, Dave Cousins, Jeff Crampton, Chas Cronk, John Dunsterville, Mike Egan, Tony Fernandez, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Barney James, Roger Newell, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Barry De Souza, Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Martyn Shields)
Guests: Bill Bruford, Ray Cooper, Steve Howe, Les Hurdle, David Katz, Will Malone, Judith Powell, Frank Ricotti, Chris Squire, Barry St John, Liza Strike, Alan White (RIP: David Hemmings, David Measham)
Technical: Keith Grant, Ken Scott, John Timperley

ALBUMS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (1 credit)

Women and children first - Ancient Grease (July 1970)

Members: Graham Williams
Guests: Phil Ryan (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Producer: John ´Pugwash´ Weathers (RIP: Lou Reizner)
Comments: The band Ancient Grease was called Strawberry Dust. Drummer John ´Pugwash´ Weathers produced them their only album (along with Lou Reizner), and brought his then-current bandmates in Eyes Of Blue to play in the album: Phil Ryan and Gary Pickford-Hopkins. Some CD reissue contains 1 bonus track.

SESSIONS (3 credits)

You & me - Chick Churchill (1973)

Members: Chick Churchill
Guests: Martin Barre, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Ric Lee, Leo Lyons, Bernie Marsden (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Cozy Powell)
Technical: Matthew Fisher
Comments: Chick Churchill was (and still is) the keyboardist in Ten Years After. This was his solo album. With some surprises in it: Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies (both from Supertramp), Gary Pickford Hopkins (vocals, later with Rick Wakeman), Bernie Marsden (guitar), Martin Barre (guitar, from Jethro Tull), Cozy Powell (drums), plus his companions in Ten Years After: Leo Lyons (bass) and Ric Lee (drums).

Mad fallen leaf - Andrea Vercesi (October 2009)

Guests: Clive Bunker, Andy Giddings, Jonathan Noyce (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: Many ex-Jethro Tull musicians appear here, along with Gary Pickford-Hopkins, guesting in this album, although he also sang live with the band in some special gig in Italy (maybe in 2011?).

Live - Tetsu & The Good Times Roll Band (2012) (LIVE)

Members: Tetsu Yamauchi
Guests: (RIP: Gary Pickford-Hopkins)
Comments: Live album by ex-Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi.

QUESTIONS:

01. Was Gary a member of Cutting Crew or Drivers?

02. Did Frank Ricotti play live with Rick Wakeman Band when Gary was there, in January 1974?

03. Did Gary work with Cozy Powell (apart from appearing together in Chick Churchills´s solo album)?

04. Did bassist Ray Bennett play with Eyes Of Blue, circa 1968?

05. Did Gary work with the band Rare Bird?

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 10

Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:

Graham Foster

From the always interesting Alex's Picks (by Alex Gitlin), we have:

From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:

Bernie Marsden

From the great site DME (by Dmitry M. Epstein), we have fantastic interviews:

Bernie Marsden

Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:

Rick Wakeman

Assorted links:

Wild Turkey (live photos 2006) (by Carlo Pavone)
Wild Turkey (more live photos 2006) (by Carlo Pavone)

RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 26
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Gary Pickford-Hopkins, please, also write me with the link.

Rick Wakeman - Sir Galahad

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Rick Wakeman - Guinevere

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Rick Wakeman - Guinevere

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Rick Wakeman - The Last Battle

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Rick Wakeman - King Arthur

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Rick Wakeman - Sir Lancelot And The Black Knight

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Gary & Taff - Dimples

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Gary & Taff - Outlaw Blues

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Gary & Taff - Hey Joe

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Gary & Taff - You Never Can Tell

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Gary & Taff - Smokestack Lightnin´

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Gary & Taff - Faraway Friends

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Gary & Taff - Ask Me No Questions

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Gary & Taff - Long Time Coming

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Gary & Taff - Bring It On Home

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Gary & Taff - Night Life

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Gary & Taff - Statesboro Blues

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Gary & Taff - Master Blaster

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Gary & Taff - I´m Coming Home

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Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Stuart Graves - Hey Joe

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Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Stuart Graves - Route 66

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Spencer Davis & Gary Pickford-Hopkins - Gimme Some Lovin´

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Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Anthony Williams - You Never Can Tell

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Gary Pickford-Hopkins & Anthony Williams - Dimples

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Deke Leonard - Everyday I Have The Blues

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Deke Leonard - Johnny B Good

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THANKS:

Very Special Thanks to:

Graham Foster: for being such a great guitarist, as well as for his kindness and a wonderful present.

Special Thanks to:

Carlo Pavone: for allowing me to use his wonderful photos of Wild Turkey. See the links above to all his Wild Turkey photos (2013).

Thanks to:

Alex Gitlin: my friend, for info on Gary solo album (2003).

Also thanks for writing to:

Tony Wyn-Jones (2005).

RELATED MUSICIANS:

Gary Pickford-Hopkins mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Glenn Cornick (8)
John ´Pugwash´ Weathers (8)
Phil Ryan (7)
Mick Dyche (6)
Ritchie Francis (6)
Steve Gurl (6)
Ashley Holt (6)
Barney James (6)
Roger Newell (6)
Rick Wakeman (6)

Page created by Miguel Terol on: 26/June/2013 - Last modified on: 27/June/2013. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

Please, note than you can check the indexes (musicians, bands, obituaries) at the top of this page.

