Oct 24, 2019 after henry cow split, hodgkinson and fellow band member chris cutler compiled the henry cow book, a collection of documents and information about the band, published in 1981. Henry cow, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, lindsay cooper, dagmar krause, geoff leigh, anthony moore, peter blegvad, mongezi feza, phil. I realized that this would be the case during my research, when a member of the band remarked upon all the things that we hadnt. Henry cow were an english experimental rock group, founded at cambridge university in 1968 by multiinstrumentalists fred frith and tim hodgkinson. He has collaborated with many musicians and groups, including fred frith, lindsay. This time, a chunk of cyberspace goes to henry cows elusive, unofficial documents. Henry cow were an english experimental rock group, founded at cambridge. This was the first time together on record for fred frith, tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, john greaves, and geoff leigh. Experimental band henry cow challenged itself, audiences. According to hodgkinson, the name henry cow was in the air in 1968, and it seemed like a good name for the band. The henry cow book coauthored with tim hodgkinson 1981 a collection of documents and information about the band file under popular 1984 a collection of theoretical and critical writings on music, also published in polish, german and japanese. One small tear on the back cover, center top, about 14 long. Cornell professor benjamin piekuts latest book is an exhaustive study of an. Sep 04, 2019 post henry cow the various members have gone on to have long and respected careers as musicians working with a variety of bands and other musicians and in new configurations of erstwhile henry cow members.
Drawing on ninety interviews with henry cow musicians and crew, letters, notebooks. Post henry cow the various members have gone on to have long and respected careers as musicians working with a variety of bands and other musicians and in new configurations of erstwhile henry cow members. Apparently bob drake did a great job cleaning the archives. Best known for his work with english avantrock group henry cow, cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including art bears, news from babel, pere ubu and briefly gongmothergong. Chris cutler, interview with derek jewell, bbc radio 3, mid1975, transcript. Henry cow s personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer chris cutler and bassoonistoboist lindsay cooper were important longterm members alongside frith and hodgkinson. Oct 31, 2019 henry cows membership included fred frith, tim hodgkinson, lindsay cooper, chris cutler, dagmar krause and john greaves, and also counted georgina born, anthony moore and peter blegvad among its everchanging cast of players. English avantrock group henry cow henry cow, 1975 background information origin cambridge, england genres avantrock, progressive rock, ar.
Fred frith guitar, piano, xylophone, violin chris cutler drums, piano, trumpet, vocals tim hodgkinson saxophone, clarinet, piano. Chris cutler henry cow interview 2020 peekaboo magazine. Henry cow cow box redux the progressive aspect tpa. In addition to composing, he has a long involvement in improvisation, and came back to anthropology in the 1990s with research into music and shamanism in. The cover artwork was done by british cartoonist and caricaturist ralph. May 14, 2019 henry cow live anthology volume 8 last mooes, part 2 fred frith. Henry cow, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, john greaves, geoff. A landmark in the history of european experimental rock, the third cow work, originally released on virgin in 1975, represents the second act of joined forces between henry cow and slapp happy, and the first fully integrated appearance of dagmar krause. Chris cutler, fred frith and tim hodgkinson the stone. At that point, henry cow had already achieved a certain success they had played a few shows in their local hood.
After henry cow split, hodgkinson and fellow band member chris cutler compiled the henry cow book, a collection of documents. Henry cow biography founded in 1968 in cambridge, uk disbanded in 1978 reunited briefly in 2014 after disbanding, henry cow members got involved in multiple side and solo projects. For the international festival of new music at reims, this group prepared a set of highly structured instrumental music. Henry cow, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, lindsay. Legend extract from with the yellow halfmoon and blue star 7.
Henry cow were an english experimental rock group, founded at cambridge university in 1968. The 40th anniversary henry cow box set, promised by cutler for well over a decade and now finally delivered, goes a long way towards filling in various gaps in the groups musical history and painting a more complete picture of henry cow by sourcing material from demos, rehearsal tapes and a variety of live performances. You wont find a more expressive drummer than cutler in those. Here is a selection of albums chris cutler has performed on, showing the year. Theoretical and critical writings on music, november books, 1984, isbn 0946423016. Lindsay cooper and tom hodgkinson wanted to compose longer instrumental pieces, while chris cutler and fred frith wanted to focus on more songoriented music. Fred frith, tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, lindsay cooper and peter blegvad. Henry cow s personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer chris cutler, bassist john greaves, and bassoonistoboist lindsay cooper were important longterm members alongside frith and hodgkinson. Rer vinyl present a reissue of henry cows in praise of learning, originally released in 1975. In april 1978 the band relocated to the netherlands, recording the ep maximum penalty in early 1979, which featured guest appearances by exhenry cow members fred frith guitar, violin, tim hodgkinson keyboards, alto saxophone, clarinet, chris cutler piano scrapes and general burning ideas, and aksak maboul founder marc hollander bass. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions starting at.
