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 piano, vocals  born March 17th 1946 died in May 1995 |
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Thomas Sean Mayes was schooled in Bristol before winning a
place at Trinity College, Cambridge, there to gain a degree in philosophy.
At 7 years he started playing piano, eventually writing classically
influenced pieces for school concerts. At college his musical interests stayed along classical lines until a friend introduced him to artists like The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Little Richard. Jerry Lee Lewis' "Hi Heel Sneakers" made a special impression. He decided to join a group. The only setback was, nobody really wanted to play that kind of music - "Hi Heel Sneakers" sure, but the real melodic goldies no. Sean ended up forming an R& B group 'Wildie Beasties' with Barry (probably the originator of that name) Sean was playing organ, as there was no easy way to amplify a piano. Sean and Barry then formed the 'Soulbenders' which lasted until Sean left university and joined Des and Mario. Now one step closer to what Sean wanted to play, they formed the 'Baloons'. |
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Sean Mayes - philosopher, poet and musician
| Sean Mayes left Cambridge with a
degree in philosophy before he joined Fumble. Sean was the quiet
and thoughtful type, almost always working on some project or other.
He was very organised, collected papers, photographs, addresses
and made diary notes. Always carrying his typewriter with him, he
virtually chronicled every day on the road with Fumble.
Sean has made a list with every gig from the first 20 years. You find it in the 'Archive' section.
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Sean
worked with many musicians including David Bowie and Tom Robinson.
He was also a prolific writer and co-author of several books. His
notes and memories of the 1978 world tour with David Bowie were later
transformed into the book "We Can Be Heroes" , which was
published four years after his death in 1999.
David Bowie Sean played piano for David Bowie on the "Heroes" world tour in 1978 and on David Bowie's albums "Lodger" and "Stage". Tom Robinson In 1982 Sean joined Tom Robinson for 'War Baby', toured with him and played on the two albums 'North by Northwest' and Midnight at the Fringe'. |
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