HEEBALOB

LONDON, 1969. This is one of the very few photographs that exist of Heebalob, the band I formed after leaving Van der Graaf. Left to Right: John Weir (Bass), Judge (Vocals), Martin Pottinger (Drums), Max Hutchinson, (Guitar, Piano, Sax), David Jackson (Sax). Taken in a rehearsal room above a pub in Blackheath. Heebalob was a noble experiment, but it would have taken a lot more rehearsal than we could afford, to get it into presentable shape. Our complex songs and ambitious, zapparesque, jazz-rock stylings really needed better musicians than most of us were at the time. David Jackson was our star player.

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