MICKEY KEEN info
Mickey Keen
(guitar)
Underrated guitarist, his skills can be heard in
a bunch of good albums (many times credited as Mickey Keene, although my
guess is that the correct spelling is Keen).
Around 1965, he was part of Division Two, a band
with superb musicians:
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Mickey Keen (guitar)
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Dave Wintour (bass)
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Mike O'Neill (keyboards)
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Clem Cattini (drums)
They recorded an album that year, Discotheque,
and then became the backing band for The Ivy League, a vocal band:
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Tony Burrows (vocals)
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John Carter (vocals)
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Perry Ford (vocals)
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Ken Lewis (vocals)
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Neil Landon (vocals)
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+
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Mickey Keen (guitar)
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Dave Wintour (bass)
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Mike O'Neill (keyboards)
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Clem Cattini (drums)
Hudson-Ford was a duo comprising Richard Hudson (vocals,
guitar) and John Ford (guitar, bass). They had been playing together for
years, first in Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, later joining the fantastic
band The Strawbs. They left them to start a solo career as a duo. For their
first album, called Nickelodeon, they used some additional
musicians, such as Mickey Keen (guitar), Chris Parren (keyboards), Rick
Wakeman (keyboards). After that, they asked Keen and Parren to join them
as live band:
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Richard Hudson (guitar, vocals)
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John Ford (bass, vocals)
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+
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Mickey Keen (guitar)
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Chris
Parren (keyboards)
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Ken
Laws (drums)
Their second album was Free spirit,
and then Mickey Keene left them.
And sadly, I haven't able to find more info about
him, except for a few sessions for the Rod Edwards & Roger Hand production
team. If anyone can give me more info about him, I'd be very grateful.
Well, that's something... In 1999, he teams again
with old mate Tony Burrows, under the appropiate name Hit Squad. Lots of
(great) veterans here:
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Tony Burrows (vocals)
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Mickey Keen (guitar)
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Alan Carvell ()
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Chris
Parren (keyboards)
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Clem Cattini (drums)
They've released a new album, but don't have it, so
I can't confirm if Mickey is playing on it. Help, please!
Albums with Division Two:
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Discotheque (1965,
with Dave Wintour, Clem Cattini)
Albums with "Hair" cast:
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Hair (1969, with
Derek Wadsworth, Alex Harvey, Sonja Kristina, Laurie Baker, Bud Parkes,
Barbara Thompson, Frank Ricotti)
Albums with Hudson-Ford:
Sessions:
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Alex Harvey (Roman wall
blues, 1969, with Les Harvey, Bud Parkes, Derek Watkins, Laurie
Baker, Frank Ricotti)
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Ashman-Reynolds (Stop
off, 1972, with Aliki Ashman,
Harry Reynolds, Bob Weston, Keith Boyce,
Rod Edwards, Madeline Bell, Liza Strike)
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Larry Norman (Only visiting
this planet, 1972, with Mickey Keen, Gordon Giltrap, John Wetton,
Keith Smart, Bob Brady) (CD reissue with 4 bonus tracks)
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Larry Norman (So long
ago the garden, 1973, with Mickey Keen, Dave Markee, Dave Wintour,
Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Graham Preskett, Graham Smith, Mike Giles,
Roger Hand)
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Malcolm & Alwyn (Fool's
wisdom, 1973, with Mickey Keen, John Wetton, Roger Hand, Clem Cattini)
(CD reissue with bonus tracks)
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Malcolm & Alwyn (Wildwall,
1974, with Mickey Keen) (CD reissue with 3 bonus live tracks)
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Maggie Bell (Suicide sal,
Mar 75, with Hugh Burns, Jimmy Page, Delisle Harper, Roy Davies, Pete Wingfield,
Jimmy Jewell)
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+ to check if he's the same
musician (!!):
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Sparrow (Hatching out
plus..., 1995, with Helen Chappelle, Larry Steele, Derek Wadsworth)
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