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Bruce Lynch (bass)

BANDS:

BAND	PERIOD	DETAILS
Cat Stevens Band	[1974-1976]	7 albums + 3 compilations
Morrissey-Mullen	[?]
Rick Wakeman Band	[1979]	1 album
Space Case	[?]	1 album + 1 compilation
Russell Watson Band
Brian Smith Group

BIOGRAPHY:

Great bassist and composer, Bruce Lynch appears in many fantastic albums.

Bruce Lynch was born in New Zealand in 1948. He started playing bass in several bands from Auckland, but after marrying singer Suzanne Donaldson (known as Suzanne Lynch), they went to England around 1973. He's also father to Andy Lynch (guitarist in New Zealand bands Zed and Atlas).

CAT STEVENS BAND

This was Cat Stevens Band in March 1974:

CAT STEVENS BAND #?					1974
Cat Stevens vocals, guitar	Alun Davies guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Jean Roussel keyboards	Gerry Conway drums	Joy Yates backing vocals	Suzanne Lynch backing vocals

This was Cat Stevens Band for one of his tours in 1974:

CAT STEVENS BAND #?						1974
Cat Stevens vocals, guitar	Alun Davies guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Jean Roussel keyboards	Larry Steele percussion, guitar	Gerry Conway drums	Anna Peacock backing vocals	Suzanne Lynch backing vocals

Linda Lewis and Jim Cregan toured supporting Cat Stevens during 1974, so Cregan, Lewis and Max Middleton also appeared as a guest playing in some songs by Cat. There's a live album recorded from that tour, Saturnight (Live in Tokyo), recorded in June 1974. Originally, it was released only in Japan, as a benefit album in behalf of UNICEF. But the great news is that in 2001, this album would see a worldwide reissue on CD.

And still another different lineup for Cat Stevens Band in 1974, without backing singers:

CAT STEVENS BAND #?				1974
Cat Stevens vocals, guitar	Alun Davies guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Jean Roussel keyboards	Larry Steele percussion, guitar	Gerry Conway drums

For his tour in November 1975, Cat Stevens reverted to a smaller backing band:

CAT STEVENS BAND #?			1975
Cat Stevens vocals, guitar	Alun Davies guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Jean Roussel keyboards	Gerry Conway drums

Please, I´d like to know if Chico Batera and Mark Warner played in the band in that same tour. Does anybody know?

This was the big backing band for Cat Stevens´ Earth tour in February 1976:

CAT STEVENS BAND #?									1976
Cat Stevens vocals, guitar	Alun Davies guitar	Mark Warner guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Jean Roussel keyboards	Larry Steele percussion, guitar, bass	Chico Batera percussion	Gerry Conway drums	Suzanne Lynch backing vocals	Kimberley Carlson backing vocals	Angela Howell backing vocals

In September 2004, a live CD (and DVD) has been released from those concerts, both called Majikat.

Other info on members of Cat Stevens Band (I know up to 29 members)
Old pages (2):	Ray Russell, Micky Waller
To be covered (26):	Peter Adams, Patrick Alan, Trevor Barry, Chico Batera, Harvey Burns, Kimberley Carlson, Clive Chaman, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, John Gibbons, Angela Howell, Alan James, Luis Jardim, Pat King, Chris Lawrence, Suzanne Lynch, Del Newman, Tony Offord, Anna Peacock, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, John Themis, Mark Warner, Tony Wood,... up to 26 musicians.

MORRISSEY-MULLEN

Bruce Lynch also played bass for Morrissey-Mullen, but I haven´t details about the complete lineup(s):

MORRISSEY-MULLEN #?			?
Dick Morrissey † sax	Jim Mullen guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Frank Gibson Jr drums	+ others unknown to me. Help!

Can someone help me with additional info, please?

Other info on members of Morrissey-Mullen (I know up to 23 members)
Already covered (1):	Jeff Seopardie
To be covered (21):	Trevor Barry, Johnny Burch, Clive Chaman, Robin Clayton, John Critchinson, Martin Drew, Chris Fletcher, Frank Gibson Jr, Claire Hamill, Gary Husband, Pete Jacobsen, Carol Kenyon, Noel McCalla, John McKenzie, Brian Miller, John Mole, Dick Morrissey, Phil Mulford, Jim Mullen, Tessa Niles, Mark Smith

RICK WAKEMAN BAND

In 1979, this was the new lineup for Rick Wakeman & His Band:

RICK WAKEMAN BAND #?					1979
Rick Wakeman keyboards	Ashley Holt vocals	Jon Anderson guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Dave Caswell trumpet	Reg Brooks trombone	Frank Gibson Jr drums

Other info on members of Rick Wakeman Band (I know up to 43 members)
Already covered (4):	Denny Ball, Dave Caswell, Barry De Souza, Stevie Lange
To be covered (38):	Jon Anderson, Steve Barnacle, Reg Brooks, Vicki Brown, Dave Colquhoun, Dave Cousins, Jeff Crampton, Chas Cronk, Dr Doom, John Dunsterville, Mike Egan, Rick Fenn, Tony Fernandez, Barry Flather, Frank Gibson Jr, Anthony Glynne, Chrissie Hammond, John Hodgson, Ashley Holt, Rick Hudson, Barney James, Sonia Jones, Cori Josias, Dave Lambert, Phil Laughlin,... up to 38 musicians.

AND THEN...

