Dave Favis-Mortlock: Wildgust

Wildgust, c. 1976. Me on the left
on banjo, Dick Langford playing
mandolin on the right.
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Wildgust. My very first proper band! Based in Worcester, where I moved soon (c. 1975) after finishing at Lancaster University. Dick Langford on guitars etc., me on fiddle etc., and Martin Thorne on guitar. All of us singing.

Wildgust did a few gigs (I still have a recording of one, in a pub, on an audio cassette). We tried, I guess, to sound like the Incredible String Band, still one of my all-time favourite influences. Though we didn't succeed, I'm glad we tried.

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