STEVE HACKETT
Some 1979 Tour Photgraphs
Stephen Murray Hulme (Keyboards), Martin Kearney (Guitars), Pete Hicks (Vocals), Robbie Dobson (Drums), Dave Harris (Bass)
TALL STORY
1981 … Whistle And I’ll Follow You, My Lad
Written
by
keyboard
player,
Stephen
Murray
Hulme
(d.2023),
‘Whistle
and
I’ll
Follow
You,
My
Lad’
was
recorded
in
1981
at
Dik
Cadbury’s
Millstream
Studio
in
Cheltenham.
It
was
produced
by
Paul
Cobbold,
who
was
the
resident
engineer
at
Rockfield
Studios.
Interesting
facts
...
Robbie
Dobson,
who
sadly
died
in
2021,
was
in
‘Autumn’
and
‘The
Enid’
alongside
Nick
Magnus.
When
Robbie
and
Dave
moved
on
they
were
replaced
by
George
Jackson
on
drums
and
Tony
Franklin
on
bass.
When
Tall
Story
disbanded,
Tony
joined
up
with
Jimmy
Page,
played
with
Whitesnake,
Blue
Murder
and
countless
others.
He
has
enjoyed
a
fine
career in America, where he is also known as the ‘Fretless Monster’ and has a Fender signature model bass named after him.
Clockwise from Left:
Dik Cadbury (Bass and Vocals)
Pete
Nick Magnus (Keyboards)
Steve Hackett (Guitar and Vocals)
Pete
John Shearer (Drums and Percussion)
John Hackett (Flute and Guitar)
Photographs: Lois Hicks
Whistle And I’ll Follow You, My Lad (Demo)