In 1981, Bruce returned to New Zealand, and started producing many new bands and acts. He has also been composing soundtracks for movies, TV movies or series. These are some of them:

Lost safari (1998)

Wild blue (2000, starring Judge Reinhold)

No one can hear you (2001, starring Kelly McGillis)

Kids world (2001, starring Christopher Lloyd)

Exposure (2001, starring Alexandra Paul)

Hope Ranch (2002, TV movie starring Bruce Boxleitner)

The vector file (2002, TV movie starring Casper Van Dien)

Hope Ranch (2002, TV movie starring Bruce Boxleitner)

Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003, TV series)

Terror peak (2003, TV movie starring Lynda Carter)

Cupid´s prey (2003, TV movie starring Joanna Pacula)

Treasure Island kids - the battle of Treasure Island (2006)

Mirror mirror (2012)

Bruce also owns a studio, Boatshed Studio.

SPACE CASE

This was one of the lineups for New Zealand fusion band Space Case:

SPACE CASE #?			?
Bruce Lynch bass	Murray McNabb piano	George Chisholm trumpet	Brian Smith sax	Frank Gibson Jr drums

Other info on members of Space Case (I know up to 6 members)
To be covered (3):	George Chisholm, Frank Gibson Jr, Brian Smith

RUSSELL WATSON BAND

In 2002, we find Bruce Lynch playing with singer Russell Watson:

RUSSELL WATSON BAND #?			2002
Russell Watson vocals	Billy Lang guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Ben Gilgen keyboards	Leyton Greening drums

BRIAN SMITH GROUP

In October 2011, we luckily find Bruce Lynch playing bass again, in a benefit gig held by Brian Smith Group:

BRIAN SMITH GROUP #?					Oct 11
Brian Smith sax	Murray Grindlay vocals	Midge Marsden harmonica	Lance Sua guitar	Bruce Lynch bass	Murray McNabb keyboards	Frank Gibson Jr drums

Other info on members of Brian Smith Group (I know up to 15 members)
To be covered (4):	Frank Gibson Jr, Dave MacRae, Brian Smith, Joy Yates

DISCOGRAPHY: (67 albums known to me - Status: Quite advanced)

ALBUMS AS PRODUCER (13 credits)

Sunshine through a prism / Willie and Laura Mae Jones (SINGLE) - Suzanne (1972)

Members: Suzanne Lynch
Producer: Bruce Lynch

The Bump / Drop in sometime (SINGLE) - Commandos (1976)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos - Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos (1980)

Guests: (RIP: Paul Hewson)
Producer: Bruce Lynch

Growing old / All those nights (SINGLE) - Dean Waretini (1980)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

She´s done it again / Long night blues (SINGLE) - Streetalk (January 1980)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

Hammond Gamble - Hammond Gamble (1981)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

Remember The Alamo! (MAXI) - Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos (1981)

Guests: (RIP: Paul Hewson)
Producer: Bruce Lynch

We never close - Pink Flamingos (1982)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

Sheba (Sha sha shee shoo) / You can´t stop me now (SINGLE) - Monte Video (1983)

Producer: Bruce Lynch

Genre - Shona Laing (1985)

Members: Shona Laing
Guests: Geoff Castle, George Chisholm, Andy Craig, Frank Gibson Jr, Suzanne Lynch, Brian Smith (RIP: Martin Winch)
Producer: Bruce Lynch

Peking Man - Peking Man (1986)

Guests: George Chisholm
Producer: Bruce Lynch

Loyal - Dave Dobbyn (1988)

Guests: Tony Buchanan, Ricky Fataar, Mark Punch (RIP: Ian Belton)
Producer: Bruce Lynch

South - Shona Laing (1988)

Members: Shona Laing
Guests: Geoff Castle, Frank Gibson Jr, Suzanne Lynch, Mark Punch, Brian Smith (RIP: Martin Winch)
Producer: Bruce Lynch

ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (9 credits)

Saturnight (Live in Tokyo) - Cat Stevens (1974) (LIVE)

Members: Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Anna Peacock, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens
Guests: Jim Cregan
Comments: Recorded live in June 1974, and originally released only in Japan.

Buddha and the chocolate box - Cat Stevens (April 1974)

Members: Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Bruce Lynch, Del Newman, Jean Roussel, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Guests: Roland Harker, Jim Ryan
Producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Technical: Robin Black, Ted Jensen, John Wood

Numbers - Cat Stevens (November 1975)

Members: Chico Batera, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Anna Peacock, Jean Roussel, Cat Stevens
Guests: Art Garfunkel, Venette Gloud, Carl Hall, Barbara Massey, Simon Nicol, Brenda Russell, David Sanborn, Carmen Twillie (RIP: Gordie Fleming, Tasha Thomas)
Technical: Bernie Grundman, Leanne Ungar

Izitso - Cat Stevens (May 1977)

Members: Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Jean Roussel, Cat Stevens
Guests: Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Bill Berg, Elkie Brooks, David Campbell, Pete Carr, Chick Corea, Ray Gomez, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Barbara Ingram, Jimmy Johnson, Weldon Myrick, Andy Newmark, Reggie Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Little Brother Montgomery, Barry Morgan, Gene Page)
Producer: David Kershenbaum
Technical: Bernie Grundman, Ted Jensen, Mike Ross, Nigel Walker (RIP: Flemming Rasmussen, Dee Robb)

Back to Earth - Cat Stevens (December 1978)

Members: Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Bruce Lynch, Del Newman, Jean Roussel, Cat Stevens
Guests: B J Cole, Eric Johnson, Steve Jordan, Will Lee, Dave Mattacks, Richard Niles, Graham Smith, Don Weller (RIP: Luther Vandross, Derek Wadsworth)
Producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Technical: Ted Jensen, Jeff Titmus

Rhapsodies - Rick Wakeman (1979)

Members: Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch, Rick Wakeman
Guests: Nico Ramsden, Tony Visconti

Executive decision - Space Case (1981)

Members: Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch, Brian Smith

Majikat - Earth tour 1976 - Cat Stevens (May 2004) (LIVE)

Members: Chico Batera, Kimberley Carlson, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Angela Howell, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Comments: Live DVD recorded in February 1976, but released in 2004. There´s a CD edition with a slightly different tracklisting.

