Amazing story and respect for the dogged research!
Reminds me of a personal story - and this is no where near of such a big thing: my mother used to talk about how she had The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown play at a summer fete at the mental hospital* she worked at the late 60s (*outmoded term from the time, sorry) because one of the band h…
Amazing story and respect for the dogged research!
Reminds me of a personal story - and this is no where near of such a big thing: my mother used to talk about how she had The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown play at a summer fete at the mental hospital* she worked at the late 60s (*outmoded term from the time, sorry) because one of the band had lost it on acid and ended up there. I didn't think too much about this, mostly because my mother - of her own admission - didn't really like music. Then a few years ago in a Guardian interview about Fire, Brown mentions the co-writer and keyboardist Vincent Crane was committed and the wiki link confirms it was the same hospital my mother worked at in the late 60s! No idea if she actually ever 'booked' them to play or not but the dates match so I'm going to allow it.
Amazing story and respect for the dogged research!
Reminds me of a personal story - and this is no where near of such a big thing: my mother used to talk about how she had The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown play at a summer fete at the mental hospital* she worked at the late 60s (*outmoded term from the time, sorry) because one of the band had lost it on acid and ended up there. I didn't think too much about this, mostly because my mother - of her own admission - didn't really like music. Then a few years ago in a Guardian interview about Fire, Brown mentions the co-writer and keyboardist Vincent Crane was committed and the wiki link confirms it was the same hospital my mother worked at in the late 60s! No idea if she actually ever 'booked' them to play or not but the dates match so I'm going to allow it.
That’s cool!!