Gary "Hoppy" Hodges and Tom Moncrieff

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Oh, so it's Tom's fault that BN hasn't been released on CD?? Tell him THANKS.

No, Tom never performed on the original album. I said BN II, which is the other stuff that eventually made it onto The White Album and Rumours, as well as on solo albums, such as "I Don't Want to Know", "Monday Morning", "Rhiannon", "Sorceror", and a bunch of others. There was one cool tune called Heartbreaker (Circles in Time) that never seemed to be recorded in a studio. Some of their earlier songs are on the Live Collection. The reason that album didn't get off the ground isn't his fault either, the company that wanted to release it thought they could do it without getting anyone's permission. Once Tom & Annie called them and said that Tom & Gary wanted credit and compensation for their work, the label stopped. Annie wasn't on the album, but she manages Tom's business affairs. Tom is the studio genious and Annie runs the administrative end of things. Not to say Annie has no genious of her own right, but that's the way they divy up the work. Annie actually has a degree in Politcal Science from Georgetown, so she is more familiar with the business end of things. Also, Annie came in the picture back in her Georgetown days when she was in a band called "Sageworth & Drums" with Walter Egan in the late 60's or early 70's.

BTW you do have Tom to thank for those great sounding BN songs that most people got from Buckinghamnicks.net. He remastered the album, so it sounds great. They want this stuff out as much as anyone.