Dr. Strangely Strange

Dr. Strangely Strange

Dr. Strangely Strange were an experimental Irish folk group, formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (born 6 September 1943, County Kildare, Ireland), vocals and guitar, and Ivan Pawle (born 17 August 1943, England) bass and keyboards.

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Soon they teamed with multi-instrumentalist Tim Goulding (born 15 May 1945, Hatch Street, Dublin), vocals and keyboards, at that time an aspiring painter, and percussionist/vocalist Caroline "Linus" Greville, and began living and rehearsing in a house owned by Goulding's girlfriend, backing vocalist "Orphan Annie" Mohan, which its tenants nicknamed "The Orphanage". After signing with the Incredible String Band's producer and manager Joe Boyd, they debuted in 1969 with Kip of the Serenes. The album was produced by Boyd. While on tour with Fotheringay, they enlisted drummer Neil Hopwood, and later in the year appeared on the Incredible String Band's Changing Horses album.

After the 1970 album Heavy Petting, Dr. Strangely Strange began falling apart: Linus was asked to leave to cut down on touring costs after some early sessions for the record, Goulding left to enter to a Buddhist monastery, while Pawle and Booth teamed with Gay and Terry Woods for a brief tour. The group disbanded In May 1971, after playing a concert with Al Stewart at London's Drury Lane Theatre.[1] They reunited in 1973 for an Irish tour, and briefly reconvened again in the early 1980s. Eventually Booth established a second Orphanage which became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and others.[2]

The band reformed with the original members to record a third album in 1996.[3]

On 10 January 2008, the band announced that they were to reform for a special homecoming gig to take place in the Sugar Club on Leeson Street, Dublin, Ireland on 1 March 2008.[4] In February 2009, Hux Records reissued Kip of the Serenes as a Collectors' Edition with four bonus tracks.[5]

On 19 July 2009 the band participated in the Witchseason Weekender (featuring artists from Joe Boyd's Witchseason production company) at The Barbican, London. They performed a free concert on the foyer stage and then participated in the full Sunday evening concert entitled The Music Of The Incredible String Band.[citation needed]

Discography

References

  1. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. pp. 226. CN 5585. 
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason: Allmusic
  3. ^ "Tim Goulding Discography". timgoulding.com. http://www.timgoulding.com/music/discography.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-10. 
  4. ^ "Dr. Strangely Strange announce comeback gig". The Hot Press Newsdesk. Hot Press. 2008-01-10. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4371785.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10. 
  5. ^ "New Releases". Hux Records. http://www.huxrecords.com/news.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
  6. ^ "Dr. Strangely Strange ~ 1970 ~ Heavy Petting". Oldish Psych and Prog. 2010-05-19. http://oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com/news/dr_strangely_strange_1970_heavy_petting/2010-05-19-2036. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 

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