SAM GOPAL (Band) ![]()
Sam Gopal formed a new line-up known simply as Sam Gopal that included as vocalist and guitarist Ian Willis, better known as Lemmy; this reorganized band released one album, Escalator in 1968. Lemmy later played bass guitar for Hawkwind and, in 1975, founded the pounding British heavy metal band called Motörhead.
After Sam Gopal broke up in 1968, Mick Hutchinson and Andy Clark recorded three albums under the name Clark-Hutchinson. Hutchinson also played guitar and bass guitar on the 1980 album Tennis by English singer-songwriter Chris Rea, who is best known in America for his 1978 hit “Fool (If You Think it’s Over)”. Along with Magic Dragon, Mick Hutchinson was later involved in the creation of the four-CD box set, The Woody Guthrie Story that was released in 2000.
(March 2014/2)
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