Majikat - Earth tour 1976 - Cat Stevens (September 2004) (LIVE)

Members: Chico Batera, Kimberley Carlson, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Angela Howell, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Comments: Live CD recorded in 1976, but released in 2004. There´s a DVD edition with a slightly different tracklisting.

COMPILATIONS AS A BAND MEMBER (4 credits)

On the road to find out - Cat Stevens (October 2001)

Members: Chico Batera, Harvey Burns, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Alan James, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Del Newman, Anna Peacock, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Guests: Patti Austin, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Bill Berg, Elkie Brooks, David Campbell, Pete Carr, B J Cole, Chick Corea, Jim Cregan, Herbie Flowers, Peter Gabriel, Art Garfunkel, Venette Gloud, Ray Gomez, Carl Hall, Roland Harker, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Barbara Ingram, Elton John, Eric Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Steve Jordan, Will Lee, Linda Lewis, Paul Martinez, Barbara Massey, Dave Mattacks, Weldon Myrick, Andy Newmark, Simon Nicol, Richard Niles, Bernard Purdie, Brenda Russell, Jim Ryan, David Sanborn, Graham Smith, Alan Tew, Carmen Twillie, Phil Upchurch, Mike Vickers, Rick Wakeman, Don Weller, Reggie Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Gordie Fleming, Arthur Greenslade, Barry Morgan, Gene Page, Tasha Thomas, Luther Vandross, Derek Wadsworth)
Producer: David Kershenbaum, Bill Levenson, Paul Samwell-Smith
Technical: Suha Gur, Barry Hammond, Ted Jensen (RIP: Tony Clarke)
Comments: 4CD boxset, including some rarities.

Gold - Cat Stevens (November 2005)

Members: Chico Batera, Harvey Burns, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Alan James, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Del Newman, Anna Peacock, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Guests: Patti Austin, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Bill Berg, Elkie Brooks, David Campbell, Pete Carr, B J Cole, Chick Corea, Jim Cregan, Herbie Flowers, Peter Gabriel, Art Garfunkel, Ray Gomez, Carl Hall, Roland Harker, David Hood, Barbara Ingram, Eric Johnson, Steve Jordan, Will Lee, Linda Lewis, Paul Martinez, Barbara Massey, Dave Mattacks, Weldon Myrick, Andy Newmark, Simon Nicol, Richard Niles, Bernard Purdie, Brenda Russell, Jim Ryan, David Sanborn, Graham Smith, Alan Tew, Carmen Twillie, Phil Upchurch, Rick Wakeman, Don Weller, Reggie Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Gordie Fleming, Barry Morgan, Gene Page, Tasha Thomas, Luther Vandross, Derek Wadsworth)
Producer: David Kershenbaum, Bill Levenson, Paul Samwell-Smith
Technical: Ted Jensen (RIP: George Marino)

Retrospective - Space Case ( - )

Members: Bruce Lynch, Brian Smith
Comments: 2CD covering the 3 albums by Space Case: Executive Decision (1981), Space Case 2 (1983) and Space Case Three (1985).

Cat Stevens - Cat Stevens ( - )

Members: Chico Batera, Harvey Burns, Gerry Conway, Alun Davies, Alan James, Bruce Lynch, Jean Roussel, Larry Steele, Cat Stevens, Mark Warner
Guests: Patti Austin, Chick Corea, Herbie Flowers, Peter Gabriel, Art Garfunkel, Roland Harker, Elton John, Linda Lewis, Paul Martinez, Andy Newmark, Simon Nicol, Bernard Purdie, Jim Ryan, David Sanborn, Phil Upchurch, Rick Wakeman (RIP: Barry Beckett, Gordie Fleming, Tasha Thomas, Luther Vandross)
Comments: 4CD boxset including unreleased tracks.

ALBUMS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (1 credit)

Parallel 37 - Frank Gibson Jr ( - )

Members: Frank Gibson Jr
Guests: Bruce Lynch, Dave MacRae, Mike Nock, John Scofield, Bobby Shew, Brian Smith (RIP: Andy Brown, Milt Jackson, Crombie Murdoch)

COLLECTIVE ALBUMS (2 credits)

Songs from Banana Dominion - VVAA (1984)

Guests: Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch
Technical: Steve Kennedy

Harmony: the official Athens 2004 olympic games classical album - VVAA (July 2004)

Guests: Dave Arch, Trevor Barry, Mike Brewer, Mitch Dalton, Dave Hartley, Peter Howarth, Karl Jenkins, Paul Keogh, Peter Lockett, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Mike Moran, Brett Morgan, Mick Mullins, Peter Murray, Keith Murrell, Miriam Stockley, Gavyn Wright

SOUNDTRACKS (1 credit)

The Spy who loved me OST - VVAA (1977)

Guests: Paul Buckmaster, Mike Egan, Brother James, Laurence Juber, David Katz, Bruce Lynch, Brian Odgers, Chris Rae, Paul Robinson, Carly Simon, Geoff Westley (RIP: Ron Aspery, Barry De Souza, Marvin Hamlisch)
Producer: Richard Perry
Technical: Colin Fairley

SESSIONS (31 credits)

Lindsay Marks - Lindsay Marks (1973)

Guests: Bruce Lynch

Get me out of Hollywood - Randy Stonehill (1973)

Guests: Roger Ball, Tony Carr, Clem Cattini, B J Cole, Ray Cooper, Chris Karan, Bruce Lynch, Del Newman, Bob Wilson
Producer: Rod Edwards, Roger Hand
Technical: Bill Price
Comments: CD reissue includes 1 bonus track.

