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Live at teignmouth  Shame you can't hear us Real people.... Real Music... A bunch of musicians enjoying the "live music" scene and putting live music back where it belongs.... Right In front of you Lenny  Lead vocals Lenny has been working throughout the Torbay area for over eleven years in many of the resorts hotels and pubs. Although he has been mostly working as a soloist, he has welcomed the chance to return to the place he loves... in front of a live band. Back to top Goldy  percussionist. Ok Drummer to you and me Paul (Goldy) has been with the band since late last summer. He was the natural replacement for Alan George who had decided with his wife Shirley, to retire to greece. Since taking up the stool, Goldy has been tremendous, his passion cannot be faulted. Although self taught, Goldy has a fantastic style second only to "Animal" from the Muppets. We were contemplating getting mikes for the drums, but as soon as Goldy hit the skins, we thought better of it. I believe the recent earthquake in late February had it's epicentre in Paignton where Goldy lives. Back to top Malcolm Toft  Lead Guitar and Backing vocals Malcolm is enjoying getting onto the otherside of the music industry and really loves the "Live" experience of being behind the guitar instead of the mixing console. Malcolm started his career as a recording engineer in the mid 1960's and joined Trident Recording studios when it opened in 1968. As the first 8 track facility in Europe, Trident soon became the top London Studio. Consequently many famous artists either started their careers there or came to record. Among those that Malcolm recorded were: David Bowie's first album ( A space Oddity), three albums for T-Rex, James Taylor's first album, Joe Cocker, Mary Hopkins (Those Were The Days, single and album) and he was the mixing engineer for the Beatles 'Hey Jude' single. This was the first time the Beatles had recorded outside Abbey Road studios and it went on to become their biggest selling single. Other artists who started their careers at Trident include Elton John, Genesis and Queen (who were actually discovered and managed by the studios). In 1970 he became manager of Trident and in 1971 it was decided that a new recording console was required for the move to 24 track recording. Malcolm convinced the studio owners that they could in fact manufacture their own and was given the task of designing the systems and supervising the project. It soon became evident that other studios were interested in Trident's new console design and Malcolm suggested that a company should be formed to manufacture and sell the recording consoles. Trident Audio Developments was formed in 1972 and soon developed into an international multi-million pound business. In 1986 the company produced the first large scale digitally controlled analogue recording console the Trident Di-An, which became a benchmark in the field of recording console design. In 1988 Malcolm sold the business to a public company. In 1992 Malcolm went on to design a new recording console for clients in America and as a result founded MTA: Malcolm Toft Associates Ltd . MTA consoles are owned by among others: The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), Perth College, Carlton Television, Radiohead, Paul Weller, Stephen Hague (producer of the Pet Shop Boys), Terry Britten (writer of 'What's Love Got To Do With It' for Tina Turner), Radio Television Malaysia and various London film and television post production companies. Malcolm has recently designed a range of specially designed consoles and microphones Back to top Ben Davey  Keyboards What can I say about Ben? well he is a very keen member of the band. An accomplished pianist who is trained to the hilt. Just the type of band member required for Happydaze. John Davey  Bass John, came in very late in the day. He had to learn our tracks fast as within weeks of his arrival, we were back out on the road. John as I have already said, is the father of Ben, so there was a fair bit of home practice going on just to make sure that he hit the ground running so to speak. Outside of the band, John is a full time teacher. His subject is.... you guessed it, Music. Back to top Geoff  Techie and photographer Techie? Er to be honest, well yes. Although not to the band, but a great working knowledge of all things mixer and amp. Not the reason I have had his pic put on here. The real reason is that he was responsible for taking the photos that are here,and I cannot afford the huge legal fee for not saying so :-) Thanks for the pics Geoff Nb: many more pics will be in the gallery page as soon as I have finished editing them Back to top Father and son sweet harmony  Paul all on his own  Backing vocals  Lenny chatting to guests  Father and son again  Malcolm concentrating  |