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Peter Gabriel Tony Levin Jerry Marotta
Larry Fast Phil Collins
Pictures courtesy of Andrew Mian
Peter Gabriel, quoted in the
Bucks Herald in 1979 after the show (below) said:
"(Friars) is the best gig in
the country"
David Rhodes (Random Hold), writing for
the Friars Aylesbury website in 2007 said:
"I remember supporting
Peter Gabriel. It was a very friendly crowd, and a good place. David Stopps was very
kind and supportive. Now, just thinking about it, we (RH), played a good
version of Montgomery Clift there, very solid and heavy.
When we supported Peter, I remember watching his show, and wishing I was
up there. "
Two
subtly different local adverts. The local papers had a field day with the
news that Gabriel was coming to town. Well it had been a while.
Peter Gabriel is and always will be a Friars
hero. After 1979, he continued to go from strength to strength as a solo
artiste, along the way producing some unforgettable material such as the
haunting "Biko" and the video legend that is "Sledgehammer" (although
these are not his best works in our humble opinion). His productivity on
record at least has not been quick, but this is tempered with the other
good works that he does with other artistes (check out Paula Cole for
example), Womad etc. He is arguably more responsible for the wider
acceptance of world music in this country than any other artiste. He also
helped develop the music downloading systems we take as second nature
today. He briefly reunited with Genesis in 1982 to raise money for Womad
and declined the offer to reform with Genesis in 2007 although he
apparently hasn't completely ruled it out. He plays UK
dates with an orchestra in 2010.
Tony Levin played Friars in
1981 with King Crimson.
Random Hold lasted a couple of albums and
played Friars again later in 1979. David
Rhodes soon got his wish though....he has been Peter Gabriel's guitarist,
live and on record for the last 25 years and also played at
Friars in 1983 with Blancmange.
