Week of November 5, 2000
Louis Cennamo - bass
Tim Hinkley - keyboards, vocals
Barry Wilson - drums
Ivan Zagni - guitar
Pete Gavin - drums
Bernie Holland guitar
One Step On (Transatlantic TRA 210) 1969
Far Canal (Transatlantic TRA 221) 1970
Both now reissued on CD by
Akarma, AK058 and AK065 resp.
A progressive rock outfit. Their second album contains a very good version of The Rolling
Stones' "Paint It Black".
Pete Gavin went on to Heads, Hands and Feet and then
Vinegar Joe.
Taken from The Tapestry of Delights - The
Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and
Progressive Eras 1963-1976, Vernon Joynson ISBN 1 899855 04 1
A very daring, progressive, experimental, jazz-influenced group, typical of the period, dominated by the powerful keyboard work of Tim Hinkley.
Bernie Holland was later with Hummingbird,
Humblebums, Stealer's
Wheel, Joan Armatrading and many others. Pete Gavin has also played with
Al Stewart,
Long John Baldry and
Albert Lee.
Tim Hinkley, over the last 30 years, has had a very rich, illustrious career, which includes
Joan Armatrading, Beckett,
Graham Bell, Boxer,
Roger Chapman &
Shortlist, David Coverdale, Dr.
Feelgood,
Chris Farlowe & Thunderbirds,
Peter French, Mike Heron's Reputation, Humble
Pie,
Alexis
Korner,
Albert Lee,
Henry McCullough,
Snafu,
Al
Stewart, Thin
Lizzy, Streetwalkers,
Vinegar Joe,
Whitesnake,
Steve York's Carmelo Pardalis, and his own all-star band, Hinkley's
Heroes.
And finally, Louis Cennamo has played with Colosseum,
Renaissance, Steamhammer,
Illusion and
Armageddon.
Alex Gitlin, October 2000