HW:space bandits- was: my belief is better than yours....

[Duane Hoyt]

>
>  I think Huw was an excellent addition/founding member of HW.  I miss
>his soloing.  I found it to be unique in it's sound.
>  As for the comment that Ron Tree has no real talent, what about some of
>the other past members.  I love Nik Turner, but I never have considered
>him to be a maestro of the Sax, and some people claim that he can't write
>a song either (I don't really concur here).  Could Calvert be called a
>great musician?
>   Opinions?  Comments?  Corrections?
>    Troy
>
>   PS:  Am I correct about the staus of HLL in the early HW?
>
>
I feel that the one thing Brock has been able to do is take an average
talented musician, and use their skills to the utmost to create the best
spacerock ever heard. HLL is a quite good player/writer, and his solo stuff
is very listenable, it does not aspire to the level of his work with HW.
Calvert on his own was not as good as Calvert with the Hawks, Nik on his
own (non-HW material) is only as strong as his supporting cast (IMHO),
I am only familiar with Calvert's Capt. Lockheed, and it seems that this
is in reality a HW project, doing Calvert written material.
Each HW member alone could not be considered a great musician, but it's
like Brainstorming, the end result is a conglomeration of the talents
of all the players.
Don't you think, or don't you?

See ya,

Duane

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