THE EUCLIDEAN MUSHROOM BAND

Here's a story (prompted the return of an old musician friend).

Regular readers will know that I run the Coventry Hobo site on here (uploading my archives from the Coventry music scene in the 70's). I moved to Teesside in 1980 to do a degree at Teesside Poly. Some if the ideas behind the Writers Cafe started in Coventry days, coming my my work at the Hobo Workshop. In 1981 I started the Multi Media Society at Teesside Poly with Yorkshire singer songwriter and fellow student - Dave Wood and in 1982 I started the Castalians at the Dovecot Arts Centre in Stockton with Ann Wainwright and Colin Walker.

For the Multi Media Society at the Poly we held a regular mixed media gig as well as poetry and music and drama workshops. From the workshops a band formed called the Multi-Media Band - later The Euclidean Mushroom Band.

The band consisted of Dave Wood - Vocals and Guitar, Ade O'Toole - guitar and vocals, Ted Carron - keyboards, harmonica and vocals, Geraldine Wade on violin and, as part of the the act, myself Trev Teasdel with an epic performance poem which the band illustrated with music and with slides.

We were student so not too serious but we often played at the poly and in between the slog of studenthood managed

to do a mini tour taking in Sheffield Art College Arts Festival, Teesside Polytechnic student Union, The Empire and The Lord Wellington in Middlesbrough, The Dovecot Arts Centre in Stockton, and culminating in the a big CND gig at Middlesbrough Town Hall supporting the Virgin band HERE AND NOW, NEW MODEL ARMY, LITTLE BROTHER, WILD WILY BECKETT & JOOLZ  April 3rd 1982. (SEE THE POSTER HERE - We were booked too late to be on the poster). There may have been more but that's all I can remember.

I have found some live tapes from the performance at the Dovecot Arts Centre and Teesside Poly. Bear in mind they are live tracks recorded on a cassette machine and now digitised. Unfortunately we didn't get a recording of me performing the mega Cannon Hill Park anti war poem to music. It was 15 mins long so that may be the reason (tape space). All songs copyright by the authors.

First off is a song written by Dave Wood - Blow Wind Blow - performed at the Dovecot.

Next off Joey written Ted Carron - performed at the Dovecot Arts Centre in Stockton 1982
City written by Fran Tibbits & sung by Ade O'Toole recorded live at the Dovecot 1982
Knocking On Heaven's Door - by Bob Dylan - live at the Dovecot

Sandy You're in the Past Tense Now - by Dave Wood & Trev Teasdel (More Dave's song than mine, but he re-wrote one of my songs called Sandy, You're in the Past Tense. Recorded at Teesside Poly 1982