Recording with guitaristcomposer bill gilonis, experimenting with tapecollage leads to the woof record label and the work group. Official releases of newly unearthed, or commissioned, band commentaries, pictures and other documents prepared specifically for this release. Core members in the groups early years were guitarist fred frith, saxophonist and keyboard player tim hodgkinson, percussionist chris cutler, and bassist john grea ves. After henry cow split, hodgkinson and fellow band member chris cutler compiled the henry cow book, a collection of documents and information about the band, published in 1981. Best known for his work with english avantrock group henry cow, cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including art bears, news from babel, pere ubu and briefly gongmothergong. Joan was only performed a few times, and the pirate song not at all.
Henry cow live anthology volume 1 no more songs fred frith. Henry cow were formed in 1968, whilst its core members fred frith and tim hodgkinson were attending cambridge university. Henry cow was the foundation of hodgkinson s musical education, and it was an opportunity for him to work closely with other instrumentalists and develop new musical landscapes. In april 1978 the band relocated to the netherlands, recording the ep maximum penalty in early 1979, which featured guest appearances by ex henry cow members fred frith guitar, violin, tim hodgkinson keyboards, alto saxophone, clarinet, chris cutler piano scrapes and general burning ideas, and aksak maboul founder marc hollander bass. An almost complete history of henry cow, impetus 2 june 1976.
The band, including henry cow members chris cutler, fred frith, john greaves, tim hodgkinson. Book the henry cow book assembled by chris cutler and tim hodgekinson, november books, 1984, and long out of print. Finally, chris cutler joined the lineup the core of the band was formed. The multiple politics of henry cow chris cutler in interview with benjamin piekut the band henry cow was formed in may 1968 by two cambridge university undergraduates. Tim hodgkinson and chris cutler have also authored books, with. Andrew powell, who would later work with the alan parsons project and others, was an early member. Henry cows membership included fred frith, tim hodgkinson, lindsay cooper, chris cutler, dagmar krause and john greaves, and also counted georgina born, anthony moore and peter blegvad among its everchanging cast of players. The last nightingale is an album by various artists recorded and released in 1984 to raise money for striking coal miners in the 198485 uk miners strike. Rer vinyl present a reissue of henry cow s in praise of learning, originally released in 1975. The henry cow book coauthored with tim hodgkinson 1981 a collection of documents and information about the band file under popular 1984 a collection of theoretical and critical writings on music, also published in polish, german and japanese discography. An extension and fusion of the key influences of soft machine and frank zappa, the album is packed full of extraordinary tunes, complex but never pompous arrangements, and great. The henry cow book by chris cutler, tim hodgkinson alibris uk. They are often categorized under the progressive rock movement that coincided with their active years in the the 70s, but their influences and aspirations went beyond the usual extended songs and romantic classical music influences that were associated with the more.
Volumes 610 with dvd as well as the concerts double cd, henry cow concerts with the addition of a further 60pp booklet book 1. Chris cutler, john greaves, tim hodgkinson, chloe herrrington, yumi hara 16 june. Tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, lindsay cooper, dagmar krause and others 1993. This, alongside the fact that a significant number of henry cow members and associates were at the books launch in london suggests that this is a history with involvement of differing degrees from various members of the band, and it would appear that few stones have been left unturned in attempting to produce a definitive biography. Coda fairly comprehensive list of henry cow s concerts, taken from one of the 40th anniversary box booklets.
Three dynamic works for contemporary classical composition from henry cow founder tim hodgkinson, composed and assembled using a variety of techniques including live performance, in ensembles that include hyperion ensemble, chris cutler on percussion, angharad davies on violin, mark sanders on percussion and yoni silver on bass clarinet. The name already existed, and crimsonlike, was hanging around waiting for the right people to come along and tweak its udders. Violinist and guitarist frith, who was studying english literature, met hodgkinson, a social anthropology student, in a blues club at the university and proceeded to bond during a spontaneously improvised hour of violin and alto saxophone that frith later recalled as a. It was compiled by chris cutler and tim hodgkinson and selfpublished around 1981. The world is a problem benjamin piekut tells the bands storyfrom its founding in cambridge in 1968 and later affiliation with virgin records to its demise ten years laterand analyzes its varied efforts to link aesthetics with politics. Its certainly impossible to explain without writing a fat book. Henry cow live anthology volume 8 last mooes, part 2 fred frith.
The henry cow box redux by henry cow, released 24 november 2019 1. Coda fairly comprehensive list of henry cows concerts, taken from one of the 40th anniversary box booklets. So i was extremely excited when henry cows drummer chris cutler. Fred frith met tim hodgkinson, a fellow student, in a blues club at cambridge university in may.