The Magic´s in the music - Ken Tobias (1973)

Guests: Tony Carr, B J Cole, Rod Edwards, Mike Giles, Bruce Lynch, Graham Preskett, Graham Smith, Bob Wilson
Producer: Roger Hand
Technical: Steve Nye, Bill Price

First - David Courtney (1975)

Guests: Russ Ballard, Tony Burrows, B J Cole, David Gilmour, Steve Gray, Richard Harvey, Skaila Kanga, Paul Keogh, Bruce Lynch, Francis Monkman, Mike Moran, Brian Odgers, Alan Parker, Andrew Powell, Frank Ricotti, Jean Roussel (RIP: Barry De Souza, Barry Morgan, Morris Pert)
Comments: This pianist and composer has written songs for Leo Sayer or Roger Daltrey. Here we can find: Russ Ballard (guitar), David Gilmour (guitar), Paul Keogh (guitar), Alan Parker (guitar), B.J. Cole (steel guitar), Francis Monkman (keyboards), Andrew Powell (keyboards), Jean Roussel (keyboards), Mike Moran (keyboards), Brian Odgers (bass), Bruce Lynch (bass), Richard Harvey (horns), Morris Pert (percussion), Barry De Souza (drums), Barry Morgan (drums), Tony Burrows (backing vocals) and the members of Pilot.

Say it ain´t so - Murray Head (1975)

Members: (RIP: Bob Weston)
Guests: John Altman, Brian Brocklehurst, Chilli Charles, Gerry Conway, Jim Cregan, Alun Davies, Mickey Finn, Brother James, Chaz Jankel, Brian Johnston, Tony Kaye, Glen LeFleur, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Noel Norris, Ann Odell, Simon Phillips, Graham Preskett, Nick South, Liza Strike, Pete Thompson (RIP: Vicki Brown, Morris Pert)
Producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Technical: Robin Black
Comments: A very fine singer, he sang lead in one of the roles for Jesus Christ Superstar. He has featured a quiet career, being his biggest hit the fantastic song ´Say it ain't so, Joe´, featured in this album. The musicians appearing here are: Jim Cregan (guitar), Alun Davies (guitar), Mickey Finn (guitar), Bob Weston (guitar), Graham Preskett (mandolin), Bruce Lynch (bass), Nick South (bass), Arthur Watts (bass), Ann Odell (keyboards), Billy Day (keyboards), Chas Jankel (keyboards), Brian Johnston (keyboards), Tony Kaye (keyboards), Anthony Healey (trombone), Noel Norris (trumpet), Morris Pert (percussion), Chilli Charles (percussion), Brother James (conductor), Simon Phillips (drums), Gerry Conway (drums), Glen LeFleur (drums), Pete Thompson (drums), and backing vocals by Vicki Brown, Liza Strike, Suzy Lynch. The album was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith.

The Surprise Sisters - The Surprise Sisters (1976)

Members: Brent Forbes, Phil Kenzie, Ray Russell
Guests: Gerry Conway, Bruce Lynch, Frank Ricotti, Jean Roussel, Ray Warleigh, Blue Weaver
Producer: Tony Visconti
Comments: They only released this album, full of great musicians: Ray Russell (guitar), Bruce Lynch (guitar), Brent Forbes (bass), Jean Roussel (keyboards), Blue Weaver (keyboards), Phil Kenzie (sax), Ray Warleigh (sax), Gerry Conway (drums), Frank Ricotti (percussion). Produced by the mythical Tony Visconti.

Don´t do it for love - David McWilliams (1978)

Members: (RIP: David McWilliams)
Guests: Colin Frechter, Tristan Fry, Colin Green, Laurence Juber, Paul Keogh, Bruce Lynch, Dave Mattacks, Chris Rae, Frank Ricotti, Claire Torry, Pete Zorn (RIP: Martin Jenner, Johnny Van Derrick)
Producer: (RIP: Bob Barratt)
Technical: Keith Grant

The Kick inside - Kate Bush (February 1978)

Guests: Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, David Katz, Paul Keogh, Bruce Lynch, Duncan Mackay, Alan Parker, David Paton, Andrew Powell, Alan Skidmore (RIP: Barry De Souza, Morris Pert)
Producer: David Gilmour
Technical: Wally Traugott

Juppanese - Mickey Jupp (October 1978)

Members: Mickey Jupp, Dave Mattacks
Guests: Billy Bremner, Gary Brooker, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Bruce Lynch, Chris Spedding, Terry Williams

No more fear of flying - Gary Brooker (1979)

Members: Gary Brooker, Tim Renwick
Guests: B J Cole, Stephanie DeSykes, Bruce Lynch, Dave Mattacks, Chris Mercer, Claire Torry
Producer: George Martin
Technical: Steve Nye
Comments: This was the first solo album by Procol Harum leader, Gary Brooker. It includes guest appearances by Tim Renwick (guitar), B.J. Cole (steel guitar), Bruce Lynch (bass), Dave Mattacks (drums), as well as horns by Gonzalez. Although the album doesn't mention the list of horn players, Chris Mercer played there, as he told me. Backing vocals by Stephanie De Sykes, Claire Torry, Richard Myhill and Dave Reilly. It includes a rendition of lovely song by Murray Head, ´Say it ain't so, Joe´. Tim Renwick co-writes a song, ´Give me something to remember you by´. The CD reissue contains 3 bonus tracks.

