70 years old and still rocking…
Daevid Allen, founding member of Soft Machine and driving force behind Gong reached 70 earlier in January.
Thankfully he’s still going strong.
To celebrate here’s some footage of Daevid with Gong back in 1971:
and Daevid in November 2007 with University of Errors:
I feel like I should have a cup of tea and commune with the Octave Doctors to celebrate.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Ah. Planet Gong, LSE 1977… I remember it well (well actually some of it is a bit vague) …
Pass me that flying teapot.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Gong were (are) a fantastic band, one of the few psychedelic bands that I can still listen to, on account of the fact that they were all spectacular musicians.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Duncan:
There are advantages which come of being older… (I’m still jealous you saw Led Zeppelin in their prime as well)