spectoremg Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Been watching all the re-runs of TOTP on BBC4 (they're up to 1983) and the man popped up in Mike Oldfield's band. I know him from GTR and Toyah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I sold a bass to Phil a couple of years ago, lovely guy! Watched him around a year later playing in a completely live play-through of Tubular Bells, he played it from memory whereas everyone else was reading it. Very cool Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Great player, loved his playing with Toyah in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Pointless fact: he used to work for Lloyds Bank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1490648716' post='3266805'] Been watching all the re-runs of TOTP on BBC4 (they're up to 1983) and the man popped up in Mike Oldfield's band. I know him from GTR and Toyah. [/quote] Saw him live with both Toyah (Changeling tour - a very young Simon Phillips on drums too!) and with GTR. Top player! Never worked out why he's not more well known. Ith a mysthtewy, ith a mysthterwy... Edited March 27, 2017 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1490657444' post='3266874'] Saw him live with both Toyah (Changeling tour - a very young Simon Phillips on drums too!) [/quote] That was a great band she had on that tour. They were superb when I saw them in Bristol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Pretty sure he did some work with Seal in the early nineties - including the acoustic session that was filmed for a video release. The name of the film escapes me but they might have played in a church.... Great player. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 A little bit of Mr Spaulding in action... http://youtu.be/qOujKHcwAW4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 He played on an album for Randy Crawford too! My dream gig. Oh and he played for Right said Fred! A great player 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I can remember him playing with Bernie Tormé. Done quite a variety hasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 He was in The Original Mirrors with Ian Broudie in the late 70s too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1490682391' post='3266907'] A little bit of Mr Spaulding in action... [media]http://youtu.be/qOujKHcwAW4[/media] [/quote]Nice vid. Going off (my own) topic, I remember being very excited about GTR having enjoyed both the Steve's stuff up 'til then. Looking back though it was a bit of a disaster - MOR American tinged rock - eugh. And the singer had a mullet. GTR fact: Jonathan Mover, the drummer, switched places with Ian Mosley in Marillion, Mosley having been in Hackett's early eighties touring band. Edited March 28, 2017 by spectoremg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1490728296' post='3267488'] Nice vid. Going off (my own) topic, I remember being very excited about GTR having enjoyed both the Steve's stuff up 'til then. Looking back though it was a bit of a disaster - MOR American tinged rock - eugh. And the singer had a mullet. [/quote] I was a big fan of both Steve Hackett & Steve Howe & like you thought a band with both of them in would be great. How very wrong I was. Absolutely bloody awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490731821' post='3267540'] I was a big fan of both Steve Hackett & Steve Howe & like you thought a band with both of them in would be great. How very wrong I was. Absolutely bloody awful. [/quote] Yes, the album certainly hasn't aged well... he said being charitable... in the extreme... it hadn't aged well by about 1989! Mind you it was a cracking gig at the Manchester Apollo. And they had two support acts who were amazing... 20 mins of Steve on acoustic followed by 20 minutes of t'other Steve on acoustic. Edited March 28, 2017 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1490744216' post='3267676'] Yes, the album certainly hasn't aged well... he said being charitable... in the extreme... it hadn't aged well by about 1989! Mind you it was a cracking gig at the Manchester Apollo. And they had two support acts who were amazing... 20 mins of Steve on acoustic followed by 20 minutes of t'other Steve on acoustic. [/quote]They were well hyped at the time. A discrete 'six figure sum' was received by the Steve's - so I guess the record company were calling the AOR tune. There's some video around of some studio/rehearsal sessions? And a 2nd album was maybe recorded? Max Bacon turned up on an eighties talent show doing some of the songs - prob the best place for them 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Gratuitous pink Thumb opportunity. Cass Lewis toured it, Phil Spalding recorded it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIHsHYaig0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1490744216' post='3267676'] Yes, the album certainly hasn't aged well... he said being charitable... in the extreme... it hadn't aged well by about 1989! [/quote] It had aged badly by the time I got it home from the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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