Curved Air

DavidR · April 2023

Just found this lot. I am the only person not to have heard of them and their guitarist Kirby Gregory? Take a listen to 'Propositions' From 'Live 71' Album. Brilliant. Is that Hendrix or wot?

maharg101 · April 2023

Great band. I too only found them recently. Great vibe to their music. This is the track that got me hooked

stratman3142 · April 2023

A very popular band in my teens, especially with young men at that time of my life; largely down to Sonja Kristina, but their music was good as well.

I saw them in 1972, supported by The Gary Moore Band at the Victoria Hall Hanley.

scrumhalf · April 2023

On Metamorphosis there's a bit about 6 minutes in that's just glorious.

Back Street Luv: love the verse, chorus - not so much.

Vivaldi, starts and ends brilliantly.

In summary, a band capable of great music but not necessarily for a whole song.

boogieman · April 2023

I thought Sonja was an absolute goddess in her prime. I liked the band too.

steveledzep · April 2023

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

BluesLover · April 2023

Sonja was married to Stewart Copeland (Police drummer).

hollywoodrox · April 2023

steveledzep said:

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

Was he in Fairport too

prowla · April 2023

I've got a couple of their albums, but they are very dated.

steveledzep · April 2023

hollywoodrox said:

steveledzep said:

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

Was he in Fairport too

Unfamiliar with Fairport Convention, so don't know.

EricTheWeary · April 2023

BluesLover said:

Sonja was married to Stewart Copeland (Police drummer).

He was in a later line up pre The Police IRRC. Often one of the reasons quoted as to why they weren’t ‘punk.’

steveledzep said:

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

…and yet Spedding seen as a grandfather of punk as he produced the Sex Pistols demos (and often rumoured to be the actual guitarist on NMTB).

Life is unfair.

Anyway, Curved Air. My brother had a couple of their albums so I heard them in my teens. Given my disdain for a lot of the Prog era they had something a bit spunkier about them.

If I can throw in a ‘surprisingly Hendrixian’ reference for anyone not familiar with early Chicago/Chicago Transit Authority when Terry Kath was still alive they had much more of a rock/acid rock thing going on than the soft rock hits they are known for in the U.K.

https://youtu.be/7uAUoz7jimg

For anyone unfamiliar with the story of Terry Kath the moral is guns and alcohol don’t mix.

drofluf · April 2023

hollywoodrox said:

steveledzep said:

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

Was he in Fairport too

Don't think so but he was in the Wombles.

Easy confusion to make

guitars4you · April 2023

saw them in Derby sometime in the late 70's - Think at the Kings Hall

Tony Reeves who was the bass player, ended up with a senior sales role with MM Electronics - Best selling pa desks of the day, plus Redmere Guitar Amps - @HarrySeven will tell you more about this - Then owner of MTR Electronics - Pro Audio company for recording, broadcast + PA systems

fretmeister · April 2023

Never heard of them - but that's a cracking band name!

hollywoodrox · April 2023

drofluf said:

hollywoodrox said:

steveledzep said:

I saw Curved Air a couple of times in the early seventies. Yes, Sonja was FAF. I think I'm correct in saying they released the very first picture disc for their first album entitled Air Conditioning. I have a copy of the picture disc, sound quality is poor, but an iconic release nevertheless.
After they disbanded, Daryl Way the violinist formed a band called Daryl Way's Wolf. I saw them too. Their guitarist was Chris Spedding, bloody hell he could play !

Was he in Fairport too

Don't think so but he was in the Wombles.

Easy confusion to make

Daryl way though , not Chris spedding , I’m not a fairport fan but got a few friends who are fairport nuts, I liked curved air for what it was & Copeland is awesome , but like I prefer to listen to starship these days instead of Jefferson airplane which I used to like , I’d sooner listen to more 80s stuff at home . I think curved air are playing near me soon this year but I’m skint

Litterick · April 2023

fretmeister said:

Never heard of them - but that's a cracking band name!

They were named after named after the album A Rainbow in Curved Air by Terry Riley, which had been released in 1967. Francis Monkman had played in the first London performance of Riley's In C. They originally had been called Sisyphus, possibly the worst band name ever.

GJK1959 · April 2023

Sonja was the archetypal hippy chick/babe of the era

axisus · April 2023

maharg101 said:

Great band. I too only found them recently. Great vibe to their music. This is the track that got me hooked

A young Derek Griffiths on drums?

Philly_Q · April 2023

I've certainly heard of the band, and of Sonja Kristina and Darryl Way, but it's only now reading this thread that I realise I've never heard anything by them. I probably have, actually, on some old OGWT episode.

Grangousier · April 2023

Sisyphus, possibly the worst band name ever

But very rock and roll.

thing · April 2023

boogieman said:

I thought Sonja was an absolute goddess in her prime. I liked the band too.

Ah, Sonja.I didn't realise they did music as well.

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