He's always been the mystery man of Fairport. Played drums at the very first FC gig, then that young upstart Martin Lamble proved he could play better and so that was that.
"Whatever happened to Shaun Frater?" has been the cry ever since.
As those who are also on the RT list would know - we seem to have found him. He moved to Australia, played drums for an obscure Queensland band called Razz in the late 70s (see
http://www.statesecret.com.au/archives/archive.htm and especially
http://www.statesecret.com.au/archives/18.htm). And a more current pic is on the page for his business:
http://www.freightoz.com.au/temp/Ladies and gentlemen - that is what happened to Shaun Frater!