Druid OGWT 7th October 1975

Do you think they'd been listening to Yes much ? Featuring Uncle Cedric Sharpley later of Tubeway Army on Drums and Keyboard player Andrew Shand who went on to score the `Teletubbies'. Bob Harris produced their album, which can't have done their chances of an OGWT slot much harm. Still, they meant well, and a classic Prog keyboard set up to be sure.

[@atmosfear1]

Cedric Sharpley - one of the best drummers ever. RIP

[@retromaster2000s]

Yeah man that guy is what made Druid so good & Gary Numan's Drummer from June 1979 till the end of the 80's I cried more then once since this guy passed away. I am a drummer myself if you see in my videos posted here. I was influenced by Cedric a lot pieces of his style are put into songs I play of other artists & my own future music when I find a band to join that plays good music not screaming & banging on the drums or modern country music not a fan of either. I didn't know Druid was Progressive Rock he is such a good drummer! I am gonna write an article for January 2019 Pittverse Magazine about Cedric also play some of old Numan's 1979-1980 Classic Songs on drums using some of Numan's old concert footage from 1979 or 1980 on screen projected behind me. I am a huge Numan Fan & Cedric was the best drummer Gary had. Though Richard Beasley is good Gary's current drummer since 1993. They are both different kinds of drummers I appreciate them both for different reasons. Yes I like Gary's current music. I prefer his late 70's & Early 80's music the most. He was dark & gothic before the term was coined I read online his music then most of the stuff on Replicas, The Pleasure Principle & Telekon described as Cyber Gothic yes very robotic also dark, eerie, atmospheric & cold at the same time. Him & his band mates made good use of the Mini Moog Synthesizer using held in notes to create that heavy sweeping dark, eerie, atmospheric cold sound. That sound most of it which is vibrant on most of the tracks on those 3 albums. Numan & his bands were also even better live really delivering it. I have 100's of unofficial live recordings of him in Mp3 & Flac from 1979-2019, Plus all the official releases. I also have DVD's as well. I will let you know when that article is published Friday December 6th is my deadline so it can be in the January Issue. It will be my first drummer article I wrote past articles on some of my favorites artists. Check it out at www.pittverse.org/ My name is David or Dave O'Rorey.

[@keithf_]

David O'Rorey Ha, just started watching this and I looked at the drummer and thought 'he's Gary Numan's drummer'. Amazing ! And yes, what a very good sticks man !

[@cmdrc-dweller3103]

Only just found this wonderful gem of my old drum teacher playing the kit he taught me on for 2 years before he joined Tubeway Army. :)

[@paulgould7420]

Homage to Yes...

[@klistarf]

This is great, although just as i find it, it is tinged with sadness as i find that Cedric Sharpley (drums) passed away just over three years ago. He was, and always will be one of my many, many hero's. I always loved his work with Gary Numan. Thanks for all you left us with Mr Sharpley! RIP Mate... \m/

[@fmtfniuprog8029]

For me one of the best bands ever, I love their two albums, wonderful music ...

[@CANALROBBY]

Excellent group de prog rock 👍 Certains disent que ça ressemble trop à YES... On s'en fiche, si c'est bien, rien d'autre ne compte, moi ça me va très bien. Dommage qu'il n'y ai que deux albums. En plus là c'est du vrai live et ils s'en sortent très bien c'est quasiment comme le disque. La voix du chanteur est très bien aussi et j'adore le son de la basse rickenbacker jouée au médiator façons Chris Squire. Quand on écoute les trop nombreuses daubes du néo prog rock, on se dit qu'hélas on ne sait plus composer des choses valables maintenant à part Moth Vellum ou The flower King . Merci pour cette vidéo 😊

[@stevenoates6059]

Came here for cedric . Totally gonna buy all druids albums loved this so much i bought the company. RIP Ced you got me into drums in th 80s . Only ever got to shake you're hand once ; early 9os and asked you for a drumstick you nervously said no but later on the tour i managed to get a piece of Numans studded bootstrap from the stage . Meeting Gary the same night he asked for it back ! Man the nineties were rough on us Numanoids . Still; im Numan forever xxx

[@briane5706]

The keyboard player, Andrew McCrorie-Shand is the composer for the Teletubbies.

[@guypalmer7961]

He also composed the music for Tots TV, Rosie & Jim and Twirlywoos. Not to mention the incidental music for Brum, all produced by Ragdoll Productions.

