Del Dettmar (born 20 April 1947 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England) is an English musician, best known as synthesizer and keyboard player with English space rock band Hawkwind from 1971 to 1974.
He was recruited as road manager for Hawkwind by their manager Doug Smith. While attending to his road manager duties, he also sat out front at gigs operating a synthesizer and mixing the band.[2] He was brought into the band proper to replace a temporarily absent Dik Mik in May 1971. He co-produced (with Dave Brock) the album Doremi Fasol Latido and is credited as composer of the tracks "One Change" (Doremi Fasol Latido), "Electronic No. 1" (Space Ritual), and "Goat Willow" (Hall of the Mountain Grill).[3]
He left Hawkwind in June 1974[4] to emigrate to the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, in B.C. Canada, where he still lives. He recorded two albums with the Vancouver-based experimental group Melodic Energy Commission in 1979 and 1980 (with help from fellow ex-Hawkwinder Paul Rudolph).[5] He is an occasional contributor to the band Space Ritual.
dettmar, born, april, 1947, thornton, heath, surrey, england, english, musician, best, known, synthesizer, keyboard, player, with, english, space, rock, band, hawkwind, from, 1971, 1974, born, 1947, april, 1947, thornton, heath, surrey, england, united, kingdo. Del Dettmar born 20 April 1947 in Thornton Heath Surrey England is an English musician best known as synthesizer and keyboard player with English space rock band Hawkwind from 1971 to 1974 Del DettmarBorn 1947 04 20 20 April 1947 age 77 Thornton Heath Surrey England United KingdomGenresSpace rockInstrument s KeyboardsFormerly ofHawkwind After leaving school he had a number of jobs including working in a bank digging potatoes on Jersey and punting tourists up and down the river in Cambridge Eventually he got a job as roadie with The Pretty Things and subsequently worked as road manager for Edgar Broughton Band Arthur Brown Juicy Lucy Pete Brown and then Cochise 1 He was recruited as road manager for Hawkwind by their manager Doug Smith While attending to his road manager duties he also sat out front at gigs operating a synthesizer and mixing the band 2 He was brought into the band proper to replace a temporarily absent Dik Mik in May 1971 He co produced with Dave Brock the album Doremi Fasol Latido and is credited as composer of the tracks One Change Doremi Fasol Latido Electronic No 1 Space Ritual and Goat Willow Hall of the Mountain Grill 3 He left Hawkwind in June 1974 4 to emigrate to the East Shore of Kootenay Lake in B C Canada where he still lives He recorded two albums with the Vancouver based experimental group Melodic Energy Commission in 1979 and 1980 with help from fellow ex Hawkwinder Paul Rudolph 5 He is an occasional contributor to the band Space Ritual References edit The Saga of Hawkwind p64 Carol Clerk The Saga of Hawkwind p63 Carol Clerk Allmusic credits for Del Dettmar NME 29 June 1974 Del quits Hawkwind Aural Innovations 5 Melodic Energy Commission Review Interview External links editDel Dettmar discography at Discogs Del Dettmar at AllMusic Del Dettmar at IMDb nbsp This article on a British keyboardist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Del Dettmar amp oldid 1219857442, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
