Tuesday, January 16, 2007

SYD KITCHEN



GENRE: From folk through to rock


DATES: 1966 to present

BANDS: Parkinsons Lore - 1966 to 1967 / Strawberry Fields 1970 to 1971 /The Kitchen Brothers 1971 to 1977 / Equinox - 1978 to 1979 / Harry Was A Snake - 1979 / Syd kitchen & The Utensils - 1985 to 1988 / The O's - 1988 to 1989 / The Flying Sombrero's - 1991 to 1992 & 1998 / The New Utensils - 1996 / Amakool - 1999 / The Aquarian Quartet - 2000 - 2001


DISCOGRAPHY: WAITING FOR THE HEAVE (1987) Hairy Guava Records (HAIRY001), CITY CHILD (1995)Tekweni Music Company (TEK007) web still available - order from Syd's website, AMAKOOLOGIK (1999) Wildebeest Records (WIMAX004) - still available - order from Syd's website, AFRICA'S NOT FOR SISSIES (2001) No Budget Records (NOBUD001), AQUARIAN QUARTET LIVE (2002) (with Tony Cox, Steve Newman & Georgiades) No catalogue details available - still available - order from Syd's website, QUINTESSENTIALLY (2004) No Budget Records (NOBUD002) - still available - order from Syd's website & ACROSS (2007) No Budget Records (Nobud 003).


SINGLES TO REMEMBER: When The Boogie Dies & Africa's Not For Sissies!


HIGHNOTES/USEFUL LINKS: Check out Syd's excellent website at www.sydkitchen.com (you can download 6 free tracks (yes) under the heading Sounds / Free Noise (nice one Syd). The veteran rocker is currenty reading for his PHD in music and will playing in the USA in June & July of 2007.

2 comments:

Ian MacFarlane said...

Syd is really a nice guy - I emailed him on a couple of subjects and he was more than willing to answer my questions and very truthfully. On of our veteran rocker gentleman in the true sense of the word. More impressive is that you can download six FULL tracks of Syds for free. It would be nice to see more artists witht his type of spirit. Thanks Syd and like I told you - YOURE A GEM!

Anonymous said...

Sid reports from the USA on 27th June 2007:
USA is going well.......so far played in Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Monterey and Hollywood here in LA.......Play Thurs night at Genghis Cohen and Fri at McCabes (the big one)......Sat I'm off to Joshua Tree and Vegas.....then on to Dallas, Nashville and the south........I do Maine on the east coast the last week of my sojourn........return to SA on Aug 8.......so I'm doing it.........funny place though........loads of homeless people contrasted with opulence beyond belief.......hmmmmm