HW: Re: LOST in France?

[mike coleman]

On 6/3/10, Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at carlaz.com> wrote:
>
> On 03 Jun 2010, at 09:54, Jonathan Jarrett wrote:
>
>> Nik was back in for a few gigs in a row at the end of 1999 but that might
>> still only be a guest slot by most definitions. (He was good, though,
>> somewhat against my expectations...) And Huw was a member for a while in
>> 2003, even.
>>
>
> I remain uncertain as to whether Huw or Mick counts as more original.
>  Perhaps I wouldn't normally count a "guest spot" like that -- but on the
> other hand it seems like virtually everyone except Dave is effectively in HW
> as a guest! ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl



I think you had already answered your own question-  to me, going my usual
"simple route", Huw's appearance on the first actual HW LP firmly plants him
as original, Mick didn't make the cut  or had taken himself out by the time
the band was actually "born proper".  But if I allow myself to think, I can
imagine Huw supplying Dave guitar strings however far back and Tim Blake
allowing us to know of this band by way of the All Saints Hall. Further,
while I still remember being confused by Richard Chadwick in 89 when the
promo photos pinned up for the gig(s) were still showing an absent Huw and
Danny, I think so many years have now passed and Richard is still hanging in
there (and I mean I have seen Richard hanging in there), that I think he is
NOT a guest....I mean Dave is to Hawkwind what Lemmy is to Motorhead but
Richard has done a (helluva) lot of time . I remember being so concerned
if my INCESSANT bitching about wanting to get a hotel room because the
broken glass I was sleeping on when crammed next to my couple of friends
just wasn't my style but those damn Mary Kay women can really suck up hotel
rooms, and feared I'd kept him awake when he was trying to sleep in
god-knows-what condition himself......more than a guest for Richard