1. Once, Harvey and Martin Griffin were featured in a Hairdressing book, as examples of men with moustachios and long curly hair and their management thereof.....
2. On the occasion of my first ever gig when I was but a young teenager, we played a Halloween Party in the local church hall. All was going well until the local hoodlums turned up, broke into the rear of the hall, smashed up all the turnip lanterns and pelted us with the bits of broken turnip. The perpetrators were summarily bundled out of the back of the hall by the local constabulary.
3. Once, when stationed at an army base just outside Carlisle, the young Harvey and pals discovered a mound on the edge of the base. ..r inspection it appeared cave like, and the ideal place to make a den. Scouts were sent home in search of potatoes, and the friends made camp within the mound and lit a fire and made gritty chips. Later, when the adults were sent out to find us, we were soundly told off as the "mound" turned out to be a munitions dump on the edge of the garrison.
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Ah yes, We walked into the Jigsaw last night for a show,to see our friends Quadrophonic Desperation, who werethe opener for the night, and I will say they brought it onwith a brilliant set last night. Right on Boys!
They were opening for Harvey Bainbridge, Ex-HawkwindI was introduced to the music of Hawkwind by a friend several years agosince I am not a child of the sixties I did miss out on that Psychedelic era.I did have the pleasure last night of meeting Harvey Bainbridge,this tall wild white haired gentleman, laid back and genuine.
I do believe my favourite part of sitting in on this conversationthough was when a man asked what he was doing here at the Jigsaw.His subtle reply was nothing more than "because I can", and with that I startlaughing he turns I stand to shake his hand and head back in. My exitingcomment was no more than "we do this because" , and he finished with "we love it".
I guess that is what compelled me to write this, we do this because we loveit.
For most musicians there will never be fame and fortune, but there will alwaysbe music, the stage where you stand and those that will share your experience.
Harvey walked up on this stage.
While sitting outside he told me he was going tomake some noise and did he! The light show, the music, one man standing on astage... what an experience!I looked a Phillip and said this must be like an acidtrip without the acid...They sat on the floor, stood and sat watching this man,all ages. I can say I was glad to be there.
Music is not something stifled by age, race or gender - it is all about passionderived in many forms. So all I can say is Blessings to you Harvey Bainbridge,long may you rock!
MANY THANKS TO JIM LASCKO FOR FORWARDING THIS.....