Dagmar krause, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, chris cutler, lindsay. Disc 1 is mainly given over to the former, with a beautifully played john peel session from 1975 featuring a medley of cow crowdpleasers nirvana for mice, beautiful. As drummer chris cutler points out in the sleevenotes, henry cows live sets were equally split between structured songs and free improvisation. Art bears news from babel slapp happy tim hodgkinson fred frith chris cutler cutler and frith cassiber the ec nudes skeleton crew the. Henry cow an interview with chris cutler echoes and dust. Henry cow the world is a problem benjamin piekut duke. Ex box is a free bonus cd issued to subscribers to the henry cow box redux and is not for general sale. Living in the heart of the beast is the title of an extended song written by tim hodgkinson in 1975 for the english avantrock group henry cow. After henry cow split, hodgkinson and fellow band member chris cutler compiled the henry cow book, a collection of documents and information about the band, published.
Henry cows personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer chris cutler, bassist john greaves, and bassoonistoboist lindsay cooper were important longterm members alongside frith and hodgkinson. Chris cutler et al have seriously stretched the patience of fans who waited so long for the official versions of henry cows historic recordings. In addition, georgie born, tim hodgkinson and chris cutler have also authored books, with chris cutler also running recommended records. Henry cow were an english avantrock group, founded at cambridge university in 1968 by multiinstrumentalists fred frith and tim hodgkinson. Henry cow was the foundation of hodgkinsons musical education, and it was an opportunity for him to work closely with other instrumentalists and develop new musical landscapes.
The world is a problem is a 2019 book by american academic. Fred frith, chris cutler, tim hodgkinson and cows less permanent membership crafted an allinclusive music that managed to remain its own, stubbornly refusing to allow fickle taste and industry standards to dictate their choices. Looking back in history, one can identify several tipping points that durably changed the nature of musical. The henry cow book coauthored with tim hodgkinson 1981 a collection of documents and. Chris cutler academic dictionaries and encyclopedias.
It features chris cutler, tim hodgkinson and lindsay cooper from the english avantrock group henry cow, singer and musician robert wyatt, and poet adrian mitchell. Henry cows personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer chris cutler and bassoonistoboist lindsay cooper were important longterm members alongside frith and hodgkinson. Henry cows membership included fred frith, tim hodgkinson, lindsay cooper, chris cutler, dagmar krause and john greaves, and also. In 1968 he founded with fred frith, the group henry cow, which existed until 1979. In addition to composing, he has a long involvement in improvisation, and came back to. Henry cow 197178 art bears 197881 news from babel 198386 pere ubu 1988. Buy the henry cow book by chris cutler, tim hodgkinson online at alibris uk. The band began in 1968 when guitarist fred frith, alto saxophonistorganist tim hodgkinson and bassist john greaves were students at cambridge university. Henry cow were an influential, experimental, avantgarde british rock group, which formed in cambridge university in 1968.
Chris cutler born 4 january 1947 is an english percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Henry cow 2009 the 40th anniversary henry cow box set. Henry cow were formed in cambridge in 1968 by saxophonist and organ player tim hodgkinson, and guitarist fred frith. Comes in a plastic sleeve with a folded insert, and a booklet that complements the 2008 40th anniversary henry cow set. Henry cow, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, john greaves, geoff leigh, chris cutler, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, john greaves, geoff leigh, chris cutler leg end the henry cow legend. Featuring fred frith, chris cutler, john greaves, tim hodgkinson and geoff leigh.
After a series of line up changes, henry cow got signed to the nascent virgin records and the lineup consisting of frith, hodgkinson who had also learnt to play keyboards, bassist john greaves, drummer chris cutler and woodwind player geoff leigh recorded the henry cow legend 1973, which immediately showcased the bands knack for free. Experimental band henry cow challenged itself, audiences cornell. Rer vinyl present a reissue of henry cows leg end, originally released in 1979. Henry cow ex box collected fragments 1971 1978 2019. However, rer megacorp also made this cd available for separate purchase. The henry cow book assembled by chris cutler and tim hodgekinson. Chris cutler wrote the original lyrics for joan and tim hodgkinson s the pirate song, but the group were unhappy with them, and the songs were withdrawn from henry cow s repertoire. Welcome to rer megacorp, an artist led record label, distribution and mail order company.
Edward macan in his 1997 book rocking the classics. En cutler, chris e hodgkinson, tim, the henry cow book, third step printworks, 1981, isbn 0950887005. He has collaborated with many musicians and groups, including fred frith, lindsay cooper, zeena. That lately led to curlers longtime cooperation with fred frith and tim hodgkinson. Nach deren auflosung veroffentlichte er 1981 mit chris cutler the henry cow book. Henry cow, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, john greaves, geoff leigh, chris cutler, fred frith, tim hodgkinson, john greaves, geoff leigh, chris cutler leg end the henry cow legend music. Tim hodgkinson born may 1, 1949 in salisbury is an english musician saxophone, clarinet, piano, guitar and composer who is known one of the founders of the artrock group henry cow and in the field of experimental rock and improvisation music life and work hodgkinson grew up in wiltshire and studied at cambridge university music anthropology completion 1971. After its dissolution he published in 1981 with chris cutler the henry cow book. Hodgkinson grew up in wiltshire and studied at cambridge university music anthropology completion 1971.