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Mick Dyche (4 October 1951 – 21 December 2018) was an English rock and folk guitarist, and former member of 1970s soft rock band Sniff 'n' the Tears. [2] He was known for playing guitar on their only major hit "Driver's Seat", [3] for which he also provided the opening guitar riff, as credited by former bandmate Laurence "Loz" Netto in a 2005 interview with Lars Hindsley.
Nick South took over on bass and would become a permanent member of the band. On tour, Sniff 'n' the Tears were augmented by drummer Paul Robinson and keyboardist Keith Miller. When naming the 1973 band, Roberts suggested "The Tears", but their manager suggested "Sniff 'n' the Tears" because Roberts had hay fever and sniffed a lot. [6]
From 1977, he worked as a backing vocalist for Sniff 'n' the Tears. During this time, he worked as a freelance musician and made a solo album Night Time Emotion in 1979 produced by Trevor Rabin . He sang on Mike Rutherford 's first solo album Smallcreep's Day in 1979, and on Morrissey–Mullen 's 1985 This Must Be the Place .
"Driver's Seat" is a 1978 song by British band Sniff 'n' the Tears, released as a single from their 1979 debut album Fickle Heart. The song reached the top 20 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States upon its release, as well as the top 10 in the Netherlands.
The band decided on being named after a line from a Philip Larkin poem, Femmes Damnées, [4] which ends with the line: "The only sound heard is the sound of tears". The band played their first ever live show on 14 December 2004 at the Oxford Zodiac. [5]
The 2017 tour used several session drummers, including Sam Ogden for some gigs in the last half of the tour. He has also played with the band extensively on the 2018 and 2019 tours. The band spent most of 2018 on the Stinks Like Punk tour of UK and Europe. [21] Most of 2019 was spent on the Sniff My Strap tour of UK and Europe.
Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British bassist. He has worked with artists including Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Gary Moore, Madonna, Peter Cetera, Michael Jackson, [1] the Smiths, Robert Palmer, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, Icehouse, Bananarama, Iggy Pop, Tom Jones, Debbie Harry, Whitesnake, Womack & Womack, Kirsty MacColl, Coverdale•Page, Lemon Jelly, the Orb, All Saints ...
John Sinclair (born 12 April 1952) [1] is an English keyboardist who has played for bands such as The Babys, Heavy Metal Kids, Savoy Brown, The Cult, but is probably best known for his time in Uriah Heep and playing for Ozzy Osbourne's band. He also is credited with styling keyboard parts for This Is Spinal Tap. [2]