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Bio:
Mick Cox (born Gillingham 1943-2008) was posted during military service to Northern
Ireland where he met local musicians and played in the local scene where he met
such guitarists as Henry McCullough and Billy
Hollywood of the Alleykatz. His brother John Cox was another guitarist
who also played in local Belfast bands. John Cox almost
became a member of The Just Five and lived with Sam Mahood for a period.
Mick Cox replaced Billy Hollywood in the Alleykatz in 1964
and toured with them and other bands before returning to
London in 1967.
On the recommendation of his brother John who'd meanwhile played with Van Morrison
in the USA, Mick joined Van Morrison's band in 1967, playing the same Northern
circuit he'd earlier played with the Alleykatz, before Van returned to
the states. He then got the call from Dave Robinson to come to the USA to
replace Henry McCullough in Eire Apparent after
Henry has been deported for possession sometime before the Summer of 1968.
While McCullough's name is frequently
associated with Eire Apparent, Cox remains
less known. Even though he was with the band for a relatively short period,
it was arguably the most fruitful of the band, during which they toured with
Jimi Hendrix and recorded their sole album with Hendrix's help.
Cox plays on the LP and his name appears in half the writing credits.
He left Eire Apparent in November 1969, a few months before the LP's release.
His replacement was Tiger Taylor.
Mick formed his own band Magnet (1969-71) who has some success in the
USA, releasing a single. He then toured with Arrival (1971-72) and the post-
Arrival outfit Kokomo (1974) but he doesn't play on any of either bands records.
He worked again with Van Morrison playing on the "Common One" (1979), "Poetic
Champions Compose" (1985) and "The Philosophers Stone" (1998) albums as well as
live work.
In between he released his solo album on Capitol Records in 1973.
See Mick's site for further details of his career.
The B-side is late 60s pop with a brass section.
Notes:
The lineup on the album is Mick Cox (guitar), Tony O'Malley (Arrival/Kokomo) (vocals),
Chrissie Stewart (ex Eire Apparent)(bass), Mick Weaver (keyboards),
Peter Arnesen (keyboards), Alan Skidmore (sax), Andrew Steele (ex-Herd) (drums).
Notes:
With Van Morrison, Lavern Brown and Mel Collins.
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