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Colin Gibson (born 21 September 1949, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is an English bass player and composer. ==Career== Gibson and guitarist John Turnbull were childhood friends and played together in a band called The Primitive Sect, with Bob Sergeant on organ. In summer 1966, Gibson and Turnbull joined unsigned Newcastle band The Chosen Few. With Graham Bell joining on vocals, the band changed its name to Skip Bifferty and secured gigs in London. The band then secured a deal with RCA Records in summer 1967 under manager Don Arden and went on to release three singles: "On Love" which made a minor chart appearance, "Happy Land" and "Man in Black" produced by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Despite being championed by John Peel, with a handful of "Top Gear" appearances, RCA seemed oblivious to their popularity. An album, ''Skip Bifferty'', was recorded at Decca Studios West Hampstead, but withheld by RCA for almost a year before its release in 1968〔''Skip Bifferty'' (re-released on ACME Gramophone ADCD1031, 2001) liner notes〕 and later as a double set ''The Story of Skip Bifferty'' (Castle Music, 2003), by Sanctuary Records, along with ''Top Gear'' sessions and unreleased material. The band began work on a follow-up album, to be called ''Skipzophrenia'', with Gibson doing artwork for the album, but their contract was not extended. Unhappy with manager Arden, the band announced they were disbanding in November 1968, while they were actually still working together in the Isle of Wight and trying to find a new record deal. This they did with Chris Blackwell of Island Records and they released a 45 under the name Heavy Jelly, keeping their identities secret. Issued in a picture sleeve, "I Keep Singing That Same Old Song"/"Blue", written by Gibson, was released in June 1969.〔 Arden worked out who Heavy Jelly were and Blackwell backed out. The band broke up for real.〔 Gibson joined the short-lived Griffin in 1969 with Kenny Craddock, Pete Kirtley and Alan White, later joined by Bell; they released a 45 "I Am the Noise in Your Head". Gibson joined Ginger Baker's Air Force, replacing Ric Grech. He and Craddock appeared on the album ''Ginger Baker's Air Force 2'' (1970), and contributed songs to Alan Price, and Rosetta Hightower (album ''Hightower''). Later, Gibson was re-united with fellow Griffin members Kirtley, Craddock and White and the horn section of the now-defunct Airforce in Simpson's Pure Oxygen. The early 1970s also saw a lot of session work, including Stefan Grossman (''Hot Dogs'' (1972, Transatlantic Records)), Alan Hull (''Pipedream'' (1973), ''Squire'' (1975) and ''Phantoms'' (1979)), Alvin Lee (''Pump Iron!'' (1975)), Steve Howe (''Beginnings'' (1975)), Graham Bonnet (''Graham Bonnet'' (1977)), Mickey Jupp (''Legend'' (1978, Stiff Records)), Cuckoo (''Iona'' (1978)). Gibson, Kirtley, Craddock and White also worked together on White's solo album, ''Ramshackled'' (1976). Gibson contributed bass and percussion, and co-wrote five of the nine tracks. Gibson, Kirtley and White all appeared on Johnny Harris's album ''All to Bring You Morning'' (1973) and Shirley Bassey's album ''Something'' (1972). Gibson went on to work with the band Mark-Almond for a three-month US tour supporting Joe Cocker and played on their album ''Rising'' on Harvest (with Mingus drummer Danny Richmond). In July 1973, he joined Pete Solley (organ), ex-Procol Harum drummer Bobby Harrison (vocals, percussion), and ex-Tramline members Micky Moody (guitar) and Terry Popple (drums) in Snafu. They recorded three albums in 1973–75, ''Snafu'', ''Situation Normal'' and ''All Funked Up''. Gibson went on to join Radiator with Craddock, Kirtley, Alan Hull, Terry Popple (album "Isn't It Strange"-Rocket Records). Gibson co-wrote three songs with Craddock that appear on Lindisfarne's 1973 album ''Roll On, Ruby'', but does not appear himself. Gibson went on to work with Kevin Coyne, Carol Grimes, The Movies, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bert Jansch ("When the Circus Comes to Town"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Gibson (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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