[@ronbo11]

Yes they definitely listened to YES a lot. The Rickenbacker bass sound was so prevalent back then because of Chris Squire and the Mellotron was a great sounding keyboard. I do admit, I came here primarily to hear Cedric Sharpley because I have become a big fan of his work with Tubeway Army/Gary Numan. Druid definitely had their Prog chops down.

[@anthonykelly4514]

Not a big Prog fan but the singer Dane and the bass player went onto form a brilliant Pop/Rock band called The Never Never Band Circa 1979/80 they gigged around the South East and mainly Oxford where I saw them many many times. They had a massive loyal following but never went on to bigger things, Its so hard to find anything about them on the internet and especially what happened to Dane, he was such a great singer and wrote some wonderful songs which I can still sing along to today. A huge talent Lost x

[@isaacmchelicopter1084]

Here's a Never never Band fan site: www.neverneverband.co.uk/

[@holydiver73]

What did Happen to Dane?

[@vidsutton3658]

Would it kill the camera crew to give the bass player a 5 second closeup? He's jamming away and they show the guitar player resting and picking his nose. SMH.

[@chomusic]

The Great Neil Brewer!

[@raymurray9843]

I totally agree everyone is awesome including Neil brewer would have loved to see more of his playing

[@charleslsegal]

I totally agree, he’s very like Chris Squire.

[@KIRI4DOTS]

Camera crew dead now.

[@Crankerny58]

Mind Blowing!!

[@davidrenfrew6651]

sadly never discovered them until 79...but loved the two albums ...great to see this clip..

[@antoniodipalma492]

the band YES with the live album "YESSONGS" in the year 1973 is so much better---Do you agree, David Renfrew ?----

[@Texray1]

I listen to the album weekly. Magical.

[@chrisjanisch330]

Me too. It's been on rotation since I bought it when it became a US Import. Love it!

[@smileyshottpicz.1770]

Thanks for sharing fam. good look. my man Cedic Throwin down on his drums He is in the class of the best drummers of all time that's the class he's in to me. R.I.P Cedz.

[@jonmccarthy1174]

Great to see the sadly departed Cedric Sharpley in this video. Thank you for posting.

[@Iron_Lion_Of_Zion]

I am blind. The girl singing sounds stunning. Blonde, tall, slim, legs to her head!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Wimmles_Emily]

Only came here for cedric 💙

[@paul-fj2vp]

hi ive got the amp you can see at 1m35secs its a laney 100 watt super group you can only see the back of it in video but it still works

[@atmosfear1]

I like Mel Smith's vocals.

[@yostich69]

Great video. I am a fan of prog and this stuff is FUN! Getting together in the basement this Friday will now be a blast as I will christen it DRUID NIGHT! YEEEESSSSSSSS!!! Ok, back to Earth... Thanks for posting this as Cedric is still one of my favourite drummers. CHEERS!

[@frogbeergolfgolf]

Thank you so much for uploading this in the great quality it is. This is a real quality gem.

[@lordflyerofdragonsruston5097]

So many trips with druid I’ve gotten lost In a world that didn’t exist love peace and beauty But they took me there for sure every time I hear I’m taking back towards the sun is my favorite album with so much beauty and positive vibes you can’t go wrong for loving this because they are love Sorry for sounding like a softy druid does That

[@sequentialable12]

imagine one year before punk changing chairs on the progressive titanic ship was this out of date in 75 as I read prog was 1971 to 1974

[@daba6866]

Simply FANTASTIC. Great to be able to watch Cedric Sharpley again - The BEST drummer EVER!

[@davidyeager8524]

So so rare to see Druid live. Even on KZbin! Would have loved to see them in the 70’s but I don’t think they toured America. Been a huge fan ever since the release of Towards the sun!!

[@craigherriot4026]

What a gem!

[@VinnieBlues1]

Thank you so very much 4 posting...Timeless and Priceless

[@marcuskingstanley9522]

ah well. at least they "got it out their system"

[@leafamania1]

Came for Cedric stayed a bit for the bass player left because of the singer ...

[@adrianokury]

So many prog acts in the mid 70s... Many of them deserved better luck. This one is a tight band, with great musicians, and the voice is fantastic. Their two albums are good.

[@89peterjohn]

absolutely superb

[@Fexobs]

Glad you liked it :-) My work here is done !

[@89peterjohn]

cheers mate!

[@cizia51]

++ Cette gifle !

[@68ratwagon]

This is so tremandous music, very underrated..

