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Mike Wedgwood è un bassista britannico,conosciuto prevalentemente per la sua militanza nelle band rock progressivo Caravan e Curved Air.
Mike Wedgwood (born 19 May 1950 in Derby) is an English bassist and singer. He is related to the Wedgwood family of pottery fame. [1] Wedgwood joined The Overlanders in 1968 following their biggest hit, a cover of The Beatles song "Michelle", and remained with them until 1971. [1]
22 lug 2023 · “Cunning Stunts” (1975) – E’ il sesto album in studio della band, pubblicato nel 1975. È il primo album del gruppo che vede la presenza di Mike Wedgwood al basso. Il titolo è un gioco di parole con l’insulto “ stunning cunts “.
Mike Wedgwood – bass guitar, vocals, guitar. Ancora una volta dagli archivi di Marco Osel esce un eccezionale concerto, mai apparso prima d'ora sul web. Si tratta di "un nastro misterioso", come lo ha definito lo stesso Osel, proveniente dal primo tour italiano dei Curved Air targato 1972, omaggio di un tecnico del suono dei Curved allo ...
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Sisyphus
The group evolved out of the band Sisyphus, who played one of their early gigs in the ballroom of Leith Hill Place, Surrey for a masked ball and which was formed by Darryl Way (who studied violin at Dartington College and the Royal College of Music) and Francis Monkman, a member of the Royal Academy of Music. While wandering through an outlet store of the Orange Music Electronic Company, Monkman was intrigued by the sound of Way testing his first electrically amplified violin, and the two "go...
From formation to first breakup
After a series of intensive rehearsals in Martin's family home in Gloucestershire, the five-piece launched a well-received U.K. tour, supporting Black Sabbath at one point. The band toured with their own sound engineer, Shaun Davies (later the producer for Way's post-Curved Air band, Wolf), which allowed them to achieve a better on-stage sound mix than other groups with unusual combinations of instruments. Shaun's father, Guy Davies, made the perspex violins used by Way and later Jobson. Curv...
The new Curved Air
Having retained a good working relationship, Sonja Kristina and Mike Wedgwood formed a new band with Kirby Gregory (electric guitar), Eddie Jobson (keyboards, violin), and Jim Russell (drums). Jobson had come from a band called Fat Grapple, who had been one of Curved Air's support acts on tour.The new musicians brought more direct rock energy, with young prodigy Eddie Jobson, influenced by Curved Air, kept the classical blend strongly in the mix. On the suggestion of manager Clifford Davis, t...
Members
Current members 1. Sonja Kristina– vocals (1970–1976, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2008–present) 2. Chris Harris – bass (2008–present) 3. Robert Norton – keyboards (2009–present) 4. Andy Tween – drums (2017–present) 5. Grzegorz Gadziomski - violin (2019–present) 6. Kirby Gregory– guitar (1972–1973, 2013–2016, 2019–present) Former members 1. Darryl Way– violin, keyboards, backing vocals, guitars, drum machine (1970–1972, 1974–1976, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2008–2009) 2. Francis Monkman– keyboards, guitar (1970–...
Mike Wedgwood è un bassista britannico,conosciuto prevalentemente per la sua militanza nelle band rock progressivo Caravan e Curved Air.
Cunning Stunts is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with the bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The title of the album is a spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is typical of their cheeky use of language.
