QUINTESSENCE!
I think I may have posted this band before but covered here from the Best of Island Records and remastered comes a band I saw live at The Who Live at The Oval (in support of Bangladesh) and I loved this sound and their quasi- spiritual songs . . . . . The Who were to prove a different story ENTIRELY!
All I recall at that early in the day but oddly there were vast clouds of smoke drifting across the cricket ground and I couldn't quite work out what precisely was on fire . . . . . . . . curiously after a while I didn't really care! Strange huh?
Here from Rockasteria (Plain & Fancy to you and me!)
Quintessence Move Into The Light 1969-1971 - Plain & Fancy
Gange Mai everyone!
Of course the story goes that by the time The Who came on things had been influenced rather heavily by copious quantities of beer and the highlight for yours truly as I made my way towards the stage to get closer was that I got hit on the head with an empty pipkin* of beer!
It didn't make an awful lot of difference to be fair but I was younger then!
The text by Kevin Rathert, dated May 2, 2017, over at Rockasteria is well worth a read
The Band:
Quintessence
*Phil ‘Shiva Shankar’ Jones - Vocals, Keyboards, Hand Drums
*Ron ‘Raja Ram’ Rothfield - Flutes, Bells, Percussion, Raspers, Chimes
*Allan Mostert - Lead Guitar
*Dave ‘Maha Dev’ Codling - Rhythm Guitar
*Richard ‘Shambu Babaji’ Vaughan - Bass Guitar
*Jeremy ‘Jake’ Milton - Drums
With
*Mike - Sitar
*Surya - Tamboura
*Vidya Bahen Jee - Vocals (Sri Ram Chant)
*Sita Devi Jee - Tamboura, Violin
*Musetta - Tamboura
*Ned Balen - Tablas, Shenai
Sep 18, 1971
Goodbye Summer
The Who / The Faces / Atomic Rooster / Eugene Wallis / America / Mott the Hoople / Quintessence / Lindisfarne / Greaseband / Cochise
Quintessence - Live on John Peel Sessions 1970 4th Oct