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Blue Weaver
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Dennis Bryon and Blue Weaver first met in the mid sixties in a group called BROTHER JOHN & THE WITNESSES.
| BROTHER JOHN & THE WITNESSES 1964 - 1966 |
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| Weaver kybds |
Bryon dr/pcs |
bs |
gtr/vcl |
In 1966 Blue Weaver and Dennis Bryon joined a group from Cardiff called AMEN CORNER. This septet, complete with saxes, was led by Andy Fairweather-Low, who at that time was only 16 years old. The group got a recording contract with Deram Records in 1966 and had many big hits during the next four years. These included "Gin House Blues," "Bend Me, Shape Me," and "High In The Sky" for Deram, after signing with Immediate Records they had further hits such as "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice". During the four years of their existance they recorded three albums.
| AMEN
CORNER 1966 - 1970 |
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| Fairweather-Low gtr/vcl |
Weaver kybds |
Bryon dr/pcs |
Taylor bs |
Jones gtr |
Jones trumpet |
Smith sax |
| AMEN CORNER singles | |
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1967: AMEN CORNER - Gin House Blues b/w I Know (Single; Deram DM136) |
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1967: AMEN CORNER - The World Of Broken Hearts b/w Nema (Single; Deram DM151) |
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1968: AMEN CORNER - Bend Me Shape Me b/w Satisnek The Job's Worth (Single; Deram DM172) |
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1968: AMEN CORNER - High In The Sky b/w Run Run Run (Single; Deram DM 197) |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - World Of Broken Hearts b/w Gin House Blues (Single; Deram DM228) |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice b/w Hey Hey Girl (Single; Immediate IM073) |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - Hello Suzie b/w Evil Man's Gonna Win (Single; Immediate IM081) |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - Get Back b/w Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven (Single; Immediate IM084) |
| AMEN CORNER album | |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven (Immediate 028) |
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1969: AMEN CORNER - National Welsh West Coast Live Experience Company (Immediate 023) |
After the end of AMEN CORNER Andy Fairweather-Low founded a new, more progressive group, which he simply called FAIRWEATHER. The musicians of the new group were the same musicians that made up AMEN CORNER except for the horn section, which was missing. The first single release "Natural Sinner" was a big hit. After only one year the group broke up in 1971.
| FAIRWEATHER
1970 - 1971 |
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| Fairweather-Low gtr/vcl |
Weaver kybds |
Bryon dr/pcs |
Taylor bs |
Jones gtr |
| FAIRWEATHER singles | |
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1971: FAIRWEATHER - Natural Sinner (Andy Fairweather-Low) b/w Haven't I Tried (Andy Fairweather-Low) (Single; RCA 1977) |
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1971: FAIRWEATHER - Tutti Frutti (Fisher / Gaillard) b/w Road To Freedom (Andy Fairweather-Low) (Single; RCA 2040) |
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1971: FAIRWEATHER - Lay It On Me (Andy Fairweather-Low) / Looking For The Red Label Part 2 (Andy Fairweather-Low) (Single; Neon NE 1000) |
| FAIRWEATHER album | |
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The STRAWBS had to find a new keyboard player, because Rick Wakeman had left to join YES. It did not take them long to find the right musician. When Dave Cousins heard that FAIRWEATHER had broken up he asked Blue Weaver to join. He arrived in time to help recording the album "Grave New World".
| STRAWBS
7 1971 - 1972 |
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| Cousins gtr/vcl |
Hooper gtr/bjo/vcl |
Hudson dr/vcl |
Ford bs/vcl |
kybds |
| STRAWBS singles | |
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1971: STRAWBS - Benedictus (Dave Cousins) b/w The Devil Outside (Dave Cousins) (Single; A&M AMS 874) |
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1972: STRAWBS - Here It Comes (Dave Cousins) b/w Tomorrow (Dave Cousins / Richard Hudson / John Ford / Tony Hooper / Mick Weaver) (Single; A&M AMS 7002) |
| STRAWBS album | |
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| STRAWBS
8 1972 - 1973 |
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| Cousins gtr/vcl |
Lambert gtr/vcl |
Hudson dr/vcl |
Ford bs/vcl |
kybds |
| STRAWBS singles | |
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1972: STRAWBS - Lay Down (Dave Cousins) b/w Back Side (Dave Cousins / Richard Hudson / John Ford / Dave Lambert / Mick Weaver) (Single; A&M AMS 7035) |
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1973: STRAWBS - Part Of The Union (Richard Hudson / John Ford) b/w New World (Dave Cousine) (Single; A&M AMS 7047) |
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1973: STRAWBS - Part Of The Union (Richard Hudson / John Ford) b/w Will You Go (Dave Cousins / Richard Hudson / John Ford / Dave Lambert / Mick Weaver) (Single; D: A&M 12545 AT) |
| STRAWBS album | |
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1973: STRAWBS - In Concert (Windsong WINCD 069) (veröffentlicht / released 1995) |
STRAWBS DVD |
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1971 - 1975: STRAWBS - Live In Tokyo 1975 / The Grave New World Video (Witchwood Media 2009) (veröffentlicht / released 2003) |
Blue Weaver sessions |
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1973: Lou Reed - Berlin (RCA Victor AP1 0207) |
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THE HOOPLE 1974 |
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| Hunter gtr/vcl |
Watts bs/vcl |
Fisher pno/vcl |
Bender gtr/vcl |
kybds |
Griffin dr |
The new keyboard player was Blue Weaver, who also had played with AMEN CORNER and later with the STRAWBS. Blue Weaver was able to bring some fresh ideas to the group. More than any other non Gibb member of the group he participated in song writing and arrangements. The new lineup of the BEE GEES was the longest lasting BEE GEES band ever and many believe that this also was the most successful time for the group. Even though many people called the years from 1975 to 1979 the disco period, a lot of the songs released during these years have nothing in common with disco music. The BEE GEES continued to record their typical ballads, but the trademark of this period and also of many years after were the falsetto vocals. The BEE GEES were able to be successful again all over the world. At the same time they also wrote and produced songs for other artists. When RSO ended the cooperation with Atlantic records in America this ment that the BEE GEES could no longer use Arif Mardin as their producer. The BEE GEES chose to produce themselves, with Barry Gibb taking the lead. Karl Richardson and Alby Galuten were responsible for the engineering. Together with Barry Gibb they became a very successful team.
