Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, My Dad, & The Lost Tapes

A short account about my dad hanging and jamming with the Pink Floyd and Hawkwind members to be in 1966 and the lost recordings from the jam with Syd Barrett
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[@jimmyoconnell6167]

My 2 favourite Bands pink floyd and Hawkwind amazing that

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed my video

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

@TheReveant888 it's brilliant I am going to see Hawkwind on the 6th of April at Newcastle City Hall dave brock is 83 fit as a fiddle must of seen.hawkwind 40 + times over the last 50 years pink floyd 14 times totally love both bands

[@ukkfayooyay]

In the 1970s I had a friend who was a roadie for Hendrix on that Fall 1967 tour with Pink Floyd. He told me about Hendrix and Pink Floyd jamming in a hotel room. He didn't mention anyone taping it though,

[@TheReveant888]

That would have been a great jam to sit in on, thank you for sharing ❤

[@TrevorLee-cz8bw]

That's a great account and very interesting, I would have loved to be in that room

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you I would loved to have been there too

[@TheMysticToad-md1nq]

Wow, such an incredible experience to have had. If only someone had those tapes, it would be amazing to listen to them.

[@TheReveant888]

it would be amazing if they still existed, but sadly the chances are slim, but I would have loved to of listen to them too ❤

[@Kiyarose3999]

@@TheReveant888silly question but have you not tried at all to check out the house for the tapes?. an extremely long shot but sometimes they work out! ✌🏽

[@leefoster5405]

Well I never Rev??? Great story. Your Dad's been very privileged to have witnessed such great musicians. Keep em coming.

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you, at the time my dad did not realize just who he was rubbing shoulders with, it was just Roger/syd etc who turned up at the house and hug out, it was just normal 🤣😁😉

[@duncan-rmi]

brock was a busker, yes- apparently showed clapton a few lick early on too.

[@duncan-rmi]

lady jane, they called her. was this maybe the same house that robert wyatt fell out of?

[@TheReveant888]

@@duncan-rmi Thank you I shall ask my dad and see if he has anymore info, he did say that there was a lot going on and not unusual to find people in cupbards etc with people crashed out all over the place especial after a gig 🤪😜😎

[@papwithanhatchet902]

My Dad would be a great name for a band.

[@killahurtzMP]

What an amazing life your dad had mate - its the stuff of legend

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you, he was in the right place at the right time, and loved it 🤪, you have quite a few of your own amazing accounts you should put down, 😉❤

[@babywithalaser2409]

Great story Rev, good on you for getting this stuff out there. Different era but in the same vein. My old feller was a drummer that played on the northern club circuit, think Pheonix Nights lol, he played to a whole host of sixties and seventies stars who went on to bigger things, Englebert Humperdink for one (yeah, I know lol)..His two biggest things of note that I know of was, he was offered the job as the resident drummer on the QE2, something he let slip only a few years before he died, he turned it down because it was unfair on my mum and the kids. The other thing was that he was best mates with the guy who is widely regarded as the first person to introduce jazz into Britain, Vic Filmer. My brother maintains that dad had recordings of them both playing together with Vic on piano. Lost forever. I still have dads drum kit in the loft...That could tell some stories. PS, bit of family rock trivia...My uncles ashes were spread on Elvis's grave...PPS, I also have some stories of my own involving Thin Lizzy that are bonkers, but I'll save that for another time. Cheers pal.

