02-01-2019, 15:39
Michael George "Chick" Churchill was born on this day in 1946, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. He was, and still is, the keys player for Ten Years After which I suspect currently bears little resemblance to its former self but which also, apparently, maintains a steady fan base. He started piano lessons at the age of six and continued studying classical music up until his teens at which point blues and rock superseded his previous interests.
When Ten Years After split up in 1976, and before their reunion in 1988, he went into management at Chrysalis Music and then went on to co-found a music publishing company which focused on artists from the American south. Not sure what happened to that - seems to have fallen by the wayside.
He also made a solo album in 1973/4 titled You and Me which I stumbled upon some time ago, and liked …. quite the line-up on this one! Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, Martin Barre, Cozy Powell, etc., etc. ... https://www.music-discussion.com/showthr...#pid131254.
When Ten Years After split up in 1976, and before their reunion in 1988, he went into management at Chrysalis Music and then went on to co-found a music publishing company which focused on artists from the American south. Not sure what happened to that - seems to have fallen by the wayside.
He also made a solo album in 1973/4 titled You and Me which I stumbled upon some time ago, and liked …. quite the line-up on this one! Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, Martin Barre, Cozy Powell, etc., etc. ... https://www.music-discussion.com/showthr...#pid131254.
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