Arthur Brown

[Michael Blackman]

I like the idea of the wild costumes etc.  Sounds very interesting.
Apologies to anyone re my previous comments on the Canterbury 2001 gig.  But
he did sound a bit like tom jones ;-)


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael R Godwin <M.R.Godwin at BATH.AC.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:44 AM
Subject: Arthur Brown


> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, William Duffy wrote:
> > And he made a guest appearance on Robert Calvert, Captain Lockhead & The
> > Starfighters, doing vocals on The Gremlin.
> > Incidentally, Other great tracks to look out for with him on vocals
include
> > The Tell-Tale Heart on Alan Parsons' Mystery & Imagination, as well as
on
> > Klause Schultz' Dune.
>
> The first and best Crazy World of Arthur Brown gig I ever saw was at
> Alexandra Palace in July(?) 1967. Absolutely sensational costumes,
> including an insect cloak as well as the "Fire" outfit already described.
> Vincent Crane working extremely hard playing organ, bass-pedals (no
> bass-player) and backing vocals ("You're gonna burn, Brown! He-he-he!").
>
> Something always went wrong at subsequent gigs. The Savile Theatre show
> supporting Hendrix was cancelled when the owner, Brian Epstein, died (I
> asked Arthur what he died of, and received the uninformative response "He
> died of death"). The famous Sunbury Festival appearance went wrong when
> the pyrotechnics didn't work ("I am the god of hellfire and I bring you -
> oh shit!"). At Bath Pavilion he'd broken his leg and couldn't do his
> awe-inspriring hop from side to side while rolling his head all around
> dance. By that time original drummer Drachen Theaker had joined Arthur Lee
> in Love and been replaced by Carl Palmer. Whatever happened to him? :)
>
> Arthur Brown appears with his next band, Kingdom Come, in the film of the
> 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, doing a very odd burning cross routine.
>
> The last thing I saw him credited on was a Peter Green tribute CD, on
> which he sang "The green manalishi (with the two-prong crown)". Glad to
> hear that he's back performing.
>
> - Mike Godwin
>