When Vince Melouney and the BEE GEES parted ways in 1968 some people thought that they would never meet again, but in 1976 Vince Melouney visited the group in England and he even wrote some songs together with Barry Gibb.
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BEE GEES 12
1974 - 1976
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Gibb gtr/vcl |
Gibb vcl |
Gibb bs/kybds/vcl |
Alan
Kendall gtr/vcl |
Dennis
Bryon dr |
Blue
Weaver kybds |
| BEE GEES singles | |
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1975: BEE GEES - Jive Talking (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Wind Of Change (Barry & Robin Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 160) |
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1975: BEE GEES - Nights On Broadway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Edge Of The Universe (Barry & Robin Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 171= |
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1975: BEE GEES - Nights On Broadway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) / Wind Of Change (Barry & Robin Gibb) / All This Making Love (Barry & Robin Gibb) / Songbird (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Maxi; BRA: RSO 2252 114) |
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1975: BEE GEES - Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Country Lanes (Barry & Robin Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 179) |
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1975: BEE GEES - Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Songbird (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb / Blue Weaver) (Single; MEX: RSO 626) |
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1975: BEE GEES - Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Nights On Broadway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; IT: RSO 2090 183) |
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1976: BEE GEES - You Should Be Dancing (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Subway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 195) |
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1976: BEE GEES - You Should Be Dancing (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) / Subway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) / Love So Right (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) / You Stepped Into My Life (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Maxi; BRA: RSO 2252 119) |
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1976: BEE GEES - Love So Right (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w You Stepped Into My Life (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 207) |
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1977: BEE GEES - Boogie Child (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Lovers (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 221) |
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1977: BEE GEES - Children Of The World (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Boogie Child (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 224) |
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1977: BEE GEES - Boogie Child (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Love So Right (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; IT: RSO 2090 227) |
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1977: BEE GEES - Children Of The World (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Lovers (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; AUS: RSO 2090 252) |
| BEE GEES album | |
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1975: BEE GEES - Main Course (RSO 2394 150) |
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1976: BEE GEES - Children Of The World (RSO 2394 169) |
To reproduce the strings and the synthetic sounds that the group used in the studio they got Geoff Westley back in the live line-up. In 1977 they recorded some shows and put them together for the first ever BEE GEES live album. Even though the material was strongly based on the new songs the group also included many of the old hits, even though in shortened versions. Without Geoff Westley the BEE GEES recorded the songs for the Saturday Night Fever film. September 1977 to January 1978 put the live activities on a hold, as the brothers Gibb concentrated on the shooting of the film "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Most of 1978 was spent recording the next studio album and writing songs for other artists.