The Innes book of records - Neil Innes (1979)

Members: Neil Innes
Guests: John Altman, Richard Brunton, Sharon Campbell, Mitch Dalton, Martin Drover, Stuart Elliott, Digby Fairweather, Keith Gemmell, Brian Holloway, Annie Kavanagh, Brian Lemon, Billy Livsey, Henry Lowther, Bruce Lynch, John Mumford, Paul Nieman, Dave Spence, Richard Studt, Peter Van Hooke, Nigel Warren-Green, Harvey Weston, Tommy Whittle (RIP: Randy Colville, Pete Strange)
Producer: Steve James

Anna Oxa - Anna Oxa (1979)

Guests: Roy Babbington, Clem Cattini, Jack Emblow, Ricky Hitchcock, Nigel Jenkins, Paul Keogh, Bruce Lynch (RIP: Barry De Souza, Barry Morgan, Tommy Reilly)

Sunnyvista - Richard & Linda Thompson (September 1979)

Members: Mike Arscott, Pat Donaldson, Sue Harris, John Kirkpatrick, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson
Guests: John ´Rabbit´ Bundrick, Timi Donald, Luis Jardim, Julian Littman, Bruce Lynch, Anna McGarrigle, Glenn Tilbrook, Pete Wingfield (RIP: Kate McGarrigle, Gerry Rafferty)
Producer: John Wood

Jokes/Voices - Murray Head (1980)

Members: Trevor Morais, Geoff Richardson (RIP: Bob Weston)
Guests: Jeff Allen, Jeff Beck, Dyan Birch, Alun Davies, Pat Donaldson, Rupert Hine, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Dave Mattacks, Chris Mercer, Andy Newmark, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, John G Perry, Paul Samwell-Smith, Gary Taylor, Richard Thompson (RIP: Morris Pert)
Comments: Jokes/voices marks the reunion of Murray Head and Chris Mercer since 1973 (as far as I know). With the great Jeff Beck playing here too, plus Alun Davies (guitar), Richard Thompson (guitar), Geoffrey Richardson (guitar), Simon Nicol (guitar), Bob Weston (guitar), Pat Donaldson (bass), Dave Pegg (bass), Gary Taylor (bass, guitar), John G. Perry (bass), Bruce Lynch (bass), Rupert Hine (harmonica, keyboards), Dave Mattacks (drums), Andy Newmark (drums), Trevor Morais (drums), Jeff Allen (drums), Morris Pert (percussion), Paul Samwell-Smith (percussion, vocals), and backing vocals by Dyan Birch, Suzanne Lynch, Nick Barraclough, Anne Barraclough, Anthony Head.

Tennis - Chris Rea (1980)

Members: Robert Ahwai, Martin Ditcham, Kevin Leach, Dave Mattacks, Max Middleton, Eoghan O´Neill, Adrian Rea, Chris Rea, Graham Watson
Guests: Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler, Geoff Driscoll, Stuart Epps, Bruce Lynch, Raf Ravenscroft, Lee R Thornburg, Pete Wingfield

Inside out - Graham Brazier (1981)

Guests: Bruce Lynch, Earl Slick

Richard Eriwata - Richard Eriwata (1981)

Guests: Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch (RIP: Martin Winch)

How many ways - Murray Head (1981)

Members: (RIP: Bob Weston)
Guests: Jeff Allen, Jeff Beck, Dyan Birch, Alun Davies, Pat Donaldson, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Dave Mattacks, Ron Matthewson, Chris Mercer, Andy Newmark, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Paul Samwell-Smith, Gary Taylor, Richard Thompson, Mark Warner, Nigel Warren-Green (RIP: Robert Kirby, Morris Pert)

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)

Members: Robert Ahwai, Martin Ditcham, Kevin Leach, Dave Mattacks, Max Middleton, Eoghan O´Neill, Adrian Rea, Chris Rea, Linda Taylor
Guests: Ray Cooper, Burleigh Drummond, Stuart Elliott, Skaila Kanga, Carol Kenyon, Martin Kershaw, Katie Kissoon, Steve Lawrence, Bruce Lynch, Mike Moran, Jim Mullen, Simon Nicol, David Pack, David Paton, Andrew Powell, Dave Skinner, David Snell, Pete Wingfield (RIP: Ron Aspery, Alan Murphy)
Producer: Jon Kelly

Every whisper shouts - Hammond Gamble (1983)

Guests: Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Brian Smith

I am Joe´s music - I am Joe´s music (1983)

Guests: Bruce Lynch, Mark Simmons
Producer: (RIP: Lobby Loyde)

The Optimist - D D Smash (1984)

Guests: Sunil De Silva, Bruce Lynch, Sam McNally, Sharon O´Neill, Ralph White

Across a crowded room - Richard Thompson (1985)

Members: Christine Collister, Alan Dunn, Clive Gregson, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Pete Thomas, Richard Thompson
Guests: Alex Acuna, Dave Bitelli, Bruce Lynch, Phil Pickett
Producer: Joe Boyd
Technical: Jerry Boys

