Where is Eddie Offord?
Richard Jay Baruch
that Eddie Offord left under mysterious and strange circumstances in the mid
seventies but mixed the backing tracks of Drama.
It was also mentioned that he was one of the reasons for the success of the
band. At the end of the book he is not mentioned in the where YEs is today
people. What ever happened to theis guy? He seemed to be available for the
Yesstories book.
Rick
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in 1984 and Vanished AFAIK. Also, was involved in the soundscape of The
More We Live-Let Go. off Union. 1990-1. Vanished again.
CountV
Vanished? Hardly, in the early nineties he produced 311's excellent 'Music'
and 'Grassroots', the last of which also contains an hommage to him. The
music is basically skate-punk Rock-Rap-Funk-Reggae, but very accmomplished.
They didn't hit it big until their eponyomous album, after having had a
falling out with Mr. Offord.
Still, it's pretty groovy to hear a couple a skaters shouting "Eddie Offord,
Eddie Offord, Giddappa!".
On an unrelated note, my hairdresser and good friend's motehr dated Eddie
for several years in the seventies.
CountV
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WMoore9202
>seventies but mixed the backing tracks of Drama.
I would like to know where he is myself. He also turned up with engineering
and production credit on the live B side of the 12" It Can Happen single. The
sound of that recording is very good. The copy right is 1984. That is the
last time I know of him working with Yes. The recording is very good. I am
surprised that someone didn't think to bring him back into the fold when Yes
headed for the dumper beginning with BG.
Bill
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I wish Yes would have done.
Chester Klock
Terrell Miller
>In the book CLose to the Edge The Story of YES by Chris Welch he mentions
>that Eddie Offord left under mysterious and strange circumstances in the mid
>seventies but mixed the backing tracks of Drama.
>It was also mentioned that he was one of the reasons for the success of the
>band. At the end of the book he is not mentioned in the where YEs is today
>people. What ever happened to theis guy? He seemed to be available for the
>Yesstories book.
In 1992 Offord produced an excellent debut album by an alternative
band called Apostles. I've never seen anything else by them, but this
one is terrific, and ironically enough it's about as far from Yes as
you can get. The catalog number is Victory 383 480 001-2.
Check it out!
terrel...@mindspring.com Ordo Pantheris
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Henry Potts
>On an unrelated note, my hairdresser and good friend's motehr dated Eddie
>for several years in the seventies.
We want details! How many times a week did he come back from Yes
sessions with bruises from fist fights with band members? How much drugs
did he do each morning? Things like that... :)
--
Henry
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Henry Potts
>In the book CLose to the Edge The Story of YES by Chris Welch he mentions
>that Eddie Offord left under mysterious and strange circumstances in the mid
>seventies but mixed the backing tracks of Drama.
>It was also mentioned that he was one of the reasons for the success of the
>band. At the end of the book he is not mentioned in the where YEs is today
>people. What ever happened to theis guy? He seemed to be available for the
>Yesstories book.
As far as I know, he continues to work as a producer on a variety of
projects, few being anything like Yes.
CountV
> CountV <cou...@NOTTHISPARTiname.com> wrote [...]
>>On an unrelated note, my hairdresser and good friend's motehr dated Eddie
>>for several years in the seventies.
>
> We want details! How many times a week did he come back from Yes
> sessions with bruises from fist fights with band members? How much drugs
> did he do each morning? Things like that... :)
Damn. *g* Well, I haven't seen my hairdresser's mom in quite a while (nor
her, for that matter - they're both Swedish). All I know is, I was getting a
haircut, and as is my wont when I visit my firend's salon, I popped in a
tape of various things, which included some KTA track. When it came on, her
mother asked what it was, I replied 'Yes', she turned to her daughter and
asked "You know Eddie that I went out with? He produced these guys".
Should more info than that little tidbit come my way, I will be more than
happy to share it, of course.
In fact, I thnk I'll give her a call soon anyway, as she's putting together
a movie I did some writing for (she's not _just_ a hairdresser).
Richard Jay Baruch
Henry Potts wrote in message ...
>CountV <cou...@NOTTHISPARTiname.com> wrote [...]
>>On an unrelated note, my hairdresser and good friend's motehr dated Eddie
>>for several years in the seventies.
>
>We want details! How many times a week did he come back from Yes
>sessions with bruises from fist fights with band members? How much drugs
>did he do each morning? Things like that... :)
Actually, what I was wondering if anybody knew was what happened to Eddie
Offord in 1976/77 when he quitas the 6th member of Yes. Yes never had used
quite that same Yes "treatment" (arrangement) (Micheal Tait mentioned in
Welches book) in their recordings since before GFTO.
Steven Sullivan
: Henry Potts wrote in message ...
He would have to have quit by the '76 tour, since he wasn't the sound
man for that. He did do sound for QPR in May '75 so he was still around
then.
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-S.
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JimGraHawk
>man for that. He did do sound for QPR in May '75 so he was still around
>then.
Maybe he had to leave after doing the sound for QPR- man is it bad!!!
Steven Sullivan
:>He would have to have quit by the '76 tour, since he wasn't the sound
:>then.
: Maybe he had to leave after doing the sound for QPR- man is it bad!!!
Steve Howe refers to this sort of situation in Dan Hedges' book --
mentioning how erratic Offord's live mixes could be as his habits got more
out of hand. SOmetimes the sound was brilliant, sometimes 'shit'.