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Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Cantankerous » 17 Sep 2018, 21:29

Very sad




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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby never/ever » 18 Sep 2018, 13:11

Yeah, great stalwart of the Fairports and Tull.

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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Cantankerous » 18 Sep 2018, 16:34

Lord Rother wrote:Maartin Alcock RIP.




John aka Josh wrote:
Lord Rother wrote:Maartin Alcock RIP.






Indeed.


Came across as a really decent man, played on some great albums & at some of my favourite gigs.







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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Cantankerous » 18 Sep 2018, 16:35

I think the latter point is more poignant than the first JJ - I saw him with Tull and Fairport umpteen times.

As for appearances on albums it was The Red & Gold/5 Seasons period of Fairport which wasn't great and he is a guest on Tull's mediocre Rock Island.

A great musician and undoubtedly an amicable man

RIP Maarts




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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby andymacandy » 18 Sep 2018, 18:16

I have always liked Red & Gold, and he was great with Fairport in those years. He knew he was going, and made an emotional final appearance at Cropredy just a few weeks ago. Nobody has a bad word for him. Top Bloke.Maart on the Ledge.
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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby toomanyhatz » 18 Sep 2018, 18:55

A lovely fellow and a great musician. Met him briefly in '91 with Fairport. The quiet one in a rather loud group.
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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Spock! » 18 Sep 2018, 22:34

C wrote:I think the latter point is more poignant than the first JJ - I saw him with Tull and Fairport umpteen times.

As for appearances on albums it was The Red & Gold/5 Seasons period of Fairport which wasn't great and he is a guest on Tull's mediocre Rock Island.

A great musician and undoubtedly an amicable man

RIP Maarts




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I'm extremely fond of the WAZ album Fully Chromatic & Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle's All Under the Sun - they're the albums I was thinking of. Understand your point, it was an intimate WAZ gig that really sold him to me, he excelled on so many instruments & he was great at Fairport gigs.

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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Cantankerous » 19 Sep 2018, 09:34

John aka Josh wrote:
C wrote:I think the latter point is more poignant than the first JJ - I saw him with Tull and Fairport umpteen times.

As for appearances on albums it was The Red & Gold/5 Seasons period of Fairport which wasn't great and he is a guest on Tull's mediocre Rock Island.

A great musician and undoubtedly an amicable man

RIP Maarts




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I'm extremely fond of the WAZ album Fully Chromatic & Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle's All Under the Sun - they're the albums I was thinking of. Understand your point, it was an intimate WAZ gig that really sold him to me, he excelled on so many instruments & he was great at Fairport gigs.

A loss.


A good point re: WAZ! et alia - I was thinking more narrowly.

He is indeed a great loss - a very talented multi-instrumenatlist





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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Corporate whore » 19 Sep 2018, 12:18

Speaking as someone who cant play an instrument to save my life, his ability to not only get a tune out of anything, but actually be able to master an instrument almost instantly was amazing.

Sacked from Fairport because he didn't turn up to rehearsals - because he didn't need to rehearse, proved to be a mistake that they never recovered from.
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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Corporate whore » 19 Sep 2018, 12:19

Because our dog was seriously ill, I missed this years Cropredy. Missing Maarts farewell is something I regret immensely.
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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby never/ever » 19 Sep 2018, 15:03

This thread is almost like reading my own obituary... ;)
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Re: Maartin Allcock RIP

Postby Cantankerous » 19 Sep 2018, 16:28

Corporate whore wrote:Missing Maarts farewell is something I regret immensely.


I can see that Martin - I feel for you

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