Sailor Georg Kajanus (vocs/guitar/harp)
Phil Pickett (nickelodeon) Henry Marsh (nickelodeon) Grant Serpell
(drums)
gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
phil pickett, sailor
The infamous Friars Club
sticks out in my memory as a really special venue which we'd all
heard about before we played there, but never could have imagined
how great the audiences were or what an amazing reception we always
got whenever we came to Aylesbury.It was wild and during Sailor's
1970's heyday, there was nowhere we played to more enthusiastic
audiences anywhere in the UK than Friars. The ecstatic reactions at
Glasgow Munich and Hamburg came close but nothing topped Aylesbury
and Friars - I've still got the cup we won as "Sensation of the
Year" award in pride of place in my studio
press cuttings
what happened next
Sailor,
happily have never gone away and continue to be popular, especially in Europe.
Pickett and Serpell (until recently as grant has left the band) have
always been there. Henry Marsh rejoined the band in 2006. Georg Kajanus and
Marsh reappeared at Friars in 1982 as part of Data. Pickett also co-wrote one of
the most radio played songs ever in Karma Chameleon, a huge hit for Culture
Club. Were also the very first recipients of the coveted Friars Heroes Award.
