Stackridge
are Mike Evanson
violin, Mick Slater on
flute, Andrew Cresswell Davies
on piano, mellotron and vocals, John
Walters on lead guitar ,
James Warren on Bass
and vocals and Bill Bent
on drums . Their roots are in the West Country ; some live in Bristol:
the home of a lot of good music and one of the most peaceful of our big
cities -and some in the village of East
Yatton nearby.
While so
many of our urban musicians are making the obligatory pilgrimage to the
country for purposes of ė getting it together " Stackridge are there already
and they've got it together . None of them has any desire to change their
rural retreat for the frenetic pace of London . This apparent isolation
has undoubtedly contributed towards the highly individual ėrounded
approach to music evident on their first album , which was released on
MCA last year and caused a great deal of interest in the music press.
The completeness
of the sound they produce is the result of long absorption of a vast variety
of music , very little of it from the strict "pop" field. .Although there
are glimpses of the Beatles in their work , one is just as likely to see
flashes of Roland Kirk ,
Stravinsky,
English folk music
and
vaudeville.
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America
Brinsley Schwarz
Brotherhood of
Breath
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beyond
Cheech and Chong
Country Joe.
Donovan
Dr John
Family
Flaming Groovies
Grateful Dead.
Hawkwind
Jonathon Kelly
Linda Lewis.
Incredible String
Band
Neophonic Orchestra
New Riders.
Pacific Gas and Electric
Sam Apple Pie
Al Stewart
The Kinks.
Joes Lights
Mike Westbrook
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