VdGG Profile: Mother Gong III-IV

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Mother Gong III-IV [1980 - 1981]
Personnel
III+IV III+IV III+IV III+IV III+IV III IV III	Name Didier Malherbe: sax, flute Gilli Smyth: voc Harry Williamson: kbds, gtr, voc Dane Cranenberg: bass Guy Evans: drums Yan Emeric: gtr Dave Sawyer: perc Guest: Hugh Hopper: bass	ex Gong Gong PH III Soft Machine	to Equipe Out, etc. Mother Gong V Mother Gong V / The Long Hello IV The Long Hello IV The K Group / The Long Hello IV The Long Hello IV Equipe Out, etc.

Discography
1982 1982 1982 1982	Robot Woman Rob. Woman 2 Words Fail Me Live at Glastonbury 1981	Butt Shanghai ? ?	lp lp cassette cassette

History

A link to the wonderful Canterbury scene (Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Henry Cow etc.)! Check out the great Facelift magazine for further information (c/o Phil Howitt, 1 Erlington Avenue, Manchester M16 0FN, England). Early Mother Gong is not the best introduction either to the Canterbury scene or to Gong, but Guy's drumming is excellent as ever. Robot Woman III was recorded years later in Australia.

Guy: "In the summer of 1981, Harry Williamson asked me to drum with Mother Gong at the Glastonbury CND Festival. Two weeks, one festival, one extra gig and one and a half albums later, I realised this was quite an operation. So I was pleased to be invited to continue sharing abilities and resources." (The latter included Gilli's and Harry's home; from the sleeve notes of The Long Hello Volume Four.)