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Des Henly, Mario Ferrari,
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1979 - 2004 |
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Astoria Theatre, London |
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piano, vocals
born March 17th 1946
died in May 1995 |
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 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
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.
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Left picture:
David Bowie
Musikladen Special 1978
Photo © Radio Bremen |
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'. |
Sean Mayes died in May 1995 at the age
of 45
"I knew him as a kindly, patient,
exasperating and brilliant man - solid as a rock. His death
at 49 from AIDS is a ludicrous waste and for once the cliche
really is true - we shall not see his like again" - Tom
Robinson - |
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| David Bowie |
Lodger (1979) |
(Keyboard, Piano) |
| David Bowie |
Stage (1978) |
(backing vocals, Piano, Strings) |
| Tom Robinson |
North by Northwest (1982) |
(Percussion) |
| Tom Robinson |
Last Tango: Midnight at the fringe (1988) |
(Piano) |
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Kate Bush - a visual documentary
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(Kevin Cann & Sean Mayes)
Omnibus Press (1988) ISBN 0-7119-1039-1 |
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Joan Armatrading - A Biography |
(Sean Mayes)
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1990) ISBN 0-297-81058-8 |
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We Can Be Heroes - Life on tour with David
Bowie |
(Sean Mayes)
Independent Music Press (1999) ISBN 1-89-7783-17-5 |
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