In June 1983 I hired a generator and filled a van full of equipment
and headed for Glastonbury Festival. The intention was to have a bit
of a jam session in the camping field. In the early 80s mixed
camping was the norm, with vans, cars and tents scattered all over
the public areas.
The organised music never got started until the Friday evening,
whereas many people had usually arrived and set up camp by the
Wednesday. We decided to (at least) play a bit of a pirate gig on
site. The people involved were to include every-one from the Dolphin
Lust/Red Mess collective who could make it there for the weekend. I
travelled down with David Bickley, met up with Marten Ingle and did
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set on the Friday evening and played again on the
Saturday afternoon with Ian Walker, Marten Ingle and Andy Sliwa.
We were later invited to fill a vacant spot on the small stage at
the bottom end of the main theatre tent field at 5pm on Sunday 19th.
This was the day that Curtis Mayfield and King Sunny Adé
closed the festival on the main stage.
We played, under the new name of Green Coyote, an assortment of
songs written by Marten (one had even been composed that morning on
Glastonbury Tor) that were very improvised and not previously
rehearsed. A typical Dolphin Lust/Red Mess output - however, this was
the last time
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