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| Keith Christmas recorded his first album 'Stimulus' back in 1969 when he also played the acoustic guitar on David Bowie's first album 'Space Oddity' and appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival
Throughout the seventies he recorded four more albums 'Fable of the Wings', 'Pigmy', Brighter Day' and 'Stories From the Human Zoo' while touring with and supporting acts like The Who, King Crimson, Ten Years After, Frank Zappa and Roxy Music He stopped playing through the 80's but formed the blues band 'Weatherman' in 1991 with some friends and an album of the same name was released in 1992 In 1996 he suddenly started to write a different kind of acoustic material which almost immediately led to the release of a new album 'Love Beyond Deals' on HTD records He has continued writing since then and has been described by a major festival promoter as 'a songwriter at the peak of his powers'. He recorded his first ever solo CD called in the Summer of 2006 called 'Light of the Dawn' and is now writing for his next solo CD, as yet untitled. |
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| 1969 |
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1st album 'Stimulus' on RCA Victor Produced by Sandy Roberton |
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| 1969 | Played acoustic guitar on David Bowie's first album 'Space Oddity' | ||
| 1970 |
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2nd album 'Fable of the Wings' on B&C records Produced by Sandy Roberton |
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| 1970 |  |
'Fable of the Wings' released in USA and Europe |
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| 1970 | * Shelagh MacDonald covers two songs on
her first album * Played at first Glastonbury festival |
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| 1971 |
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3rd album (B&C records) 'Pigmy' Produced by Sandy Roberton |
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| 1971 | Bristol humorous artist Fred Wedlock covers song 'Bristol Buses' on album 'The Folker' | ||
| 1971-72 |
Toured as support act to the Who, Ten Years After and King Crimson | ||
| 1972 | * Voted one of six favourite international
artists by writers of 'Sounds' magazine * Joined multinational European band 'Esperanto' for tour and album 'Danse Macabre' |
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| 1973 |
* Bristol humorous artist Fred Wedlock
covers two more songs on album 'Frollicks' * Martin Carthy and friends cover song 'Fable of the Wings' on 'Brass Monkey' album |
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| 1974 |
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4th album (Manticore Records) 'Brighter Day' Produced by Pete Sinfield |
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| 1975 |  |
'Brighter Day' released in USA |
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| 1975 | Appeared live on 'Old Grey Whistle Test | ||
| 1976 |
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5th album (Manticore Records) 'Stories from the Human Zoo' Produced by Michael Boshears |
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| 1976-79 |
Formed series of bands playing in London and festivals Stonehenge, Deeply Vale, and Glastonbury | ||
| 1978 | Toured as support to Phil Manzanera's 801, and supported Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Captain Beefheart and the Kinks | ||
| 1979 |
Wrote English translation of lyrics on album 'Life is the Only Teacher' ('Cogli la Prima Mela' ) for Italian artist Angelo Branduardi | ||
| 1980 |
Wrote last track side two ('Dustbin City') for rock artist Alvin Lee's album 'Free Fall' | ||
| 1988-91 |
Appeared solo and with Simon Edwards (K-Passa) at festivals Towersey, Whitby, Trowbridge, South Petherton, Cambridge, Wadebridge, Broadstairs, Guernsey, Farnham Maltings, Pontardawe, Bracknell and the first Cleethorpes Blues Festival | ||
| 1989 |
Recorded MC 'Red House' with electric guitarist Chris Goulstone | ||
| 1991-93 |
Formed band 'Weatherman' and appeared at Farnham Maltings, Pontardawe and the Colne Blues festivals | ||
| 1992 |
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1st CD (Run River Records) 'Weatherman One' Produced by Andy Allen & Keith Christmas |
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| 1996 |
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2nd CD (HTD Records ) 'Love Beyond Deals' Produced by Ashley Hutchings |
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| 2000 |
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Voiceprint Record Group reissue 'Weatherman' - VP221 |
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| 2002 | Performed 4 new blues songs at the sold-out Troubadour Reunion concert in Bristol on Nov 9th | ||
| 2001 - 2003 |  |
Wrote, engineered and produced guitar instrumental CD 'Acoustica' Released February 22nd 2003 on Woronzow Records |
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| 2004 |  |
'Timeless & Strange' released January 22nd on Sanctuary/Castle Records Mastered from the original 1/4 inch studio reels, from the first three albums, 1969 to 1971 |
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| 2005 | The track 'Dancing' from 'Acoustica' is played on the BBC2 'Hidden Gardens' series | ||
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'Brighter Day', the first of the two The Manticore albums from 1974 in CD format Released by Voiceprint Records |
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| 2005 |  |
'Stories From the Human Zoo', the second of the two Manticore albums from 1976 in CD format Released by Voiceprint Records |
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| 2005 | Bought a new guitar - a Taylor 315-CE | ||
| 2006 |  |
* Wrote, recorded and produced first solo CD, 'Light of the Dawn' |
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| 2007 | Appeared at Bilston Blues, Beverley, Trowbridge, Broadstairs, and Pontadawe Festivals - (Nantwich was rained off..) | ||
| 2008 | Booked to appear at International Folk Festival Weekend, Grantham, the Rock n Roots Festival, Herefordshire and the Orkney Blues Festival Started work on writing the next solo CD |
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