Twist - Dave Dobbyn (1995)

Guests: Mitchell Froom, Bruce Lynch, Bruce Thomas, Pete Thomas
Technical: Tchad Blake, Vlado Meller

L J - Laurence Juber (October 1998)

Members: Laurence Juber
Guests: Steve Forman, Tim Landers, Bruce Lynch, Denny Seiwell (RIP: Bruce Gary)

Maori songs - Kiri (1999)

Guests: Bruce Lynch

Visconti´s inventory - Tony Visconti (November 2000)

Members: Tony Visconti
Guests: Ricky Gardiner, Chris Karan, Phil Kenzie, John Kongos, Bruce Lynch, Andy Newmark, Jean Roussel, Stan Sulzmann

In swings the tide - Anika Moa (2007)

Guests: Bruce Lynch

Love in motion - Anika Moa (2010)

Guests: Bruce Lynch

Red grey blue - Mel Parsons (2011)

Guests: Bruce Lynch

The Duende - Kim Paterson (2012)

Guests: Bruce Lynch, Mike Nock, Jonathan Zwartz

COMPILATIONS (SESSIONS) (6 credits)

Watching the dark - the history of Richard Thompson - Richard Thompson (May 1993)

Members: Kenny Aronoff, Mike Arscott, Christine Collister, Shawn Colvin, Gerry Conway, David Derge, Pat Donaldson, Alan Dunn, Clive Gregson, John Kirkpatrick, Dave Mattacks, Rory McFarlane, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, John Sherman, Pete Thomas, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Ian Whiteman, Pete Zorn
Guests: Dave Bitelli, Martin Carthy, Betsy Cook, Mickey Curry, Timi Donald, Barry Dransfield, Fred Frith, Liam Genockey, John Hiatt, Ashley Hutchings, Jim Keltner, Bobby King, Neil Larsen, Julian Littman, Henry Lowther, Bruce Lynch, Will Malone, Andy Newmark, Phil Pickett, Frank Ricotti, Andy Roberts, Jerry Scheff, David Snell, Dave Swarbrick, Danny Thompson, Glenn Tilbrook, Willie Weeks, Pete Wingfield, Gavyn Wright (RIP: Sandy Denny, Robert Kirby, Martin Lamble, Gerry Rafferty, Lal Waterson, Mike Waterson)
Producer: Joe Boyd, Mitchell Froom, Leo Lyons, Hugh Murphy, John Wood
Technical: Tchad Blake, Phill Brown, Barry Hammond, Dan Hersch, Bob Ludwig, Tim Young
Comments: 3CD boxset with 23 unreleased tracks.

This woman´s work - Kate Bush (October 1998)

Members: Preston Heyman, Kevin McAlea (RIP: Alan Murphy)
Guests: Jimmy Bain, Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott, Larry Fast, John Giblin, David Gilmour, Roy Harper, David Katz, Paul Keogh, Dave Lawson, Bruce Lynch, Duncan Mackay, Max Middleton, Francis Monkman, Mike Moran, David Paton, Eberhard Weber (RIP: Barry De Souza, Michael Kamen, Mick Karn, Morris Pert)
Technical: Haydn Bendall, Nigel Walker
Comments: 8CD boxset comprising Kate´s first 6 albums plus 2 CDs of unreleased material.

Anthology - Carly Simon (November 2002)

Members: Steve Gadd, Lani Groves, Pete Hewlett, Robbie Kilgore, Curtis King, Rick Marotta, Hugh McCracken, Jim Ryan, Frank Simms, Carly Simon (RIP: Michael Brecker, Kacey Cisyk, Mindy Jostyn, Tom T-Bone Wolk)
Guests: Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes, Jay Berliner, Warren Bernhardt, Jimmy Bralower, Randy Brecker, Paul Buckmaster, David Carey, Joe Caro, Vivian Cherry, Marc Cohn, Ray Cooper, Mickey Curry, Dr John, Gordon Edwards, Mike Egan, Sammy Figueroa, Jim Gordon, Robin Gould, Gordon Grody, Jamey Haddad, Carl Hall, John Hall, Ula Hedwig, Richard Hewson, Laurence Juber, Zev Katz, Ellen Kearney, Jim Keltner, Paul Keogh, Bobby Keys, Carole King, Russ Kunkel, Will Lee, Tony Levin, Bruce Lynch, Mike Mainieri, George Marge, Arnold McCuller, John McCurry, Michael McDonald, Sid McGinnis, Ian McLagan, John Miller, Jeff Mironov, Rob Mounsey, Del Newman, Andy Newmark, Brian Odgers, Pino Palladino, Dean Parks, Bill Payne, Shawn Pelton, Jeff Pevar, Chris Rae, Paul Riser, Lee Ritenour, Robbie Robertson, Nile Rodgers, Linda Ronstadt, Mick Rossi, Rob Sabino, David Sanborn, Don Sebesky, Ira Siegel, Leland Sklar, David Spinozza, Liza Strike, James Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Vaneese Thomas, Peter John Vettesse, Klaus Voormann, Ed Walsh, Willie Weeks, Doug Wimbish (RIP: Phillip Ballou, Eddie ´Bongo´ Brown, Vicki Brown, Stephen Bruton, Barry De Souza, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Edwards, Frank Floyd, Eric Gale, Andrew Gold, Marvin Hamlisch, Milt Holland, Ralph MacDonald, Jimmy Maelen, Kenny Moore, Marty Paich, Wayne Pedzwater, Alex Taylor, Richard Tee, Tasha Thomas, Tony Thompson, Peter Wood)
Producer: John Boylan, Eddie Kramer, George Massenburg, Richard Perry, Paul Samwell-Smith, Ted Templeman, Don Was (RIP: Arif Mardin)
Technical: Mike Bobak, Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Cherney, Bob Clearmountain, James Farber, Frank Filipetti, Lewis Hahn, Barry Hammond, Bill Inglot, Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Lord-Alge, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee

