Wooden Lion 1972 - 1976
These pictures were provided by friends and participants in the mayhem of the time. For most of it I have no direct time frame except that it occurred within the boundaries of those dates. As we came out of the sixties into the seventies, and I began to take music more seriously, the various bands became, slowly, less ramshackle outfits and moved towards something more structured and rehearsed. Having said that they were still not polished, professional units. If you have any more pictures of this era please let me have them.
The pictures below were taken at an Open Air gig in Basingstoke that we did with the Thor/Nova Mob. The newspaper clipping is especially wonderful. The line up was Rob Dee - Bass, Colin Keeble - gtr, Tony Morley - gtr, Alan Essex - synth, Wal Mansefield - drums, Roy Wood - vocals (Thanks to Phil Crabbe for the photos) |
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
The next set of pictures were taken at another open air gig on a green area surrounded by houses. We didn't get complaints about the noise this time (but then we didn't have the HHB PA system at that gig). Towards the end of the show, during 'The Haunter Of The Dark' we used to let off smoke bombs and a 'maroon' (loud explosion) and someone in the houses must have heard this and seen the smoke because, as the last chords died away, The Fire Brigade arrived! The line up was Steve Audley -Bass, Jim McGrother -gtr, Alan Essex-synths, Wal Mansefield - drums, Roy Wood - vocals |
|||
 |
Steve, Roy, and Roy Jackson |
The two Roys |
From Left, Roy, Wal, Steve (facing away), Alan, Jim |
Tom Barrett, roadie (with Alan and Maureen in the background) |
 |
Roy, Alan, with Nick Pickett (in the van) and Jill. |
 |
Tom Barratt, sent us a clipping from the Stratford Express which I had not seen for years. You can see this as a Adobe Acrobat document here with the text as a Word file here.
These photoswere taken at an Open Air Show in Woolwich Park at some point in 1974. They feature the first appearance of the inflatable tube that later saw service with Dogwatch |
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
These two pictures were taken in a recording studion in Hitchin. Looking back on it I think it was a ploy by the studion but they offered a day's recording in the studion for a set fee and the tapes would alll be entered into a competition for a contract. We did not get it and I never actually heard if anyone got a deal from it but we did put down a few tracks. Most of which will stay firmly locked in the 'vaults' at Castle 'Cor de Lion'. The reason we all look so wiped out was that we took the sensible precaution of going to an all night party the night before and had no sleep! |
|
Roy, Gareth Kiddier, John Lyons |
John Phillips |
