26-09-2018, 09:59
Stuart Mcbeath Tosh was born on this day in 1948, in Aberdeen, Scotland. His is a name with which I am familiar by virtue of being an Alan Parsons Project devotee, but in actual fact, he was originally with Pilot, who had a huge worldwide hit with 1974’s “Magic” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiryJwvDtc, and another one not far behind in “January” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75rB5eueM8. He’s a drummer, percussionist and mostly backing vocalist.
Moving on from Pilot, Tosh joined 10cc, a band he was thrilled to be a part of – I listened to an interview with him where he talks about their reputation for impeccable live sound, so much so that they were often accused of miming or using backing tracks, which they weren’t (with one notable exception being performances of “I’m not in Love”). He cites an occasion where someone remarked to him after the show that the triangle he was playing had really cut through amazingly well, lol! Credit for engineering all of that goes to Eric Stewart who was the main dude when it came to setting up the PA system.
Aside from Pilot and 10cc, Stuart Tosh appears on several APP albums, including their first,Tales of Mystery and Imagination and second, I Robot. He also toured with Camel, did a brief stint with Roger Daltrey, and is on the multi-talented David Paton’s first solo album, Passions Cry.
In terms of writing, arrangement and singing, he rarely took centre stage but this is one from 10cc’s Bloody Tourists that he co-wrote with Eric Stewart, as well as taking on the lead vocal (inspired by a visit to East Berlin) …
Moving on from Pilot, Tosh joined 10cc, a band he was thrilled to be a part of – I listened to an interview with him where he talks about their reputation for impeccable live sound, so much so that they were often accused of miming or using backing tracks, which they weren’t (with one notable exception being performances of “I’m not in Love”). He cites an occasion where someone remarked to him after the show that the triangle he was playing had really cut through amazingly well, lol! Credit for engineering all of that goes to Eric Stewart who was the main dude when it came to setting up the PA system.
Aside from Pilot and 10cc, Stuart Tosh appears on several APP albums, including their first,Tales of Mystery and Imagination and second, I Robot. He also toured with Camel, did a brief stint with Roger Daltrey, and is on the multi-talented David Paton’s first solo album, Passions Cry.
In terms of writing, arrangement and singing, he rarely took centre stage but this is one from 10cc’s Bloody Tourists that he co-wrote with Eric Stewart, as well as taking on the lead vocal (inspired by a visit to East Berlin) …
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