Hondo
Greetings.
I
just came acroos this site and just wanted to say how surprised
I was to find it.
I
was one of the founder members of a Cambridge band called
Hondo. It was a 8 or 9 piece reggae/rock band. We recorded
at Spaceward three times. I can't quite remember the dates,
but we recorded, firstly at Clarendon St in Apr-May 1980.
The first time we recorded a single which went out on Mirror
Records. The A side was 'Jah Jah's Children' with the track
'Hondo' on the B side. Hondo means revolution in some African
language, I remember John Murape came up with the name when
we first began rehearsals above Barneys clothes shop in Mill
Rd.
The
second recording was another single 'What do we want? (We don't
want no war)' and then in Stretham we recorded a track called
'Party' This was a track used for the Cambridge Compilation
album, Honey For Tea. [Wimp
Records X82CUS1526] Track Recorded 26.2.82
Click
here to listen to 'What do we want? (We don't want no war)'
(3,1377KB mp3 file)
Click
here to listen to 'Party' (4,293KB mp3 file)
The
original line up was:
Neville
Laing: Vox. Neville has now retired from music.
Paul
Hue: Bass/Vox: He now runs a record label in London and Jamaica
John
Murape: Rhythm guitar: Died from aids in Zimbabwe in 1984
Paul Maguire: Keys: Now a session musician. Worked with the
late Gus Dudgeon and currently runs the kids music workshops
and rock schools in Cambridge called RockTech. Became Group
Merchandising Manager for Music Maker Publications in Cambridge
then Ely. Main judge for the UK Band Competition run by UK Unsigned.
Finals at London Astoria July 31st. Also plays in a band called
'Charm School Dropouts' Made up from members of various bands
like Motorhead, Medicine Hat, Marillion, we only do two or three
gigs a year. This year, Aug 7 Corn Exchange 20th Aug Rockinbeerfest.
Gwil Colenso: Sax ????
Brian
Eberhardie: Percussion: Last known, running a warehouse importing
crystals, pottery and minerals.
Mark
Livemore: Drums ????
Mikki
Wong: Guitar. Now runs Heath
Transport, a removal, storage and packing company in Cambridge.
Mike Kemp engineered Party.
Joe Bull engineered the other two.
I think, Hondo may have recorded a few more times after John
and I left in '82
Fond
memories.
Regards
Paul Maguire (Keyboards with Hondo 1979 - 81)
www.ppm-studios.co.uk
www.rocktech.org
www.rockinbeerfest
My phone numbers are
01487 842 879 (office and editing)
01353 64 84 64 (Evenings. Studio and Home)
07768 000 265 (Mobile)
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