[@kingcurry6594]

BTW - bassist Neil Brewer was the boatman in the series Rosie and Jim.

[@JonsBasicGaming]

The keyboard player wrote the Teletubbies theme tune. He is the main composer for Ragdoll Productions who were also responsible for Rosie and Jim.

[@skidco1]

Progtastic - great upload. How did I miss them way back then?

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very very well.............................................................................................................................................

[@foshizol]

Gary Numan's Pleasure Principle brought me here.

[@StephenGrew]

Such a high pitched voice

[@cizia51]

Une merveille … Mais quelle idée d’écourter ce solo qui s’annonce excellent !!

[@awjm]

I feel sad about the fate of this band. Their second album, although containing moments of bitterness, showed improvement on the first album and it was clear that this band were really musically creative.

[@markrobinson8410]

Bassist has that cool chris squire tone happening.

[@davel.9467]

I love this. I have both their CD's and they're far more than just "Yes clones". Oh, and their drummer went on to drum for Gary Numan.

[@miguelarruabarrena5481]

THIS IMPRESSIVE BAND DESERVE TO BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING, AWESOME, I HAVE ALMOST 500 PROGROCK DVDS BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY FANTASTIC. THANK YOU STEVE FOR POSTING SUCH A GEM

[@Fexobs]

+Miguel Arruabarrena Happy to oblige ! The BBC will never re-show it, that's for certain !

[@progx8679]

HOF ???

[@goingnowherefastman]

Miguel, you shouldn' t be smoking that thing....Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ?!

[@Strimbles]

OH YEAH THEY NEED TO BE IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME, THEY ARE TRULY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS OF THEIR GENERATION!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markgembalczyk7902]

Good band first time I heard um and there album very good ☺️

[@blascabrera6510]

Por suerte tengo los dos vinilos de Druid que época que música la pena ,que no siguieran.

[@timbigger1731]

I wasn't expecting a voice even higher than Jon's!!

[@robertmarles9665]

That took me by surprise as well😮

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

Very accomplished musicians.

[@zappafrank]

My 1st thought was shades of Gentle Giant!

[@danmccarthy4700]

I definitely hear some Gentle Giant here amongst the waves of Yes influence.

[@atmosfear1]

Loving the Scouse rainbow at 5:30

[@yaybestos]

hahaha so scouse it hurts

[@kevfullo]

I'll be the judge of that scouse...wait a minute? Is that the ex pat fellow progman?

[@lunarsabbatical7906]

I didn’t expect the falsetto voice from him.

[@daunrussell]

Great band but came along at the wrong time. Their second (& last) album, Fluid, is a gem. Thanks for posting this.

[@Fexobs]

You are very welcome....no point in it taking up shelf space at the BBC and never being seen again :-)

[@daunrussell]

Absolutely! :)

[@louiselay4879]

+daunrussell I think the singer bombed it and Numan came along with Bombers...

[@salvatorearcadipane932]

una delle voci piu' belle per controtenore rock

[@steveviper1913]

Not listened to Druid in years, and that was only because of the Ced Sharply connection with Gary Numan. Appreciate the music more now. Definitely influenced by Yes. Another band I like are Starcastle with a very similar sound.

[@antoniopedrosa3024]

É pancada

[@Iron_Lion_Of_Zion]

Martin Johnson on drums. He was Jethro Tulls drummer before he fell out with Jackson Smidge!

[@frankalfar]

That's Cedric Sharpley later of the Tubeway Army and Gary Numan , a great drummer. From Prog to Cars that's brilliance.

[@jimlassen9422]

Great band and I saw them at a small cosy venue in North London back in the 1970's as a three piece. Always remember their version of Blowing Free by Wishbone Ash for some reason. Shame about Cedric passing away and what ever happened to Duane on guitar/vox? I met Bob Harris (lovely chap) at a studio last year and didn't know he was involved in their album production then.

[@MrDietzkroll]

Sounds like Yes, E.L.P. Never heard this before.Not bad if youre a fan of Yes.

[@cactusjesus9377]

thanks for the upload :) I'm looking for the other part of this show where the Sadistic Mika Band play. any help is appreciated :)

[@lucasbretels]

Super!

[@ianlan3083]

Great to see Credric on the drums. Were these guys from Berkhampstead? Unfortunately, their sound was a few years too late.

[@pegna7404]

When Beardo pulls the Jon Anderson I fell on the floor!