The Essential - Shona Laing (April 2004)

Members: Shona Laing
Guests: Billy Kristian, Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Brian Smith (RIP: Charlie Tumahai)

Reflections: Carly Simon´s greatest hits - Carly Simon (May 2004)

Members: Steve Gadd, Lani Groves, Pete Hewlett, Robbie Kilgore, Rick Marotta, Hugh McCracken, Jim Ryan, Frank Simms, Carly Simon (RIP: Michael Brecker, Kacey Cisyk, Mindy Jostyn)
Guests: Jay Berliner, Jimmy Bralower, Paul Buckmaster, Vivian Cherry, Marc Cohn, Ray Cooper, Mickey Curry, Dr John, Gordon Edwards, Mike Egan, Paul Glanz, Jim Gordon, Robin Gould, Gordon Grody, Jamey Haddad, Carl Hall, Richard Hewson, Laurence Juber, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Russ Kunkel, Will Lee, Tony Levin, Bruce Lynch, John McCurry, Sid McGinnis, Rob Mounsey, Del Newman, Andy Newmark, Brian Odgers, Pino Palladino, Bill Payne, Richard Perry, Chris Rae, Robbie Robertson, Mick Rossi, David Sanborn, Liza Strike, Vaneese Thomas, Peter John Vettesse, Klaus Voormann (RIP: Vicki Brown, Barry De Souza, Cornell Dupree, Frank Floyd, Eric Gale, Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick, Ralph MacDonald, Jimmy Maelen, Alex Taylor, Richard Tee, Tasha Thomas)
Producer: John Boylan, Frank Filipetti, Eddie Kramer, Mike Mainieri, George Massenburg, Paul Samwell-Smith, Don Was (RIP: Arif Mardin)
Technical: Mike Bobak, Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Cherney, Lewis Hahn, Barry Hammond, Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot, Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Lord-Alge, Bill Schnee

Walking on a wire - 1968-2009 - Richard Thompson (2009)

Members: Mike Arscott, Christine Collister, Pat Donaldson, Alan Dunn, Judy Dyble, Clive Gregson, Sue Harris, Ashley Hutchings, Michael Jerome, John Kirkpatrick, Dave Mattacks, Ian Matthews, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Taras Prodaniuk, Dave Swarbrick, Pete Thomas, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Ian Whiteman, Pete Zorn (RIP: Sandy Denny, Martin Lamble, Trevor Lucas)
Guests: Alex Acuna, Dave Bitelli, Martin Carthy, Mickey Curry, Timi Donald, Barry Dransfield, Paul Dunmall, Andy Fairweather Low, Peter Filleul, Mitchell Froom, Larry Hall, Richard Harvey, John Hiatt, Luis Jardim, Chris Karan, Suzie Katayama, Jim Keltner, Bobby King, Liz Kitchen, Peter Knight, Neil Larsen, Julian Littman, Henry Lowther, Bruce Lynch, Ian McDonald, Anna McGarrigle, Andy Newmark, Novi Novag, Sid Page, David Paton, Phil Pickett, Maddy Prior, Andy Roberts, Tony Roberts, Jerry Scheff, David Snell, Danny Thompson, Glenn Tilbrook, Willie Weeks, Pete Wingfield (RIP: Kate McGarrigle, Royston Wood)
Producer: Tchad Blake, Joe Boyd, John Wood
Comments: 4CD boxset comprising all his career, starting with Fairport Convention up to his fantastic solo albums.

QUESTIONS:

01. Bruce Lynch plays in some album by Scott Walker, but don´t know which one. Can someone help me?

02. Does Bruce plays in the Cat Stevens TV special featuring Linda Ronstadt and Dr John?

03. Bruce has played in recordings by Chris De Burgh, Leo Sayer, Art Garfunkel, Spike Milligan, Mary Hopkin, but don´t know in which albums. Help, please!

04. Still in England, Bruce also played in more soundtracks not credited to him, but can´t find which ones.

05. Can someone tell me if Bruce plays in Space Case´s 2nd and 3rd albums?

06. Bruce worked with Rod Edwards & Roger Hand in an album with poetry in 1975, along with Gerry Conway. Which album?

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 2

Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:

Jean Roussel

Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:

Rick Wakeman

RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 2
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Bruce Lynch, please, also write me with the link.

Space Case - Birdlike

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Russell Watson - Unknown Title

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THANKS:

Very Special Thanks to:

Bruce Lynch: for writing me (2001).

WHAT'S NEW:

29/September/2012 - Page added to the blog.
01/December/2000 - Original page written by me (in the old site).

RELATED MUSICIANS:

Bruce Lynch mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Suzanne Lynch (16)
Dave Mattacks (14)
Jean Roussel (13)
Gerry Conway (12)
Alun Davies (12)
Graeme Myhre (12)
Andy Newmark (11)
Simon Nicol (11)
Cat Stevens (10)
Paul Samwell-Smith (9)

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