Plastic Tales from the Marshmallow Dimention (Interview w/ Patrick Campbell-Lyons of Nirvana)
Apr 19, 09:00 PMAudio
Patrick Campbell-Lyons is a composer and musician, who is one half of the cult symphonic-rock band, Nirvana, formed in London in 1967 during the heyday of the British UK Pop-Sike scene. Campbell-Lyons was part of the West London music scene from the early 1960s playing in several bands, including being the vocalist and a founding member of a locally-popular R&B band, Second Thoughts, whose lineups included future record producer Chris Thomas, Thunderclap Newman founder/drummer Speedy Keen and two future members of prog-rock band Jade Warrior (Jon Field and Tony Duhig). Second Thoughts split up in late 1965 and after a year living in Sweden, Campbell-Lyons returned to London in late 1966.
In early 1967 he formed Nirvana with Greek musician Alex Spyropoulos. The duo, augmented in the studio and live by a floating line-up of session musicians, created a series of critically-acclaimed baroque, orchestrated albums before disbanding in the early 1970s. Campbell-Lyons then pursued a career in the music business as an A&R executive and producer while continuing to occasionally record solo albums.
Tonite’s program features an interview with Campbell-Lyons. He discussed his musical career, various noteworthy past events he participated in, crossing paths with many well known musicians of the day, and his new recently published book, “Psychedelic Days”, which recaps his life and multi-faceted music career.
For more info: http://www.psychedelicdays.com
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