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About Me

Starry Eyed And Laughing were either 15 years ahead of their time
or 10 years too late.
Either way, in 1974 they were voted the Rickenbacker twangers
most likely to succeed.
Even before they signed to CBS, one paper observed:
"By the end of '74 the group will be set fair. They'll emerge fully in '75
- how's that for crystal-gazing?"
The critic concerned echoed the hopes of most pop pundits.
Starry Eyed were well-respected, loved even.
They wrote their own songs - the sort you felt you'd known all your life
- and played as if they'd just emerged
from the grooves of The Byrds' Fifth Dimension.
Named after the 1st line of the last verse of Dylan's Chimes Of Freedom
the quartet released a few singles and two exceptional albums:
Starry Eyed And Laughing and Thought Talk.
Fred Dellar That Was Now And This Is Then
This 28 song Double CD contains both albums together with 2 singles produced by Flo & Eddie and 4 previously unreleased tracks
including "Chimes Of Freedom".
Available now by Mail Order - click here for details

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Website: starryeyedandlaughing.com
Band Members: Ross McGeeney:Vocals, Lead Guitar
Tony Poole:Vocals, Rickenbacker 12 string
Michael Wackford:Vocals, Drums
Iain Whitmore:Vocals, Bass

Thanks also to:
Nick Brown, Steve Hall, Roger Kelly, Dan Loggins, Flo & Eddie
BJ Cole, Ray Jackson, Peter Wood, Russ Ballard, Roy Carr, Jeff Banister, Colin Walker, Michael Gore, Frank Ricotti, Pete Zorn, Steve Lewis, Nick Bicat, Tony Meehan, Mike Ross-Trevor, Bill Aitken, Mike Stone, Gary Lyons, Arthur May, Paul Turner, Dave Pomeroy

Pete Frame, John Tobler, Norman Lawrence, David Griffiths, Barry Ballard, Peter O'Brien, Bob Parsons, Gerry Fradley, Dave Chambers, Wayne Bullus, Nick Murray, Murray Brown, Gordon Cree, Ralph Weller, Peter Lappas, Dick Asher, Matthew Sztumpf, Chris Gilbert, Tom Sheehan, Robbie Barrish, Roslav Szaybo, Antony Pepitone, Fred Dellar
Influences: Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Moby Grape, Arthur Lee, Love, Bob Dylan, Clarence White, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, Brian Wilson, Ginger Baker
Sounds Like: The Byrds, The Beatles, Moby Grape, REM
Record Label: Aurora
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pete Frames new book:"The Restless Generation"

Pete Frame's wonderful new 500-page book "The Restless Generation" has just been published by Rogan House.Photo of Ramblin' Jack Elliot by Peter O'Brien November 2007Subtitled "How rock music changed ...
Posted by Starry Eyed And Laughing on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:44:00 PST

Bells Of Rhymney - TP on Byrds Tribute Album

Tony Poole has recorded the song "Bells Of Rhymney" for a new album called "Timeless Flyte - A Tribute to The Byrds".On the RRO label, and also featuring artists such as Andrew Gold, The Kennedys...
Posted by Starry Eyed And Laughing on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:01:00 PST

Roger McGuinn's comments...

"I've listened to 'Fallen.' The cover looks like a scene from 'Chestnut Mare.' "It's Gonna Rain Soon" is exceptionally good. Great production, amazing compression and technique on the Rickenbacker, go...
Posted by Starry Eyed And Laughing on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:12:00 PST

It's Gonna Rain Soon

Just a note about the track "It's Gonna Rain Soon" recorded by The Falcons for their debut album "Fallen". The Falcons featured ex-Starry Eyed And Laughing members Tony Poole and Iain Whitmore.Thanks ...
Posted by Starry Eyed And Laughing on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:23:00 PST