17-06-2018, 19:46
^I like that album too. This thread is so enjoyable for me - often leads to new and/or rediscoveries!
David Longdon was born on this day in 1965, in Nottingham, England. He’s been the lead singer for Big Big Train since 2009 and plays just about every instrument imaginable - flute, keyboards, acoustic and electric 6 & 12 string guitars, bass, mandolin, lute, banjo, accordion, percussion, dulcimer, psaltry, vibraphone, theremin and also the glockenspiel. Oops – skipped the celesta … and drums too … obviously an over achiever! Lol! One of those people who has been around music from birth, pretty much.
He sounds like the vocal doppelganger of Peter Gabriel, to me (with a similar penchant for the dramatic) – or a Gabriel/Collins hybrid. In fact, he was considered for the position of lead singer in Genesis, replacing Phil Collins, and worked with the band for a bit, but they ultimately chose Ray Wilson for the role. As it happens, he also worked with Steve Hackett (and others) on a new recording of “Spectral Mornings”, a version reworked with lyrics and released as a charity single in aid of Parkinson’s disease. Prior to joining BBT, and back in the 1990’s he had been with a band called The Gifthorse who were signed to Epic records; in 2004 he recorded a solo album, Wild River, as David Longdon and The Magic Club.
BBT released two albums last year, Grimspound and The Second Brightest Star, and if the rumblings are to be believed, will release another soonish. I prefer their stuff to the other new prog bands I've heard - which is far from all of them, or even the tip of the iceberg, probably!
From English Electric Part 1 - "Winchester from St. Giles' Hill" … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjJJER4pjc
“Leopards” from English Electric Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4A4rFLUS84 - written by Longdon ...
…. as was this, “The Ivy Gate” from Grimspound, with additional vocals by Judy Dyble ….
David Longdon was born on this day in 1965, in Nottingham, England. He’s been the lead singer for Big Big Train since 2009 and plays just about every instrument imaginable - flute, keyboards, acoustic and electric 6 & 12 string guitars, bass, mandolin, lute, banjo, accordion, percussion, dulcimer, psaltry, vibraphone, theremin and also the glockenspiel. Oops – skipped the celesta … and drums too … obviously an over achiever! Lol! One of those people who has been around music from birth, pretty much.
He sounds like the vocal doppelganger of Peter Gabriel, to me (with a similar penchant for the dramatic) – or a Gabriel/Collins hybrid. In fact, he was considered for the position of lead singer in Genesis, replacing Phil Collins, and worked with the band for a bit, but they ultimately chose Ray Wilson for the role. As it happens, he also worked with Steve Hackett (and others) on a new recording of “Spectral Mornings”, a version reworked with lyrics and released as a charity single in aid of Parkinson’s disease. Prior to joining BBT, and back in the 1990’s he had been with a band called The Gifthorse who were signed to Epic records; in 2004 he recorded a solo album, Wild River, as David Longdon and The Magic Club.
BBT released two albums last year, Grimspound and The Second Brightest Star, and if the rumblings are to be believed, will release another soonish. I prefer their stuff to the other new prog bands I've heard - which is far from all of them, or even the tip of the iceberg, probably!
From English Electric Part 1 - "Winchester from St. Giles' Hill" … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjJJER4pjc
“Leopards” from English Electric Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4A4rFLUS84 - written by Longdon ...
…. as was this, “The Ivy Gate” from Grimspound, with additional vocals by Judy Dyble ….
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