Hello to all.
I'm a drummer from the DC area that was first turned on to HTM when they played at a park in DC - I think it was the summer of '76. (I forget the name of the park). When they started playing, I stopped in my tracks, sat down on the grass and just listened and watched as the hair stood up on my head. I was amazed by what I was listening to and I was so entertained watching Mike Beck on drums and Kit Watkins effortlessly run off the most incredible synth lines I had ever heard. (As an aside, it was getting late in the day and park personnel wern't allowed to keep the power on beyond a certain time - so they cut the power on HTM right in the middle on one of their tunes - I think they got 3 or 4 full tunes in - arghh!) Never did music affect me in that way and really nothing has since. I'm fortunate to have had oppotunities now and then to jam with Stanley and Kit (together and separately). These guys are amazing and I hope they can recapture the magic of yesteryear - they really deserve to be much more famous than they are!
I'm a drummer from the DC area that was first turned on to HTM when they played at a park in DC - I think it was the summer of '76. (I forget the name of the park). When they started playing, I stopped in my tracks, sat down on the grass and just listened and watched as the hair stood up on my head. I was amazed by what I was listening to and I was so entertained watching Mike Beck on drums and Kit Watkins effortlessly run off the most incredible synth lines I had ever heard. (As an aside, it was getting late in the day and park personnel wern't allowed to keep the power on beyond a certain time - so they cut the power on HTM right in the middle on one of their tunes - I think they got 3 or 4 full tunes in - arghh!) Never did music affect me in that way and really nothing has since. I'm fortunate to have had oppotunities now and then to jam with Stanley and Kit (together and separately). These guys are amazing and I hope they can recapture the magic of yesteryear - they really deserve to be much more famous than they are!
