HW: was The Blood of Man

[Stephen Swann]

Keith A Henderson writes:
>
> Steve sayz about Mr. Tree....
> >
> > Dunno if you were here for the discussion of the Bastard as frontman
> > on the last tour - he drew very mixed reviews.  I personally thought
> > he was great: he was completely looney, but in a way that just seemed
> > *right* for the show.  I'll never forget one image from that concert:
> > The Bastard, his whole upper body painted, standing at center stage
> > with his eyes closed and his arms wrapped around the mike stand,
> > bathed in a red glow, with stripes of laser light washing over him.
> > It was so surreal, and the music was so perfect that it totally
> > transported me.  And no, I wasn't "on" anything (though later reports
> > hold that The Bastard was high as a kite at that show... "No shit,"
> > says anyone who saw him...).  ;-)
>
> Was this perhaps the Limelight show in NYC???  I saw six shows from the Spirit

It certainly was.

> of the Age tour (April '95) and he was definitely the 'looniest' at that
> particular one.  Other shows he was much more 'subdued', and others were sort
> of intermediate.  Some shows he spent more time on stage than others...I guess
> it depended on whether or not he felt he had anything to offer to the
> performance at that particular moment.  In NYC, he felt he had a lot to offer,
> so he was out there most of the show.....that whole scene there was weird,

It was definitely a weird scene, but then I have a feeling that
Hawkwind has always been kind of a spectacle, for better or worse.
I've seen the videos, I've heard the stories. ;-)  Frankly, Ron
Bastard didn't seem any more out of place than the tales I've heard
about Nik (and Calvert?).

I think part of the reason I liked having Ron there was because it
sort of made up for Dave and Alan hiding in the wings.  And no, I
don't particularly think they were hiding in the wings *because* Ron
was there.  I think they've just been going through another phase,
like Hawkwind seems prone to do every few years.  I'm sure they'll be
back on stage, as soon as Dave finds his guitar.  ;-)

> including the whole 'off-topic' scene going on.

Could you elaborate on that?  I'm not sure what you're refering to...

Steve
swann at panix.com