Didn’t recognize you with the whiskers, saw your cover of When the Screams Come years ago and am surprised you covered this ripe slice of heavy rock, Squawk is easily my favorite Budgie Album!!
That four piece with Myf Isaac on second guitar is probably my favorite lineup. Showcased on the "Heavier than Air" comp. Really tight and concise. Very cool you saw them, much less that version of the band.
@@DoomMetalSludge Now here is the odd thing. I am absolutely convinced that the two guitarists I saw that show were Tony Bourge and big John Thomas. This was 1979 I think. Those two guys had distinctive faces and I was less than ten feet from the stage. I immediately went home afterwards and checked the album liner photos and I remain 99.9 % sure.
@@markstevens1106 I don't know if the timeline would line up. Myf and Bourge left in mid 78' are were replaced by Rob Kendrick and Huw Lloyd-Langton (Kendrick convinced them to sack Huw) and the subsequent trio toured late 78 before moving to Texas for a disastrous run of US shows that bankrupted the band. In fact, Burke and Steve hadn't met John Thomas until 79 when his band Bombshell opened for them, after they moved back to the UK and effectively canned Kendrick, but not before forcing him to finish the tour dates to pay their bills, as the move to Texas was his idea to begin with.
Didn’t recognize you with the whiskers, saw your cover of When the Screams Come years ago and am surprised you covered this ripe slice of heavy rock, Squawk is easily my favorite Budgie Album!!
Very cool 🤘🙂
F’n great job 💥
The suburban dad playing the drums was the best part
Get off my lawn!
Had a chance to see the four piece version of BUDGIE in 79 way up North along the state line with about 20 other die hard fans in some dive bar.
That four piece with Myf Isaac on second guitar is probably my favorite lineup. Showcased on the "Heavier than Air" comp. Really tight and concise. Very cool you saw them, much less that version of the band.
@@DoomMetalSludge Now here is the odd thing. I am absolutely convinced that the two guitarists I saw that show were Tony Bourge and big John Thomas. This was 1979 I think. Those two guys had distinctive faces and I was less than ten feet from the stage. I immediately went home afterwards and checked the album liner photos and I remain 99.9 % sure.
@@markstevens1106 I don't know if the timeline would line up. Myf and Bourge left in mid 78' are were replaced by Rob Kendrick and Huw Lloyd-Langton (Kendrick convinced them to sack Huw) and the subsequent trio toured late 78 before moving to Texas for a disastrous run of US shows that bankrupted the band.
In fact, Burke and Steve hadn't met John Thomas until 79 when his band Bombshell opened for them, after they moved back to the UK and effectively canned Kendrick, but not before forcing him to finish the tour dates to pay their bills, as the move to Texas was his idea to begin with.