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you Baby, its amazing to think that you are never more than 5 mins away from history, you should recount some of your dads stories i would love to here them, as well as your own Thin Lizzy accounts be great to here, I had a listen to your track on Andy d-codes channel, you are a great player, if you still love playing you should put it out there for others to hear ❤

[@babywithalaser2409]

@@TheReveant888 Cheers Rev, hope you enjoyed the tune, it was all improv in one take that one. It was done about an hour after finding out my older brother had died in the night so it was played from the heart with real emotion. It was meant to be played at his funeral but it wasn't finished in time, so I just dedicated it to him. As for getting out there, like I said, I don't drive and its a bind to get anywhere, otherwise I'd be out there doing it full on. I'm mainly a hard rock guitar player, same as yourself, but I picked up the bass about six years ago to increase my chances of getting in a band. I got asked to join a band called Slaughter and the Dogs (google them) but then covid struck and it all turned to rat shit. On the subject of Slaughter ATD, the drummer is a mate of mine who is related by marriage. He's told me some cracking stories about Margaret Thatcher, Morrissey, Jilted John (Graham Fellows), Joe Walsh and others. Cheers Rev. BTW, if you want to hear the rest of the tune, go to google and type dabz/blues for johnny it should bring up my soundcloud page with it on. There is nowt else on it though, I set it up to send the tune to my brothers kids and my family, it wasn't meant for promo/demo. Also, if you type into you tube or google, A Golden Day in Wythenshawe Park by North By Northwest, you'll find a tune my mate used on one of his slide show vids to side step royalty issues. It's a bit crunchier than Blues for Johnny.

[@Kiyarose3999]

Glad I come across this vid cos I often wonder if there were links between Pink Floyd & Hawkwind, cos obviously both psychedelic, started around the same time and in London. I wonder if Nick Turner was one of them with Dave Brock when at that house. Thanks for cool story! ✌🏽🌎🌻

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you ❤

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

Learn something new every day always been a fan on both bands , i do prefer the early Hawkwind myself and pink Floyd , reason why is they were very experimental , finding their footing so to speak , that many bands started that way . thanks for the info , i do believe David Gilmour knew of hawkwind at the time when asked the question but did not liberate any more info on it passing ships on the seas.

[@TheReveant888]

From how my dad describes the house it was very experimental with all'sorts of different instruments being played and merged together, along with quite a few different dr**gs being used to help with the music etc, he does'nt mention meeting David Gilmour ,so I assume this was before David was brought into floyd as Syd was still active, but the amount of lsd being used, it won't have been long after when Syd became Ill ❤

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

@@TheReveant888 i never explained exactly about david gilmour it was on a interview , and the interviewee asked about hawkwind .. I did in my youth dgs lol but i could play experiments music without them , for example neu, and kraftwerk , tangerine dream etc and pink floyd including hawkwind it all had i was addicted to it.

[@syncout]

you should have gone to the house and said it was you dads band playing the songs, there would always be a chance

[@Allen-jn4kx]

That is fascinating, have you tried to recover those tapes? Hopefully they did not wind up in the trash.

[@TheReveant888]

Thank you, sadly the house has been sold a couple of times since my aunt and uncle sold up and it was split into two houses on the last sale so lost unless someone realized what they were holding,

[@Allen-jn4kx]

@@TheReveant888 That is so interesting, did you dad tape a lot of bands? Certainly hope someone had the curiosity to check the tapes out and not put them in the skip. Do you mind if I ask what your dads name is. I know a few people who were from the scene and hung around Peter Jenner, Andrew King and The Floyd

[@TheReveant888]

@@Allen-jn4kx as far as I know this was the only time he recorded anyone of note, My dad and aunty were both adopted and grew up in Mitcham, my dads name is Peter Wiggins, they had a uncle Les wiggins who was a camera and sound engineer and worked on top of the pops, and used to get my dad into the shows, Les wiggins won a few baftas for sound on films, Jesus christ superstar, A bridge too far, fiddler on the roof, and many others, ❤

[@Allen-jn4kx]

@@TheReveant888 Cool, TOP of The Pops BBC camera, that is great. The name sounds familiar. I actually had a dream last night about finding those tapes :-)

[@ChrisMcCoy-dm5ce]

I'm sorry but can anyone tell me who his Dad was please.

[@TheReveant888]

Sure his name is Peter Wiggins, nobody famous' just was around the music scene in London in the late 60s and 70s

[@ChrisMcCoy-dm5ce]

@@TheReveant888 thanks mate love hearing these music stories..