Stackridge
| Stackridge | |
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 Stackridge at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival From left: Andy Davis, James Warren, mother Slater and Crun Walter |
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| General information | |
| origin | Bristol , England |
| Genre (s) | Folk , Pop , Progressive Rock |
| founding | 1969, 1996 |
| resolution | 1977, 2015 |
| Website | www.stackridge.net |
Stackridge was a folk , pop and progressive rock group from England . The peak of their success was in the early 1970s.
The group's influences ranged from various artists such as The Beatles , The Beach Boys , Frank Zappa , Syd Barrett , Incredible String Band , The Marx Brothers , Flanders and Swann , Bing Crosby and Tom Lehrer , to classical composers such as Gilbert & Sullivan , Frederick Delius , Johann Sebastian Bach and Igor Stravinsky .
history
"Stackridge Lemon" was founded by Andy Davis and James "Crun" Walter in 1969 in Bristol . The addition "Lemon" was finally deleted from the name. The first appearance took place in the London club "The Temple" on February 6, 1970.
Stackridge played as the first and last band at the first Glastonbury Festival on September 19-20, 1970.
The band's third album "The Man In The Bowler Hat" was recorded in 1973 at AIR Studios in London with Beatles producer George Martin and released in February 1974. It received excellent reviews but did not produce the commercial breakthrough that was hoped for.
Stackridge was the first band to be signed to the Rocket Records label, newly founded by Elton John , on which the two albums "Extravaganza" (1975) and "Mr. Mick "(1976) appeared.
In 1977 Stackridge officially broke up. James Warren and Andy Cresswell-Davis founded The Korgis a few years later , which became commercially successful in the early 1980s.
In 1996 the band was re-established. In 1999 the studio album "Something for the Weekend" was released, which, however, tied to the more commercial style of the Korgis than to Stackridge. The song "Something about the Beatles" played self-deprecatingly on the strong influence of the Beatles and the earlier collaboration with George Martin .
In 2009 the album "A Victory For Common Sense" was released.
In spring 2015 u. a. announced via Twitter and the official website that Stackridge would disband after the Fall 2015 tour.
In 2017 a live recording of the farewell concert "The Final Bow" was released on the Angel Air label, which took place on December 19, 2015 in Bristol.
Band members
1971-1973
- Andy Cresswell-Davis - guitar, keyboard, vocals
- James Warren - guitar, vocals
- Mike Evans - violin, vocals
- Mike "mother" Slater - flute, vocals
- Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
- Billy Bent aka Billy Sparkle - drums
since 1999
- James Warren - guitar, vocals
- Mike Evans - violin, vocals
- Jim "Crun" Walter - bass, mobile phone
- Richard Stubbings - flute, accordion, keyboard, guitar, penny whistle, vocals, whistling
- Tim Robinson - drums
- John Miller / Ian Towers - keyboard, vocals
Guest musician u. a .:
- Glenn Tommey - keyboard, trombone, vocals, sticks
- Eddie John - drums
- Sarah Mitchell - violin, vocals, keyboard, tambourine, dance
- Clare Lindley - violin, vocals
until 2015
- James Warren - guitar, vocals
- Jim "Crun" Walter - bass
- Andy Davis (aka Andrew Cresswell-Davis) - lead guitar, keyboard, vocals
Discography (selection)
Albums
- Stackridge (1971)
- Friendliness (1972)
- The Man In The Bowler Hat (1974)
- Extravaganza (1975)
- Mr. Mick (1976)
- Something for the Weekend (1999)
- The Original Mr Mick (2001) - Re-release of the original version of "Mr. Mick" that was originally rejected by Rocket Records.
- A Victory For Common Sense (2009)
DVDs
- The Forbidden City (July 2007 - live at Rondo Theater, Bath - April 1, 2007)
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Facebook page of the Stackridge fan club "Rhubarb Thrashers"
- Interview with Andy Cresswell-Davis
- John Peel Tribute
- Lummy Days - official podcast
- Helium Records