Terra812
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Re: The Official Charlie Thread
First... Thanks!
I know that Terry Thomas and Julian Colbeck stayed pretty busy... TT was producing the Brian Howe era Bad Company albums as well as some others and JC worked with Vitamin Z, YES, Steve Hackett.
Kitchens Of Distinction began as a Terry Thomas solo project, but as the finished product included contributions from Martin Smith and Julian Colbeck, the decision was made to credit the CD to Charlie.
Writes Terry: “I got my good friend Steve Alexander (Jeff Beck/Duran Duran and many others) to play the drums which we recorded at old favourite studios Livingston. 14 songs in 2 days!
“I then took it back to my studio and got various people I had worked with to contribute Janne Jarvis (Hate Gallery) bass on 2 tracks Charlie Barratt (ex Fixx) bass on 2 tracks. Andy Bloom played guitar on 2 tracks. Julian sent me his parts from California, and Martin played slide. Steve Gadd is now Iron Maiden’s tour manager and wasn't around. John Anderson has retired from playing, and Eugene's still in California. So I did the rest myself.
“When you're in your own studio working on your own songs time becomes immaterial so it took me a fair while to finish but I did."
^^One of the best things about Charlie I always enjoyed was they are a "Busy" band, all kinds of little things going on all the time musically far more sophisticated than many people might realize at first.
And Terra I have made it our "Official Charlie Thread"...
First... Thanks!
I know that Terry Thomas and Julian Colbeck stayed pretty busy... TT was producing the Brian Howe era Bad Company albums as well as some others and JC worked with Vitamin Z, YES, Steve Hackett.
Kitchens Of Distinction began as a Terry Thomas solo project, but as the finished product included contributions from Martin Smith and Julian Colbeck, the decision was made to credit the CD to Charlie.
Writes Terry: “I got my good friend Steve Alexander (Jeff Beck/Duran Duran and many others) to play the drums which we recorded at old favourite studios Livingston. 14 songs in 2 days!
“I then took it back to my studio and got various people I had worked with to contribute Janne Jarvis (Hate Gallery) bass on 2 tracks Charlie Barratt (ex Fixx) bass on 2 tracks. Andy Bloom played guitar on 2 tracks. Julian sent me his parts from California, and Martin played slide. Steve Gadd is now Iron Maiden’s tour manager and wasn't around. John Anderson has retired from playing, and Eugene's still in California. So I did the rest myself.
“When you're in your own studio working on your own songs time becomes immaterial so it took me a fair while to finish but I did."
