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Percy Jones

I could never understand the disdain for Phil Collins in his 80's success. I always thought 'Did you never hear him in Brand X?'
I totally understand it…those are two entirely different musical realms. The average consumer of his pop stuff would likely not be able to wrap their heads around the outside, exploritory nature of what Brand X had to offer, in fact they’d think that the Gabriel era Genesis was too weird, with all that long, meandering music and creepy costumes. I’ve known plenty fans of that earlier era that increasingly had no use for the Genesis brand the more it became the Phil Collins and those other two guys show(me being one such person).
 
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I just remembered a project that even many Brand X/Percy fans might not know about….Marscape, recorded in ‘75…


A collaboration between Jack Lancaster, best known as the horn guy for Blodwyn Pig, and original Brand X keyboardist Robin Lumley, with the rest of the band backing them up.

This is the original artwork:
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How great that you got to see John, he was amazing and underrated as well.
I saw John (R.I.P.) 2 1/2 times with Brand X (mid '70s and '16) and once with Tunnels. The 1/2 time was in the late '70s; John was there but had a broken wrist/hand/something so he couldn't play but did provide lots of moral support at the show. Morris Pert was with the band in the '70s, too.

This is from the October '16 show.

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Nah, I was in Tulsa for a while for school. Did you do the Temecula winery circuit?
When I was still in L.A. I would see Brand X guitarist John Goodsall with his band, the Fire Merchants, play in a small club in Santa Monica
Was Doug Lunn on bass for the Fire Merchants? Lunn is another excellent fretless player that is under the radar for a lot of people.
 
Saw PAKT last night in the DC area. Not really my type of music, but I had never seen Percy Jones and the club is just a few miles from my office. Unbelievable player, my hands started cramping just watching him. He played the Wal all night.
That is awesome! I bet Percy sounded great on the Wal, but he's gotten THAT TONE with a Fender P and his Ibanez too - it's all in the hands.
I see EQ is flat on the EA iAMP800 - I have one, he could be using voicing filters.

Percy is my all-time favorite fretless player, with Mick Karn and Pino Palladino.
@Michedelic posted those Eno videos - I've listened to Another Green World literally at least 1000x, Before and After Science several hundred - and I still hear something new every time!
 
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thread bump, I saw Brand X at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto in 1979 during the Product tour w/Collins on drums. David Bendeth opened up, I can’t remember who was in his band but Marcus Miller was all over the album he was promoting at the time.

wow. what an ear opener that night was. Percy is such a huge influence.

here’s a couple of bootleg clips from that show, audio only, iffy quality. enjoy!



 
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