Another in the series of 'memories that have stayed with me'. This one was prompted by a recently renewed contact with founder-member Rod Clements, bass-player and all-round nice guy. In fact, of all the bands I worked with, I found Lindisfarne to be one of the easiest to get along with, though lead singer Alan Hull could be a bit prickly on occasions.
During 1972, I accompanied them on a tour of Scandinavia, possibly their first I think. It was certainly my first time on the road with them, as I hadn't been with Charisma for very long at that point. Anyway, we arrived at a hotel in Sweden (something is telling me it was in Malmo, but I can't be sure about that) and after checking in, some of the band discovered that the hotel had an indoor pool in the basement, so they decided to take a swim. After a while I went down to check on them and organise where we were going to eat and found them sitting around the edge of the pool, chatting. A couple of them thought the acoustics had an interesting echo and then, quite spontaneously, they started harmonising on "Clear White Light" from their first album "Nicely out of tune". Hearing their slightly rough-edged 'a capella' harmony in such unexpected surroundings was just electrifying! I can still hear them now, in my head, nearly five decades later! It was one of the most unforgettable moments in my lengthy music biz career....and there weren't many that compared to it.
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