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« Reply #161 on: January 31, 2013, 09:07:05 PM » |
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As a follow up to earlier postings about Nic Potter, here's Peter Hammill on him:
Memories of Mo ( Nic Potter )
by sofasound ( Peter Hammill )
There's really only one thing I can write about this month: the sad
passing, a couple of weeks ago, of Nic Mozart.
Nic had been in the grip of the degenerative brain disease, Pick's, for
the last couple years. (Oddly, the same rare condition was the one which
did for Pat Moran.) The prognosis was not good for Nic and as I
understand it his condition was steadily worsening - though thankfully
he was not fully aware of this himself. In the end a bout of pneumonia
and following complications led to his death at the age of 61.
Nic was astonishingly young when he began playing professionally in the
Misunderstood and then, of course, with VdGG. His bass playing, though,
was mature, authoritative and direct from the outset.
This was all the more so when he rejoined the band in its VdG
incarnation.AT&T is point he threw himself into a world of flange and
distortion which, not for the last time, propelled his bass into a lead
role.
The VdG period was a particularly headlong and heater-smelter one, with
the playing powerfully reflecting the nature of e lives we were living.
Later, the same kind of thing obtained in the K group era and it's not
mere accident that Nic should have been so deeply involved in these
schemes. It goes without saying that I loved playing with him: he was
ever reliable and intuitive and also capable of pulling off a surprise move.
Memories of also many moments with Nic have come back to me in the last
few days, vivid and bright. Often the best communications with him were
wordless and those gestures of a raised eyebrow, an affirmative thumbs
up, still stick with me. However, I don't intend to get into telling
stories of Mo-ness and of my times with him, though there are many, most
with some element of his wry and sometimes dry approach to the
strangenesses of life, particularly on the road.
He was always in the Now, but simultaneously always looking out for what
might be Next, Elsewhere. A tapping foot, a drumming finger, a quick
gasp on the cigarette and he'd be out of the door before you knew it.
Always, though, with deduction one could trace a line of logic back into
what was driving his current search.
Dear, dear Mo.
We'd had our failings out over the years, of course. For what it's
worth, it's a matter of some relief to me that none of these were
outstanding the last time we saw each other, some time before the onset
of the Pick's.
I couldn't be there for his funeral but at the time it was happening was
able to raise a glass to him, looking out on a cloudless sky and a deep
blue sea. At this moment I felt very close to his flown soul.
So adieu Nic, who coined as good a definition of touring life as I've
ever heard: " consuming and being consumed." Now all the hours and times
are eaten up
My final and enduring image of Nic will be not one of the nods, winks,
smiles of the social life...but his eyes fixed in tense concentration,
head thrust slightly forward, steady at stage left. And here come those
blasted out opening bass chords of "Last Frame".
He was often complicated, enigmatic, mysterious.
But above all Nic was ever, wonderfully, Pretty Keen.
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« Reply #162 on: February 04, 2013, 11:01:51 PM » |
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« Reply #163 on: February 04, 2013, 11:55:16 PM » |
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Reg Presley of the Troggs, a wild thing no more, at 71. Cancer. Obitgone to the great crop circle in the sky.... RIP Mr Presley |
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« Reply #164 on: February 05, 2013, 07:11:45 AM » |
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That is sad. Will have to play The Troggs Tapes in his honour  Saw him a couple of times in the 80's. Always entertaining. |
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« Reply #165 on: February 05, 2013, 03:37:28 PM » |
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I have to say that watching The Troggs, and Reg in particular, on TOTP made my flesh crawl. *shudders* No disrespect intended, but there it is.
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« Reply #166 on: February 05, 2013, 03:52:58 PM » |
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I loved his totally non rock star accent.
RIP Reg
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« Reply #167 on: February 05, 2013, 03:57:52 PM » |
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Saw the Troggs c1971 when they were doing the Uni circuit and hadn't had much success for a few years, they were still wearing the same style stage outfits as the TOTP appearances and they looked far from creepy - a little sad maybe, but knew how to deliver their set. Musically, they hit the note for a few glorious singles and didn't do too bad for a bunch of builders from Wiltshire. RIP Reg, you gave us two or three truly memorable songs that have stood the test of time.
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« Reply #168 on: February 05, 2013, 06:07:07 PM » |
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A classic and unique British band. Only got to see him once but glad I did.
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« Reply #169 on: February 06, 2013, 01:35:59 PM » |
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Yes I saw them only once in the early 80's and a thoroughly enjoyable experience it was too! I had always hoped they might appear at Cropredy one year.
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« Reply #170 on: February 07, 2013, 05:03:36 PM » |
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« Reply #171 on: February 08, 2013, 04:20:06 PM » |
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« Reply #172 on: February 08, 2013, 04:27:19 PM » |
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A merely fabulous jazz musician.. RIP |
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« Reply #173 on: February 08, 2013, 04:39:51 PM » |
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A merely fabulous jazz musician.. RIP A fabulous jazz musician indeed. Oddly enough, he also had a minor disco hit here in the UK in the early 90s with Love had Come Around. I think we'd be best to remember him via Ray's link, though. RIP. |
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« Reply #174 on: February 08, 2013, 04:48:08 PM » |
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A merely fabulous jazz musician.. RIP A fabulous jazz musician indeed. Oddly enough, he also had a minor disco hit here in the UK in the early 90s with Love had Come Around. I think we'd be best to remember him via Ray's link, though. RIP. Yeah Joe, like a few other minor legends like George Benson, it really came down to stuff like wanting to eat and live a life outside poverty, I know George Benson, who rates with any of his time for skills within the jazz framework, had something like that to say as to why he had veered toward popular music, though if you look at his side work, it pretty much always is within jazz. |
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« Reply #175 on: February 08, 2013, 08:36:20 PM » |
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Pat Halcox, the trumpeter in the Chris Barber Band for over 50 years. Saw him loads of times in the trad days, great sound.
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« Reply #176 on: February 12, 2013, 10:22:13 AM » |
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And now Trevor Grills, of Fisherman's Friends, has just died of his injuries.
Very sad
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Sparkling on the sea
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« Reply #177 on: February 12, 2013, 11:39:58 AM » |
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« Reply #178 on: February 12, 2013, 12:41:53 PM » |
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« Reply #179 on: February 12, 2013, 01:34:45 PM » |
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Sad news indeed - has left me feeling a bit hollow inside.
I can picture him, beer in hand soaking up the atmosphere and the sunshine at Cambridge Folk Festival 2011, looking very happy with the world.
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