HW: Recent v Old (revisited)

[Captain Bl@ck]

I shall break my vow of list silence on this one. I agree with Colm in that
Paul Rudolph and Alan Powell were, despite the folklore, excellent
musicians.  Alan's drumming on Spiral Galaxy is a delight to hear (no it
wasn't all done by Simon King as one web site would have you believe)  and
there are many more fine examples. I just love that 1976 double album - the
start of Opa Loka/Uncle Sam, Time For Sale, Steppenwolf, Brainstorm,
everyone a gem and much more creative than the Adrian Shaw period (howls of
derision from the list posters).  If only Astounding Sounds had been a well
produced studio double album, think what a classic that would have been.
No, really!

Captain Bl at ck.


>
> if we are talking about the ultimate reunion line-up (including live or
dead
> members) then I would go for:
> Dave Brock (guitar, Vox, banned from the keyboards and made to play more
> lead guitar)
> Bob Calvert (Vocals)
> Paul Rudolph (Bass) - Everyone will probably disagree on this one and pick
> the more popular lemmy but I like the way Paul Rudolph played his bass in
> the astounding sounds tour!
> Lemmy (bass) - Have only seen one band with dual bass players and that was
> neds atomic dustbin and they rocked live!
> Nik Turner (No random blasts on his horn allowed though and only if he
plays
> in tune!)
> Simon House (Violin and more keys, does Simon ever have a tinkle on the
keys
> anymore??)
> Simon King (Drums) - The ultimate Hawkwind drummer! Richard Chadwick is
good
> but I really love the style of Simons drumming and what it adds to the
> overall hawk sound. It was one of the things that make hawkwind sound so
> different from any one else!
> Alan Powell (Drums) - Kinda did the business jointly with Simon king on
> warrior and astounding.
>
> Thought about adding Huw to my line up but after listening to pre huw
> hawkwind charisma material decided against it. They didn't have an out an
> out lead guitar player then and it didn't seem to hinder the excellent
> material they were coming out with.
>
> Cheers
>
> Colm