Glastonbury
Festival
2005


A summers day, a young man and his band assemble on a shimmering, pyramid shaped stage in the heart of the english countryside. The sun is shining and the 'smoke' is drifting as they launch into a steel guitar driven song, a version of Dean, eventually to appear on the singer's long awaited River album. It's Terry Reid opening the first proper Glastonbury Festival, it's 1971.
Another summers day (just about) and a not so young man and his band assemble on a stage in the heart of the english countryside. A storm has just passed over and dripping survivors collect to hear some music and attempt to raise their dampened spirits. The band strikes up, a voice sings out, people revive, a little bit of festival magic ensues.
It's Glastonbury 2005 and Terry Reid is back.
34 years between appearances but worth the wait.


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Glastonbury is without doubt the pre-eminent UK festival and getting on the bill is by no means easy, however high your kite is currently flying. Fortunately for Terry there is a fan living in the village and neighbour to Michael Eavis, farmer and occasional festival organiser. The fan, Steve Mansbridge got talking to Michael one day and suggested it would be great to have Terry back at the festival.
Michael who clearly has fond memories of Terry in 1971 agreed and left Steve to investigate further. Steve made contact via the website, Terry was in Canada working on the Bill Paxton film at the time but was delighted at the idea. Some serious bargaining then took place with the Glastonbury machine. Touch and go at one point but thankfully after direct contact Terry to Michael Eavis, Terry was booked for the three gigs.
Terry brought Bruce Malament, keyboard player and long-tme friend and associate of his over from LA . Bruce is really familair with Terry's material and style which is a big help given that the band only had 2 proper rehearsal s fixed up.The remaining band members were Dzal (played with Terry at Womad, see Womad gig pages) on guitar, Ash Soan on drums and Mark Smith on bass. More details about them are on the band page (see below).
Ash and Mark had taken the trouble to familiarise themselves with Terry's work before he came over. Put it all together and you had a really solid band, as they proved to be on stage at Glastonbury.

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As people who were there or saw on the news, a mini monsoon descended on Glastonbury on Friday when the festival was due to start. Chaos ensued, stages became unusable, sets being cancelled. It looked like it was going to be a disaster and another 'if only' on Terry's CV.
His first gig was booked to be on the Jazzworld stage, there were already doubts about this venue and the potential for a lukewarm response from a Jazz audience.
As it happens, because of the storm Terry was the first act on the Jazzworld stage (the earlier acts weren't good swimmers !). So Terry's performance drew in the storm survivors who were eager for something to lift their spirits. Lift their spirits Terry certainly did.

During the Friday Michael Eavis made a point of trudging through the mud and chaos to find Terry and say hello in person (see pic on photos page). This from a man who's booked and rubbed shoulders with a whole lexicon of music legends, how nice was that.
The magic on the Jazzworld stage was repeated at the 2 later gigs, Avalon "It was a perfect moment", and in the Guardian lounge.
In all a better than one could have hoped for return to top form for Terry, a great confidence booster and an increased chance of more gigs this year both in UK and in the USA.
Checkout the links below for moredetaisl on the brilliant band, photos (too few someone send some more) and reviews from the favoured few who were there.


Set listing for the three gigs is below

Jazzworld stage Fri 24th

whole of moon
ain't no shadow
the frame
leavin & gone
love that you give
waterloo sunset
one night of sin

Avalon stage Fri 24th

don't worry baby
aint' no shadow
the frame
rich kid blues
leavin & gone
love that you give
waterloo sunset
one night of sin

Guardian lounge Sat 25th

don't Know Why
without expression
don't worry baby
love That You Give
too Many People
Brave Awakening
one night of sin

Events like these always involve a lot of hard work behind the scenes and Terry would like to give public thanks to the following for their efforts :

Steve Mansbridge for getting the ball rolling, Steve and Jane Mansbridge for taking Terry and family into their home, Eileen for manning her post at short notice to get a pass to Joe, Annette and Chelsea for charming everyone they met and adding to the whole feelgood factor, Chris Johnson for once again putting it all together and grappling with the many tentacled Glastonbury organisation, Michael Eavis for having such good musical taste!, Juliet and all at Gibson UK, Julie at the Arboriam B&B in Glastonbury, Terry's mate Reubi - he of Redbeats fame, Simon and Jake for stage work and Jake for sax on the Frame, Katya & Mike at The Joint rehearsal studios in London, Joe Surico for making the trek from NYC despite having no ticket or pass when he took off, the Jazz World and Avalon production and stage staff for being quickest to respond to the conditions and getting the show on the road despite the mud and chaos.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE ON TERRY AT GLASTONBURY

 



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