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''NEWS, SEPT 2021: Steve passed away in late 2020. He was working on his second solo album when he became a victim of the pandemic in 2020. Now, Art Of Life has been able to complete the mixes and finish the album. Listen to samples and order your copy at https://www.artofliferecords.com/recalledtolifechaptertwo.html | |||
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Steve Robinson played guitar in [[Igginbottom]]. He later emigrated to South Africa. He released a solo album in 2016, '''Recalled To Life, Chapter One''', which features a version of [[Out From Under]], which was co-written by Robinson. In the liner notes, Steve recalls his musical beginnings, and how he came to play with Allan. The following is an excerpt of Steve’s liner notes, edited by the Allan Holdsworth Archives, and approved by Steve for posting here. | Steve Robinson played guitar in [[Igginbottom]]. He later emigrated to South Africa. He released a solo album in 2016, '''Recalled To Life, Chapter One''', which features a version of [[Out From Under]], which was co-written by Robinson. In the liner notes, Steve recalls his musical beginnings, and how he came to play with Allan. The following is an excerpt of Steve’s liner notes, edited by the Allan Holdsworth Archives, and approved by Steve for posting here. | ||
==STEVE ROBINSON ON MEETING ALLAN HOLDSWORTH== | ==STEVE ROBINSON ON MEETING ALLAN HOLDSWORTH== | ||
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STEVE: “I started my musical quest when I was 14 years old in 1963. I learned how to tune the guitar and started playing a few chords with help of the usual Mel Bay books. I joined one band after another but I was still pretty much in the dark as to how to play well. One of those bands was The Spell. Mick Jackson was the bass player in the band and he went on to be the bass player in the band Love Affair who wrote “Everlasting Love" and a couple of other hit songs. We became great friends and we are still in touch today.” | STEVE: “I started my musical quest when I was 14 years old in 1963. I learned how to tune the guitar and started playing a few chords with help of the usual Mel Bay books. I joined one band after another but I was still pretty much in the dark as to how to play well. One of those bands was The Spell. Mick Jackson was the bass player in the band and he went on to be the bass player in the band Love Affair who wrote “Everlasting Love" and a couple of other hit songs. We became great friends and we are still in touch today.” | ||
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“We hired a rehearsal room in Shipley, not far from the center of Bradford, and rehearsed there with Dave and Mick. After a while Mick Jackson came around to the rehearsals and by this time he was a member of Love Affair. He heard our band play and arranged the audition at Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho. Some time during this period we did a gig in Bath for BOAC which was the predecessor of British Airlines. Igginbottom was booked to do what today can only be described as a "corporate gig" but the shoot was never aired and I remember Allan had written some new material for the gig. Lost in time I suppose.” | “We hired a rehearsal room in Shipley, not far from the center of Bradford, and rehearsed there with Dave and Mick. After a while Mick Jackson came around to the rehearsals and by this time he was a member of Love Affair. He heard our band play and arranged the audition at Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho. Some time during this period we did a gig in Bath for BOAC which was the predecessor of British Airlines. Igginbottom was booked to do what today can only be described as a "corporate gig" but the shoot was never aired and I remember Allan had written some new material for the gig. Lost in time I suppose.” | ||
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==STEVE ROBINSON AFTER IGGINBOTTOM== | ==STEVE ROBINSON AFTER IGGINBOTTOM== | ||
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==SELECTED TRACK NOTES RELATED TO ALLAN== | ==SELECTED TRACK NOTES RELATED TO ALLAN== | ||
"Still Outside the Shop" - Composed on the 8th of August 1981. The title of this tune comes from a funny conversation I had with Allan Holdsworth in 1980. Allan would say to me that he was still on book one of the guitar instruction books and I countered with something like, “You think that is bad, I'm still outside the shop waiting to go in and buy book one". | "'''Still Outside the Shop'''" - Composed on the 8th of August 1981. The title of this tune comes from a funny conversation I had with Allan Holdsworth in 1980. Allan would say to me that he was still on book one of the guitar instruction books and I countered with something like, “You think that is bad, I'm still outside the shop waiting to go in and buy book one". [[https://youtu.be/dRBJsMaGXcE YouTube]] | ||
" | "O'''ut from Under'''" - This is actually Allan Holdsworth's title. I wrote the main theme for this tune and completed my score on the 13th of June 1980. Allan was looking for material for his album "I.O.U." and he liked this and asked if he could use it. He added a lot of material of his own and called it "Out from Under”. Allan gave me permission to use the title to identify the song even though it isn't my title. Thank you AH! [[https://youtu.be/tvH425aqFKY YouTube]] | ||
Steve Robinson, August 2016 | Steve Robinson, August 2016 | ||
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[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCSCw3aGdGl5QKex8J5lXF3malxh_V6v8 YouTube playlist]] | |||
==ALLAN ON PLAYING WITH STEVE IN IGGINBOTTOM== | ==ALLAN ON PLAYING WITH STEVE IN IGGINBOTTOM== | ||
==[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]== | ===[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]=== | ||
" | "[The album] was actually recorded in London somewhere. I can't remember where - in about 5 minutes - and it was a pretty horrendous experience. And everybody in the band hated it when it was done! It was basically done by this guy Mick Jackson, who used to be in that pop group who had that big hit - jeez, what was it... the song was "Everlasting Love” - he was the bass player but the singer had a really good voice. It was actually a No.1 hit. I think the band were called "Love Affair”. | ||
Had Igginbottom been a gigging band, then? "No. All we were doing with that band Igginbottom was rehearsing. We were just trying to get something together. There was Dave Freeman - my friend Dave; Mick Skelly, who now lives in Australia, and Steve Robinson, who lives in South Africa." This presumably cuts out any ideas of a reunion! "Yes, thankfully! I'm actually sorry that it became a record. There are some other tapes around that I have from rehearsals which would be much better memories of it than that record, but that's life...." | Had Igginbottom been a gigging band, then? "No. All we were doing with that band Igginbottom was rehearsing. We were just trying to get something together. There was Dave Freeman - my friend Dave; Mick Skelly, who now lives in Australia, and Steve Robinson, who lives in South Africa." This presumably cuts out any ideas of a reunion! "Yes, thankfully! I'm actually sorry that it became a record. There are some other tapes around that I have from rehearsals which would be much better memories of it than that record, but that's life...." | ||
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