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I was a big fan of Dave who was a fine keyboard player. I’m a sucker for a Hammond organ. Probably best known as a member of Colosseum but also Greenslade, If and even Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band for a short time.
Dave Greenslade RIP, 83
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Sorry to hear that – I’ve enjoyed every band with which he has been associated.
I’ll dig out Cactus Choir and give it a reflective listen today.
Bad day for Colosseum fans, as Clem Clemson died also this week.
Good grief! As you say, a bad week altogether.
I looked at various sites this morning in connection with Dave Greenslade’s passing. None mentioned that Clem Clempson had passed away. I have just checked online again and still no mention of CC having died. In fact, on the Barbara Thompson & Jon Hiseman site, it was Clem, apparently, who mentioned DG’s passing. I don’t mean to be rude @retropath2 but I do hope Clem has not gone just yet.
Well! That’ll teach me to do my own checking in future…
There was a post on fb to that effect at the w/e. I’ll go and have another look.
Eek, it was indeed Clempson’s own reporting on fb. My bad, and I hereby bequeath the takings of any signings Clemson might wish to sell at gigs, of my AW post, to him. À la Swarb.
I always liked his music for Gangsters. Felt suitably twitchy.
I believe that he did the music for “A Very Peculiar Practice”, which has just been repeated on BBC4 (and on iPlayer)
I remember Greenslade as the band with twin keyboards, like Wishbone Ash had twin guitars. So, um, “progressive”…
Yes.
Worked for Greenslade, worked for VdGG…
Any anecdotes?
Arf! Apologies for my ambiguous post. To wit:
Yes, Greenslade were progressive; and
Twin keyboards worked, ie, were successfully utilised, in both Greenslade and VdGG
(Edith- and Spooky Tooth, see below)
Spooky Tooth had twin keyboards too.
It seemed an unusual combination when I first heard it on Dylan’s early electric albums, but I think it might have come from gospel and churches in America in general, where a piano and organ would together accompany the singing. The Hawks were touring with a piano and organ before they met Dylan, so it wasn’t unknown.
Procul Harum were probably the pioneers in Britain, perhaps picking up on Dylan and the Band.