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No, not mum, dads, brothers, sisters, etc. The 60s/70s prog rock band. I'm currently listening and re-listening to their '68 album "Music in a Doll's House" and find myself knocked out by it all over again. I was utterly fascinated with this album as a teen in the good old days, particularly when on the wacky.
Is anyone else on here a fan of this stupendous band?
I used to work with Rob Townsend who was the drummer in Family. He became a session drummer after they broke up and played on a few big hits. By the time I met him, he was running the Tours department at Wembley Stadium by day (I was a teenage Tour Guide) and gigging with Paul Jones's Blues Band at night. He was (and I presume still is) a lovely bloke with a raft of great rock and roll stories.
Count me in….saw them quite a few times at the Marquee and had a drink with them in the Intrepid Fox over the road. Bandstand great, particularly Burlesque. The Marquee was unlicenced in those days, so both bands and fans would drink in the Fox. Another band we had a pint with was Ten Years After.
A Leicester band who were just getting big when I arrived at the University. Chappo would regularly come into the Student Union bar, have a couple of pints, then leave a tenner for us students to have a pint on him. Loved the band ever since
A Leicester band who were just getting big when I arrived at the University. Chappo would regularly come into the Student Union bar, have a couple of pints, then leave a tenner for us students to have a pint on him. Loved the band ever since
Ditto. Except I was at the art college, where Jim King formed the original band. Saw them numerous times and, IMHO, were much better than their albums indicate.
There were many fine bands that I first saw as support band to better known ones. I first saw Family playing as support to, I think Rod Stewart or maybe the Jeff Beck group with Rod. Other support bands were Mighty Baby, and Hookfoot, two of whom went on to play in Elton John's band.
There were many fine bands that I first saw as support band to better known ones. I first saw Family playing as support to, I think Rod Stewart or maybe the Jeff Beck group with Rod. Other support bands were Mighty Baby, and Hookfoot, two of whom went on to play in Elton John's band.
There were many fine bands that I first saw as support band to better known ones. I first saw Family playing as support to, I think Rod Stewart or maybe the Jeff Beck group with Rod. Other support bands were Mighty Baby, and Hookfoot, two of whom went on to play in Elton John's band.
I think Bam of Mighty Baby knocked around Portobello Road in the 60s/70s. My sister had a bit of a fling with him. I've still got a vinyl demo of their first album somewhere.
Music in a Doll’s House is a superb album and one of my all time favourites.More melodic and whimsical than anything they did after. The tracks are all short but run together seamlessly, which probably owes a lot to Dave Mason’s production. Saw Family a lot around that time, including their support at the Stones Hyde Park gig, the mostly forgotten Weeley festival and numerous times indoors. Sometimes wonder what the reaction would be if an album as startlingly creative as that were released now.
There were many fine bands that I first saw as support band to better known ones. I first saw Family playing as support to, I think Rod Stewart or maybe the Jeff Beck group with Rod. Other support bands were Mighty Baby, and Hookfoot, two of whom went on to play in Elton John's band.
Bumped into Al Kooper backstage at Reading Festival 1971 whose backing gutarist was Hookfoot's Caleb Quaye...."F*cking genius" he kept saying.
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