At the end of every month I head over to the
BBC's Been and Gone page to check out those
who have....well, checked-out in the last 30
days. While the household names will usually
get a mention on the Radio 4 news, there are
always others whose passing goes practically
un-noted. So it was while reading the BBC's
round-up of significant, but lesser-reported
deaths in the month of January, that I
learned of the sad demise of the musician and painter Nic
Potter.
Nic is best known for his two brief tenures
with Van Der Graaf Generator and his his
much longer association with Peter Hammill's
solo work, but he also played with Rare
Bird, The Misunderstood and Chuck Berry in
addition to maintaining a long solo
recording career and forging quite a
reputation as an visual artist.
Here's the classic 'Refugees' from 1970's 'The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other',
featuring Nic on bass.
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R.I.P., Nic. You did some fine work.
'Refugees' - superb.
And then there were none: not a single Andrews Sister left.
The Bass shines through on this track.
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