Longdancer made their debut at the George and Dragon, a Sunderland pub, on 5th November 1971.
Longdancer went into the studio to record their debut album in the summer of 1972.
Kai left Longdancer in 1975 owing to musical differences with Dave Stewart, who wanted the band to move from their acoustical folk roots and introduce electric guitars into the mix.
He was given a guitar when he was recovering from his injury, and soon mastered it.
When he left school he formed a band called Longdancer who signed with Elton John's Rocket record label and had moderate success in Britain and Europe.
Coombes was a guitarist singer-songwriter with a folky style.
As a teenager, guitarist Stewart had been a member of folk band Longdancer, who were signed to Elton John's Rocket Records label.
The two moved to London and encountered Scottish singer Annie Lennox, who had dropped out of her course at the Royal Academy of Music, where she had been studying flute and keyboards to pursue her ambitions in pop music.
LONGDANCER If It Was So Simple (Scarce 1973 UK 10-track Rocket LP featuring a pre-Tourists/Eurythmics Dave Stewart, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside.
LONGDANCER If It Was So Simple (Scarce 1973 US 10-track Rocket LP featuring a pre-Tourists/Eurythmics Dave Stewart, textured gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside & custom 'Sample Copy' sticker with promo corner cut.
LONGDANCER Trailer For A Good Life (Rare original 1974 Japanese Rocket Record Company 10-track white label promo sample vinyl LP, picture sleeve with 6-page picture lyric booklet and 'train' obi-strip IVP-81051) -
The pair met in London while she was studying at the Royal Academy of Music.
Stewart had recently broken up his folk-rock group Longdancer and was writing songs with guitarist Pete Coombes.
Immediately after meeting, Stewart and Lennox became lovers and musical partners, forming a group called Catch with Coombes, which quickly evolved into the Tourists in 1979.
In the late '70s, she met guitarist Dave Stewart through a friend.
Stewart, who had previously played with Longdancer, asked Lennox to join a new band he was forming with a songwriter named Peet Coombes.
The band was named the Tourists, and they released three albums between 1979 and 1980 and scored a number four U.K. hit with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You."
Stewart (formerly of a folk-rock group Longdancer) and Lennox (a student at the Royal Academy of Music) quickly became lovers after meeting in the late 1970s, and formed a group called The Catch, with Pete Coombes, Stewart's guitarist and songwriting collaborator.
By 1979 (see 1979 in music), The Catch had become The Tourists, who released three moderately successful British albums, The Tourists, Reality Effect and Luminous Basement.
His parents, after finding out about his whereabouts, reluctantly consented to his staying with the band as sometimes roadie and backing guitarist.
After a while, he formed his own band, Longdancer, which was given a contract in the mid-1970s by Elton John's label, Rocket Records.
In pursuit of his musical goals, he spent a considerable amount of time on the road, driving to all sorts of engagements at small clubs throughout Europe.
Best known as one-half of the groundbreaking synth-pop duo Eurythmics, Dave Stewart was also a highly successful producer and, on occasion, a solo artist.
David A. Stewart (as he also sometimes was credited on record) was born September 9, 1952 in Sunderland, England; the product of an upper-middle class family, he enjoyed his first taste of musical success during the early 1970s while fronting the band Longdancer.
The group seemed poised for big things after signing to...
One of the items on Dave Stewart's agenda as a solo artist has seemed to be sorting out speculation about his talents.
Sure, the former Eurythmic (and Tourist and Longdancer) can play guitar.
And, yeah, he's a versatile, resourceful and chart-savvy producer, a knack he's repeatedly proven for others as David A. Stewart (the initial distinguishes him from ex-Hatfield and the North prog-rock popster Dave Stewart, who has made a number of albums and UK hits in partnership with Barbara Gaskin).
In 1967, he moved to London with the Dream Police (later renamed The Crocodiles) as their keyboard player.
He then went onto join the much underrated band Longdancer and after about a year, he joined The Babies.
Throughout the mid-seventies playing mainly bass guitar, Matt toured the U.K. and Europe with several American acts including Ann Peebles and Eddie Holman and The Times.
The second section contains solo material they have produced.
The third and final section contains their work in the bands The Tourists, The Catch, and Longdancer which preceded the Eurythmics.
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