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BEE GEES 13 1976 - 1979 |
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| Gibb gtr/vcl |
Gibb vcl |
Gibb bs/kybds/vcl |
Alan Kendall gtr/vcl |
Dennis Bryon dr |
Blue Weaver kybds |
Geoff Westley kybds* |
| BEE GEES singles | |
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1977: BEE GEES - Edge Of The Universe (Live) (Barry & Robin Gibb) b/w Words (Live) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 255) |
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1977: BEE GEES - Staying Alive (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w If I Can't Have You (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 259) |
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1977: BEE GEES - How Deep Is Your Love (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Can't Keep A Good Man Down (Live) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO RS-882) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Staying Alive (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Subway (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; SA: RSO PS 1004) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Staying Alive (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Night Fever (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; DDR: Amiga 426353) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / With A Little Help From My Friends (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / Nowhere Man (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) (Maxi; N: RSO 2814 132) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Night Fever (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Down The Road (Live) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 272) |
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1978: BEE GEES - More Than A Woman (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Children Of The World (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO: 2090 290) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Too Much Heaven (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Rest Your Love On Me (Barry Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 331) |
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1978: BEE GEES - Oh Darling (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) b/w I'm Leaving Home (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) (Single; RSO 2090 317) |
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1978: BEE GEES - A Day In The Life (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) b/w Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) (Single: RSO 2090 342) |
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1978: BEE GEES - A Day In The Life (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) b/w Nowhere Man (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) (Single; I: RSO 2090 325) |
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1979: BEE GEES - Tragedy (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Until (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 340) |
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1979: BEE GEES - Love You Inside Out (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w I'm Satisfied (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 349) |
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1979: BEE GEES - Love You Inside Out (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Living Together (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; BRA: RSO 2090 374) |
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1979: BEE GEES - Spirits Having Flown (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) b/w Wind Of Change (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (Single; RSO 2090 412) |
| BEE GEES recordings | |
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1976: BEE GEES - Golden Slumbers (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / Carry That Weight (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) / She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) Sun King (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) (erschienen auf / released on: "v.a. - All This World War II"; WB 66049) |
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1978: Peter Frampton & BEE GEES - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (RSO 2658 128) |
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1979: BEE GEES - Too Much Heaven (Live) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) (erschienen auf / released on: "v.a. - A Gift Of Song, Music For UNICEF"; Polydor) |
| Robin Gibb recordings | |
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1978: Robin Gibb - Sesame Street Fever (Joe Raposo) / Trash (Joe Raposo) / C Is For Cookie (Joe Raposo) (erschienen auf / released on "v.a. - Ssesame Street Fever"; Sesame Street Records) |
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1976: Peter Frampton, BEE GEES - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Universal 20415) |
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BEE GEES 14
1979
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Gibb gtr/vcl |
Gibb vcl |
Gibb bs/kybds/vcl |
Alan
Kendall gtr/vcl |
Dennis
Bryon dr |
Blue
Weaver kybds |
George
Bitzer kybds |
Joe
Lala pcs |
Joey
Murcia gtr |
Harold
Cowart kybds |
Blue Weaver sessions |
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1980: Andy Gibb - After Dark (RSO 5006) |
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1983: Jon Anderson - Animation (Atlantic 19355) |
| STRAWBS
16 1983 |
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| Cousins gtr/vcl |
Lambert gtr/vcl |
Hudson dr/vcl |
Ford bs/vcl |
kybds |
Blue Weaver sessions |
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1986: DAMNED - Anything (MCA 6015) |
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1986: PET SHOP BOYS - Disco (EMI America E2 46450) ^ |
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1986: Miguel Bose - Salamandra (WEA Latina 42083) |
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1987: PET SHOP BOYS - Actually (EMI America E2 46972) |
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1988: PET SHOP BOYS - Heart (Chris Lowe / Neil Tennant) (Disco Mix) / I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) (Chris Lowe / Neil Tennant) / Heart (Chris Lowe / Neil Tennant) (Dance Mix) (Parlophone 2471) |
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1988: PET SHOP BOYS - Introspective (EMI America E2 90868) |
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1990: PROPAGANDA - 1234 (Charisma 91375-1) |
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1993: v.a. - Mick Ronson Memorial Concert (Citadel 02) (veröffentlicht / released 1994) |
| COUSINS & WILLOUGHBY 2 5/93 - 8/93 |
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| Cousins gtr/vcl |
Willoughby gtr/vcl |
Hudson dr/gtr/vcl |
Hooper gtr/bjo/vcl |
kybds |
Demick bs |
Hopkin vcl |
COUSINS & WILLOUGHBY album |
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1994: Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby - The Bridge (The Road Goes On Forever RGFCD 020) |
COUSINS & WILLOUGHBY 3 9/93 |
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Dave Cousins gtr/vcl |
Brian Willoughby gtr |
Richard Hudson dr/vcl |
Rod Demick bs/vcl |
Blue Weaver kybds |
STRAWBS 21 9/93 - 8/98 |
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Dave Cousins gtr/vcl |
Brian Willoughby gtr |
Richard Hudson dr/vcl |
Rod Demick bs/vcl |
Blue Weaver kybds |
STRAWBS album |
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1998: STRAWBS - Live At Chiswick House (Witchwood WCCD 2001) (veröffentlicht / released 2000) |
During the nineties Blue Weaver continued to do some session work. He was also recording some material in his own studio. Some of the recordings were used for films, some were collected for a self released solo album.
Blue Weaver sessions |
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1995: PET SHOP BOYS - Alternative (Capitol 34023) |
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1995: Ian Hunter - Dirty Laundry (Cleveland International Records CIR 1001-2) |
Blue Weaver album |
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1998: Blue Weaver - So-Lo (BWMMP CD-0100) |
STRAWBS 22 4/99 - 7/04 |
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Dave Cousins gtr/vcl |
Brian Willoughby gtr |
Richard Hudson dr/vcl |
Rod Demick bs/vcl |
Blue Weaver kybds |
Dave Lambert gtr/vcl |
STRAWBS album |
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2003: STRAWBS - Blue Angel (Witchwood WCCD 2008) |