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Saturday September 1st 1973

friars aylesbury phase two - borough assembly hall, market square, aylesbury

exclusive friars aylesbury interview with sean tyla

String Driven Thing

Ducks Deluxe

related friars history (click on date)

String Driven Thing Saturday June 9th 1973 Saturday December 29th 1973 Saturday December 21st 1974 Friars Dunstable Saturday June 30th 1973 Thursday February 7th 1974

Ducks Deluxe Saturday December 22nd 1973

The Motors (Nick Garvey) Saturday July 15th 1978

Tyla Gang (Sean Tyla) Saturday September 17th 1977

setlist

band line up

String Driven Thing

Chris Adams (vocs/guitar) Pauline Adams (vocs/percussion) Graham Smith (vioin) Colin Wilson (guitar/banjo) Bill Hatje (bass)

Ducks Deluxe

Sean Tyla (guitar) Tim Roper (drums) Martin Belmont (guitar) Nick Garvey (bass)

gig poster and flyer (click to enlarge flyer)

ticket

memories

press cuttings

what happened next

String Driven Thing called it a day in the mid 70s until Chris re-emerged in 1991 with a solo album. The first SDT album in over 30 years was released in 2007. With 2012 being the 40th anniversary of signing to Charisma and touring with Genesis they will be undertaking some anniversary gigs which will feature Chris and Pauline.

odds and trivia

official web presence

String Driven Thing official site

sound and vision

String Driven Thing - Sold Down The River

Ducks Deluxe - Coast to Coast

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