VENUE THE HALF MOON, LONDON
DATE 21/09/2023
Though the notion of a band continuing well after the departure of a key member is hardly new, the idea of musicians who’ve backed a particular artist getting together after the singer has died is a novel one. Especially if the musicians in question never actually played together at the same time in the same place, even though they served the same master.
Held By Trees are a case in point. Most of the talent gathered here tonight – guitarist and bandleader David Joseph, lead guitarist Robbie McIntosh, drummer Paul Beavis, keyboardist Laurence Pendrous, Andy Panayi on flute, sax and clarinet and James Grant on stand-up and electric bass – backed Mark Hollis either with Talk Talk or in a solo capacity in the studio…
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