Violinist Simon House passed away yesterday at 76.

Bad news for all of us!

Great violin and keyboard player Simon House, a true giant of the underground, old collaborator of the Third Ear Band (1971-1974), passed away yesterday at 76 (the bad news HERE and HERE or HERE).

A founder with guitarist Tony Hill and bass player Peter Pavli of the seminal band High Tide at the end of Sixties, he was a permanent member of the Hawkwind, between 1974 and 1978, playing with David Bowie on his albums "Stage" (1978) and "Lodger" (1979). 

Apart two solo albums (1994 and 2000), one with Rod Goodway (2002), and two with Spiral Realms (2004 and 2005), he worked with a lot of musicians including  Robert Calvert, Japan, David Sylvian, Thomas Dolby, Mike Olfield, Judy Dyble, Nik Turner, Adrian Shaw, Nektar, Spirits Burning, Magic Muscle...

Through Glen Sweeney, I met him two times in London, where he lived, and he seemed to me a shy and reserved person, interested only in playing music and refractory to any self-indulgence and protagonism typical of the rock environment. 

We later did an interview by phone, but he was very tight-lipped and not very willing to recall the past.... You can read it here:

https://ghettoraga.blogspot.com/2010/01/brief-phone-conversation-with-simon.html

 

Other files in this Archive related to Simon House:

https://ghettoraga.blogspot.com/2012/03/italians-like-weird-stuff-old-interview.html

https://ghettoraga.blogspot.com/2020/09/extraordinarly-amazing-teb-tv.html

https://ghettoraga.blogspot.com/2024/11/four-rare-1972-photos-of-simon-house-on.html

https://ghettoraga.blogspot.com/2019/10/peter-pavli-interviewed-on-its.html

 

   Simon House performing live with DanMingo at DAYUM Club, London, December 2005.

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New radio show with Third Ear Band Music at Stroud FM.

"Hello Luca, how are you?
Things are going well here, my progressive rock radio show is still going strong and I'm pleased to say that I have played a few Third Ear Band tracks and people have been enjoying them. My query isn't really a major one, but I thought I should still check.

I recorded my latest show yesterday and ended it with Mike Oldfield's "Lament for Atlantis" and thought that I could do a vague link between shows by starting the next one with the Third Ear Band's "Atlantis Rising". However I was concerned that I couldn't find the album I have 'Magic Music' listed on their discography (or rather, not the version that I have) and then saw your archive on unofficial albums, so I was wondering if it is okay to play the tune?

If not that's fine, I'll just play a track from one of the other albums I have. Either way I'll be opening my next show with the Third Ear Band!
All the best,

Ed Wilkins"

"No problems, Ed, you can use the track. If you let me know when the show will be aired I'll inform all the fans through the Archive.
All the best.
Luca" 

"Thanks Luca. I'm recording the show tomorrow and it will go out at 10pm on Monday (the 21st). It will also be on my Listen Again page for a while afterwards:

 http://podcasts.canstream.co.uk/stroud/index.php?cat=An%20Hour%20of%20Prog%20with%20Ed%20Wilkins
I think there are one or two shows already on there with the Third Ear Band played as well.
All the best
Ed"

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