Alan Davey

[Mike Montfort]

Well in the US the band did fantastic.

Most of the people I talked to at NF and Brooklyn didn't know who Dibsy 
was but thought his voice fitted very well for Hawkwind.

So maybe he was just off for Hawkfest.

Mike
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Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
> On 18/06/2007 09:24, Martin Hutchby wrote:
>> Sorry, but Dibsy was bloody awful...........that dreadful monotone 
>> voice  that completely fell apart for Assassins. Poor gig. The only 
>> time I haven't  stayed for an encore. The fact Alan wasn't there had 
>> a huge impact. Can't fault  Dibsy for trying, but I'm afraid he's 
>> way, way off. Might make a difference if  he doesn't try to sing though.
>> Don't wish to be so negative but that really was a band struggling  
>> (IMHO of course)
>> Angry backlash to the usual addresss please......................
>
> No angry backlash from me -- I wasn't there, but I can easily imagine 
> the band struggling pretty terribly without Alan.  They didn't usually 
> do that well without him when he was on hiatus in the '90s, and that 
> was with plenty of warning ....  I wonder what's up.  A decade 
> further, is Alan off for another "time-out" again?  It'd be a shame, 
> 'cause I thought they were playing really well in the last year or so, 
> and Alan is pretty fundamental to the 'cause IMO.  When the 
> Brock/Davey/Chadwick core have it together, they cook as hot as any 
> line-up and better than many.
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>