I don't remember Stray, but I'll check them out. Steve Hillage WAS god. A really great guitarist live. I only saw Gong after they had turned, well I don't know - Jazz/Rock/Funk? Anyway. Daevid Allen had left, so there weren't any Pothead Pixies or Flying Teapots. I did see a set at a free festival on the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge by Daevid Allen and his lady, and it was WEIRD! Maybe something to do with the strange mushroom tea I had ingested. Roy Harper was there too. Somebody told me that Nik Turner had played as well, but I think I must have crashed. The person who told me that was always trying to wind me up. He often turned green.
Did you ever see Bob Calvert with Hawkwind? He died too soon - eccentric but very talented. Michael Moorcock was quite memorable as well.
There's still lots of good music around, but an awful lot of dross as well. I never thought I'd be like my dad, but music WAS better back then. Songs had a beginning, a middle and an end, and you could understand the words! How he'd laugh if he heard me say that. I'm an old fart, and no mistake. I remember when you could get into a gig, buy a T-shirt, have a drink and a burger, and still get change enough from half a crown to get a taxi home. =+- OK, maybe not.