[@Fexobs]

It is really not what you expect is it !!? LOL

[@bukeksiansu2112]

It is Yes? No No? Yes

[@NeilThompson30]

This lot played at the Durham Technical College Christmas Party 1976. There were three bands on and the second band were 50s rock 'n' roll band, Fumble - they had everyone in a party mood with people bopping about and went down a storm - and then after a short break Druid came on - they were ok but people were too much into a party mood - and, as a lot of people say here, it was all a bit too late for this sort of band.

[@Fexobs]

+NeilThompson30 Things were changing ! They should have had Druid go on first in any instance :-)

[@user-ni5py1ti1o]

❤❤❤🎼🎼🎼🎧

[@Fabarra]

Oh Yes...they sound a bit like YES.

[@tfhackett]

"Still, they meant well" lol.

[@brucybabyy7355]

i guess if i,d heard them at the time. now it,s kinda spinal tappy

[@dumcasta9327]

If Spinal Tap and the Bee Gees had a baby.... someone below said they prefer this to Yes. No.

[@kingcurry6594]

Saw the band live whilst at uni and met them after the gig (I organised the gig for the SU). Lovely guys and it was one of the best gigs I've been to. Their 2nd album is also excellent and I listen to their music far more than Yes - enough said.

[@kitrobinson8875]

Its probably fair to say that had yes not existed then Druid wouldn't have had their sound, so it's not surprising they came many years after. And punk was just coming in so this was old hat and not so interesting anymore and similarly for bands like England. But then bands like Rush and Kansas were then playing stadiums. But retrospectively, they did two good albums which stand up ok today and are pleasant enough in themselves. You could also argue that the reason early to mid 80's prog bands like marillion , solstice, IQ, Pendragon etc came to exist, was because the major bands like Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull and various others had abandoned complicated prog for rock/pop, so those bands filled a gap. Makes you wonder what magic the top bands could have created had they stuck to their guns instead, being as most returned to prog later anyway.

[@hermanexx]

Is that Neil Brewer on bass? The camera doesn't really linger on the bassist. My kids are just watching an old Rosie and Jim video from the 90s which features Neil Brewer as presenter - he was more like a folkie by then. As Andrew McCrorie-Shand the keyboard player did the music for Rosie & Jim and other childrens' shows I can see how Neil got the job.

[@mickeygallo6586]

End of '75 was kinda late to the party progressive wise, such a shame. I may be crazy but I wouldn't mind being able to see bands these today...

[@RocknJazzer]

They haven't listened to Yes as much as Starcastle did

[@jimhawksley5236]

Saw Druid at Hull Polly when Bob brought his OGWT show. Very Yes like? Main band that night Thin Lizzy. What year was this anyone?

[@duncan-rmi]

scouse to the edge

[@yaybestos]

hahaahha down by the river laaaaaa

[@jefffox6176]

It's A Yes Song

[@brucybabyy7355]

not sure if i should be taking this seriously.

[@SimonPride]

Hey Steve! I had no idea you'd posted this. "Towards the Sun" was the first album I ever bought, on a school friend's recommendation (Ian Bancroft, where are you now?). However I think this is not really live. The studio performance is authentic but the sound is off the album. The giveaway is at 04:00 - you can hear a grand piano but Andrew doesn't have one on stage and at this point his hands are on his Mellotron. Also Dane's guitar tone is so special I don't think it could have been replicated so well in the OGWT studio,

[@Czyszy]

Looks like the piano might've been overdubbed later.

[@draginspring]

what guitar amp is that? Is it a head built into a road case? And the red box in front i assume is a D.I. box... also the guitar is later going thru a phase shifter but he has no stomp boxes there. Post-production?

[@bonzoboots]

Sub-Yes and totally old hat by '75

[@MrAlexhollins]

If you ever wondered why the British punk thing happened................

[@Fexobs]

It's not as straightforward as all that. I think Punk was more a reaction to boring American music too. Keith Levene, founding member of The Clash and PiL luminary has gone on record as saying that Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans is the best album of all time.....and hey three years after punk happened The Clash were making boring drug fuelled triple albums too :-) Me? I was happy to have both...the late seventies was a vibrant scene. In all honesty I think Druid were pretty poor, but people here seem to love it !! I've had more comments about them than any other video I think !

