Facelift Magazine - The Canterbury Scene and Beyond

Bruford & Brand X Liverpool University 15th May 1980

Promoting "Gradually Going Tornado" and "Do They Hurt?", respectively. I

arrived late to stand at the back of a crowded hall with the Bruford band

onstage. Terrible acoustics in the venue. Lots of orange lighting, Bill

Bruford's perspex tomtoms, John Clark smiled a lot. Energetic playing. Got

right to the front near the bass drum for Brand X who played a WILD set: superb chainsmoking drummer (Mike Clarke, I think), John Goodsall 'on something' perhaps, Robin Lumley giving marks for solos, loud....just superb.

In Cahoots Nottingham Old Vic

In my opinion the best In Cahoots line-up : Miller,Dean,Lemer,Sinclair and

Pyle. Brief chats and autographs with M, S & P. Wonderful jazz-rock with a

brief interlude between sets.Pip Pyle an excellent drummer.

Cassiber, Skeleton Crew & Duck And Cover ICA, London 28th August 1983

Afternoon concert in a small venue, part of Actuel 83. Cassiber were manic :

Chris Cutler's octopus-windmill drumming and using a monitor as percussion,

keyboard player dropping cassettes, scary rasping vocals. Skeleton Crew:

cloth-capped Fred Frith with suitcase of noise instruments and the late Tom

Cora: superb cellist. Duck And Cover: Dagmar, Frith, Cutler & one of the

German Cassiber guys. Fantastic - i remember some Art Bears stuff being

performed. Tim Hodgkinson in the audience. Barefoot Chris Cutler playing

beautifully painted kit.

I Belong To A World That's Destroying Itself WOMAD, Bristol 19th July 1986

a.k.a the Annette Peacock group. In one of the smaller tents, on a beautiful

sunny afternoon not far from the sea. Band all wearing sunglasses, funky

rhythm section [possibly Ed Poole on bass], Annette P's daughter sang

delightfully on some numbers. Annette Peacock's keyboards and voice wonderful.

Annette Peacock & Roger Turner Bobby Brown's Cafe, Nottingham c.1985

Appallingly underattended afternoon gig [torrential rainfall that day was

partly to blame]. Roger Turner playing a convential kit (unusual for him),

vocalist Annette Peacock on acoustic piano - brilliant. And she was very

dignified afterwards considering the 5 or 6 people constituting the tiny

audience. Good for selfish me as the place was quiet

to hear the artists.

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