Quicksand (Welsh band)

Quicksand were a band from Port Talbot in Wales who were active from 1969 until 1975.

History

Originally formed in 1969, they featured Michael “Will” Youatt (bass), Jimmy Davies (guitar), Jeff Hooper (guitar), Robert Collins (keyboards) and Anthony Stone (drums).^[1] This line up recorded one single "Passing By"/"Cobblestones" (both written by Youatt) in 1970. Youatt left to join briefly Piblokto!^[2] then Man. Hooper also left and Phil Davies (bass) then joined the band.^[3] A second single "Time To Live"/"Empty Street, Empty Heart" was released in 1973 and was soon followed by the album Home Is Where I Belong^[4] later that year. The band ceased to exist in 1975 when Davies formed Alkatraz with Youatt.

Subsequent careers

After the band split up Collins became a sound man, initially for Man,^[5] but later for such people as Eric Clapton.^[6] Davies re-joined Youatt in a new band Alkatraz who recorded one album Doing a Moonlight for United Artists.

Discography

Quicksand

Album

• Home is Where I Belong (Dawn, 1973; Esoteric 2011)

Various artists albums

• Mixed Up Minds Part 5 (TTW, 2013) - Cobblestones
• The Dawn Anthology (Essential 1999) - Home is Where I Belong

Singles

• "Passing By"/"Cobblestones" (Carnaby, 1970)
• "Time To Live"/"Empty Street" (Dawn 1973)

Alkatraz

Album

• Doing a Moonlight (United Artists, 1976)

Singles

• "Nito Bendito"/"Nobody like you" (United Artists, 1976)
• "Red Lights"/"Maybe Monday" (United Artists, 1977)

References