[@Snardbafulator]

And what's also funny is that many of the post-punk cognoscenti claim to have always been into *avant-prog* like Egg and Magma ;) Leaving aside all quibbles about musical direction, I think there had to be a reaction against the music industry in some form or another. What's both ironic and more than a little tragic is that the industry began to *contract* and lost its patience for progrock even as the punks attacked it for being the bitches of corporate rock. Not really fair, all things considered ... Now, of course with KZbin and the music industry on the balls of its ass, it seems there's a real appetite for prog among people who didn't simply grow up with it and count it as a treasured memory ... Shit, odd time signatures are cool now with teenagers ;)

[@Snardbafulator]

Wow, this really makes me wanna put on Starcastle ;) The tastes of the British are so fickle. Two years hence, guys who dressed and played like this would have bottles thrown at their heads and all their twiddly equipment wrecked :( But it really goes to show how hegemonic was the sound of Yes at that time (even as the band was beginning to undergo its post-Tales critical backlash). I mean, they've got *everything:* The "rock tenor" whose knickers are three sizes too small, the intensely trebly Rickenbacker bass, the Wishbone Ash Flying Vee and of course the keyboards ... I count a Hammond L-100, Minimoog, Mellotron -- but what's that thing on top of the Mellotron? Clavinet? Pianet?

[@uapuat]

Starcastle were my first thought as well.

[@Baribrotzer]

"what's that thing on top of the Mellotron?" I think it's the keyboard for the ARP 2600 visible at 2:05. If he has a piano/Rhodes/Clav, I don't see it - maybe he just didn't use one.

[@MikeKiker]

Looks like one of those cheap Italian "electronic pianos". Sort of a more portable soundalike to the RMI that Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks used. Sounds like it anyway. They went under a multitude of brand names. Crumar released one as the "Roadrunner". As did Univox as the "Compact Piano". Also Hohner did as the "International Piano". It could be any of those, or it could be another brand, but they all had the same technology.

[@claraboomday]

Not just a normal flying V...a 71 Medallion ..I sold mine to Kirk Hammett for a pretty penny

[@jackcole3146]

Nothing to do with fickle tastes. Punk was just the next generation showing their distain for the oldies.

[@matycee]

kidding me??! can't get that camera to swing around for a shot of the bassist eh? You're fucking fired

[@ProgRockDan1]

Featured on ProgRock facebook.com/groups/ProgRockDan

[@ggoldfingers]

Thank God for punk rock

[@TheArpomni2]

Does anybody have the chords to Voices, I'm struggling to work them out

[@davec3901]

Was the old grey whistle test live performances or lip sync?

[@sinistershenanigans965]

F%+&£#G brilliant.

[@MrConnorMaher]

the bass guitarist was the man who drove the boat ON ROSIE AND JIM!!!

[@user-dl5el3it5f]

Yes?

[@Hwral]

Fails of Topographic Oceans?

[@secretadmirer5355]

:D

[@noescapefromnow694]

if the dude singing didn't sound like a little girl they might of had some success

[@simonjones8111]

Yes did 👍

[@danmccarthy4700]

I enjoy his singing, although I do find his habit of rolling his 'r's a bit obnoxious.

[@fredseigneur]

Was anyone able to discover the guitarist / singer's name??

[@richardcross8967]

Fred Seigneur Guitarist/Vocals by Dane Jefferies

[@jackcole3146]

@@richardcross8967I think you mean Dane Stevens.

[@terencehull3760]

What happened to the lead singer?

[@ludgang5]

Thank god for punk

[@holydiver73]

You came here just to say that? Go and watch Punk then. I’m sure if you try hard you can find a video on KZbin of someone farting into a glass bottle….which to be honest would be better than punk ever was. If you envy musical talent and prefer three chord shouting louts, then I doubt your sanity.

[@burgersoft777]

Sadly Druid were just a tad late to the party, a great shame, as it would be interesting to know how they would have developed.

[@fmtfniuprog8029]

In a short time they made 2 wonderful albums ...!

[@clevertrevor7360]

Many people likening them to Yes. Bass sound is obviously Squire but stylistically they are more like Camel and Greenslade to me.

[@stephencoe9261]

Was thing Camel too, but can definitely see the Yes infuences, keyboards maybe not so much.

[@nickbaldwin3781]

I thought Camel as well

[@chrismawson8935]

I think there's a good argument for Druid to accused of stylistic plagiarism, and you don't need to be a genius to work out who they were taking off.

[@nutsack-1904]

That chubby bearded lady sings pretty good

[@michaelsinn16]

Up until about the 4:00 mark, I was like these cats can play.. then again at the 4:00 mark, I was like WTF!!??? R.I.P Cedric Sharpley.