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Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 04:54 Quote (hiawatha @ Oct. 27 2004, 19:17) Which reminds me. Is "Ant" in the credits of Crises (bass player) in fact Ant Philips, formerly of Genesis? It's actually Ant Glynne, who's now a member of Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble, so no Genesis connection there... Quote If so, then it is one of a few Oldfield/Genesis connections: some direct, and some removed by just "a few degrees of Max Bacon". - Morris Pert, on a few Oldfield albums, was also one of the members of Collins' other band "Brand X" - Sally Oldfield was on Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's first solo album. There's probably many more. Phil Collins was already mentioned in the thread which I pinched this from...and of course, the connection with him came via producer David Hentschel, who worked with Genesis before working with Mike on QE2. Any more connections, anyone? Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 05:07 Morris Pert also worked with Peter Gabriel. And, a more contrived one, David Bedford did orchestrations for Camel, who also worked with Anthony Phillips. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 05:52 How about this for a tenuous one. On Crises, Mike worked with Jon Anderson, lead singer of Yes. The guitarist of Yes, Steve Howe, worked with Steve Hackett in GTR. I suppose if you're looking for connections that flimsy, you could connect any two musicans in the whole world. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 07:17 Morris Pert, who worked with Mike Oldfield, also worked on Peter Gabriel's fourth LP, the "Security" one (curiously released on Virgin). (but Holger had already got that one - stupid me) Mike Oldfield also worked with Adrian Belew ("Earth Moving") Ade Belew was partner of Robert Fripp, of King Crimson. Bob Fripp was big friends of Brian Eno (made albums like "Evening Star", and developped the Frippertronics) Fripp worked with Peter Gabriel on some of his solo albums (even produced his second one), and Brain One even worked on Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"). Beat THAT! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 08:12 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Oct. 28 2004, 07:17) and Brain One even worked on... Is ths an inside joke among Eno fans, or an amusing typo? Thanks, Korg, for illuminating the Ant. I called this "Six Degrees of Max Bacon" connecting Oldfield to Genesis, because "Six Degrees of Mike Oldfield" doesn't have the same ring to it. Might as well use the name of one of his famous vocalists, perhaps a distant cousin of Kevin. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 08:28 Quote (hiawatha @ Oct. 28 2004, 08:12) Is ths an inside joke among Eno fans, or an amusing typo? Eno is very fond of anagrams, so over the years, he has been credited as Ben Arion, Ben O'Rian, Brain One and CSJ Bofop (try to figure out this one, ). -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 08:30 Quote (Holger @ Oct. 28 2004, 05:07) Morris Pert also worked with Peter Gabriel. And, a more contrived one, David Bedford did orchestrations for Camel, who also worked with Anthony Phillips. Not that this is Genesis related, but if you are interested in Morris Pert music, check out the soundtrack to the film "Dark Crystal". -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 08:59 Carrie Melbourne was the bassist on Mike's last three tours. Her husband Doug plays keyboards in ReGenesis, a Genesis tribute band I don't know the band members of Genesis well enough to find proper links Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 10:18 Quote (hiawatha @ Oct. 28 2004, 14:30) Quote (Holger @ Oct. 28 2004, 05:07) Morris Pert also worked with Peter Gabriel. And, a more contrived one, David Bedford did orchestrations for Camel, who also worked with Anthony Phillips. Not that this is Genesis related, but if you are interested in Morris Pert music, check out the soundtrack to the film "Dark Crystal". Sorry for staying off topic here, but Morris Pert has a lot of interesting music on his own website, http://www.morrispert.com. Back to top

captain cavern Group: Members Posts: 267 Joined: Oct. 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 10:22 Carl Palmer of ELP (Drums on "Mount Teide") > ELP > Greg Lake Greg Lake > King Crimson King Crimson > Bill Bruford (Yes) Bill Bruford > Genesis (in 1976) Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Oct. 28 2004, 13:15 Quote I called this "Six Degrees of Max Bacon"...I suppose if you're looking for connections that flimsy, you could connect any two musicans in the whole world. So, you can pretty much link most musicians. How about an obvious one? Mike to Jarre via Adrian Belew. A not so obvious one, Mike to Paul Weller via Phil Collins (Phil Played on Mike's album, Phil was in Genesis, Peter Gabriel was elin Genesis, Paul played on a Gabriel album. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: Mar. 28 2005, 14:30 1) Mike Oldfield played on stage with Steve Hackett and Fish I believe on 'I Know What You Like (In Your Wardrobe)'. There used to be a bootleg version knocking around for a few years. 2) Also Chris Thompson sang on two MO tracks from Earthmoving and he has also worked with Steve Hackett (although I don't believe the tracks have ever seen the light of day). -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Mar. 29 2005, 13:52 Quote (Holger @ Oct. 28 2004, 10:18) interesting music on his own website, http://www.morrispert.com. Not anymore. It's gone dead. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 12 2005, 23:09 Quote (hiawatha @ Mar. 29 2005, 19:52) Quote (Holger @ Oct. 28 2004, 10:18) interesting music on his own website, http://www.morrispert.com. Not anymore. It's gone dead. It's alive again now. Edit: some of the MP3 links indeed don't work...   Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Aug. 13 2005, 00:14 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Oct. 28 2004, 08:28) CSJ Bofop (try to figure out this one, ). Well Im almost a year late but I'll ask???????? -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Aug. 13 2005, 04:57 Another Oldfield-Genesis connection: David Hentschel worked with Mike on QE2 and a few singles around that time. He produced Nursery Cryme. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Aug. 13 2005, 06:37 Sally Oldfield sang the last tune of Steve Hackett's first solo release,Voyage of the Acolyte,way back in 75. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 08:37 Quote (larstangmark @ Aug. 13 2005, 04:57) David Hentschel worked with Mike on QE2 and a few singles around that time. He produced Nursery Cryme. I wonder if this is the reason for Phil Collins' presence on "QE2" ? -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Aug. 16 2005, 10:09 Quote (TubularBelle @ Aug. 13 2005, 00:14) Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Oct. 28 2004, 08:28) CSJ Bofop (try to figure out this one, ). Well Im almost a year late but I'll ask???????? The trick is to replace each letter from that name with the letter that immediately precedes it in the alphabet. Ex: C = B, S = R, J = I, etc. He used that pseudonym in U2's "Passengers". -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Aug. 18 2005, 16:01 Quote (hiawatha @ Aug. 15 2005, 08:37) Quote (larstangmark @ Aug. 13 2005, 04:57) David Hentschel worked with Mike on QE2 and a few singles around that time. He produced Nursery Cryme. I wonder if this is the reason for Phil Collins' presence on "QE2" ? Propably so! But here's a more far-fetched connection: On the Knebworth concert Bimbo Acock plays the flute (he's the little guy that Mike carries out from the stage to hilarious effect). Bimbo's brother, John Acock, produced Steve Hackett's third (?) solo album, "Spectral Mornings". Also, Morris Pert played with Brand X, but I think that was after he worked with Mike. Speaking of Morris Pert, I remember buying FMO (at the tender age of 10) and seeing the photo of the band on the inner sleeve. The whole band looked like ordinary decent people, but Morris Pert looked plain scary with those sideburns and shades! Morris has a website up, and from a recent photo he looks exactly the same. A true original... Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

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