The Witchseason name and logo shown here are not connected with, but are partly a homage to, Joe Boyd's Witchseason Productions, which was responsible for some of the best music to come out of the late 60s and early 70s.
Male
53 years old
London, London and South East
United Kingdom
Music, computing, Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, food (esp. pasta), drink (esp. Caol Ila & Talisker whiskies),
Music
Right now and recently: Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, Spirogyra (70s acid folk, not 80s jazz poo), Martyn Bates/Eyeless In Gaza, Madder Rose, Barbra Streisand, Comsat Angels, Miracle Legion, Chameleons, National Health, Guy Clark, John Stewart, Kevin Ayers, Family, Watersons, Shirley Collins, Jake Thackray, Global Village Trucking Company (welcome back!), Ladytron, Cocteau Twins, Melanie, Sound, Joanna Newsom, Stereolab, Sally Oldfield... that'll do for a start.
Other great bands I've loved (and thought I owned...): Fairport, Byzantium, Incredible String Band, Man/Iceberg, Caravan, Pink Floyd (69-72, until DSOTM was released), anything by Joe Boyd/Witchseason (obviously!)...
...Airplane, Dead, QMS, duh - check my blog or Web site for more info on me & music!
Movies
Greengage Summer, Shaun Of The Dead, American In Paris, American Werewolf In London, High Society, Genevieve, Amanda Palmer on Utube, (more to come)
Television
Hill Street Blues, Willo The Wisp, Lou Grant, Waking The Dead, Dr Who (sometimes), QI, M*A*S*H, Murun Buchstansangur, (more to come)
Books
Queen Of Swords, In The Shadow Of The Dreamchild, Meet On The Ledge, Time Enough For Love, Dandelion Wine, (more to come)
Heroes
Gene Kelly, Joe Boyd, Amanda Palmer, (more to come)
Born June 1956.
During late 60s had access to a free box at Albert Hall & saw Pink Floyd, Pentangle, Ten Years After, Country Joe, Stone The Crows, Jethro Tull, Renaissance, Deep Purple, Traffic, etc.
Left school with 1 A level and spent several years playing (bass guitar & vox) in bands - especially on the London folk/rock/Irish circuit (Crannog, Chanter, Brahms & Liszt, Joe Giltrap, etc.). Didn't make it, roadied for Adam And The Ants (Johnny Bivouac incarnation).
Became a chef, gave it up after a few years & went back to music - also worked as sound engineer at the Sir George Robey pub. Worked there with Miracle Legion, Martyn Bates, Men They Couldn't Hang, Roy Harper etc.
Wrote a book on sport and researched a play on Tony Hancock.
Had a minor upset & went into therapy for a year, ended up working in mental health and spent 9 years doing psychotherapy work.
Spent the past 10 years as a software technical author, raising a family and wondering whether I'll ever get back on stage again... I miss it...
Big aah for Jerry.
Hi there, been enjoying your blogspot - great to hear the Globs album, thanks for posting it! I see you used to engineer at the Robey - we used to play there quite often (Club Dog, etc.) - perhaps we've met?
Woo hoo, welcome to the crazy world of myspazz old chum. Well done for grabbing the witchseason name, I'm amazed it was still available. speak soon best Ex
