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"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a song by the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was recorded in April 1968 and released the following month as a single. The song gave its name to the album The Hurdy Gurdy Man, which was released in October of that year in the United States.
Needing to tour to promote the album, he put together a band with Christian Boulé (guitar), Clive Bunker (drums), Colin Bass (bass), Phil Hodge (keyboards) and Basil Brooks (synthesiser, flute). They debuted supporting Queen at a free Hyde Park, London concert on 18 September, [ 2 ] then toured heavily in the UK and France to promote the album ...
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.It was released in North America in October 1968 on Epic Records, but not in the UK due to a continuing contractual dispute that also prevented Sunshine Superman (1966) and Mellow Yellow (1967) from being released there.
On this recording, Irvine provides an ingenious accompaniment on hurdy-gurdy that implies the instrument's drones are capable of playing chords. Years later, Irvine explained: "I recorded three different drones on the hurdy-gurdy and we cross faded them on the mix to fit the chords.
MacLeod was an early influence on Donovan, and was the bassist for the original line-up of Hurdy Gurdy which also inspired the Donovan song "The Hurdy Gurdy Man". MacLeod has also worked with Argent. Other bands MacLeod formed of note include Soft Cloud, Loud Earth with Mick Softley and the acoustic-based band Amber.
At the time, the two future Led Zeppelin members were popular London session musicians and played on other Donovan sessions, including in 1968 for some tracks on The Hurdy Gurdy Man, though Page did not play on the title track of the album; guitarist Alan Parker played all the electric guitar and electric sitar parts on it. However, their exact ...
Alan Frederick Parker (born 26 August 1944) is an English guitarist and composer.. Parker was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, and was trained by Julian Bream at London’s Royal Academy of Music.
L is the second studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage, released by Virgin Records in September 1976.. It was recorded in America at The Secret Sound, Woodstock, New York, and was produced and engineered by Todd Rundgren, using musicians from his band Utopia and others.