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	Positive Vibrations: Viv Stanshell Remebered
		Stanshall was apparently forcibly taught BBC English by his father, who returned from the war "a changed man".
		In 1992 and 1993, Stanshall was plagued by ill-health, the results of his tranquiliser addiction and alcoholism, which saw him spend a couple of lengthy periods in hospital.
		Viv Stanshall died in a fire at his London flat sometime during the early hours of March 6th, 1995.
	www.fegmania.org /pvviv.html (975 words)

	Vivian Stanshall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stanshall was often called a "great British eccentric", but this was a label he hated as it suggested that he was putting on an act, whereas he always insisted that he was merely being himself — which is arguably a requirement for genuine eccentricity.
		Stanshall reprises the role of Hubert, reciting a weird poem loosely based on Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat, at the end of which all the diners produce oars and row the table offscreen.
		Stanshall's remarkable and instantly recognizable voice won him several commercial voice-overs, including a campaign for Cadbury's Creme Eggs which involved a reworking of the Bonzos' song "Mister Slater's Parrot", under the title of "Mister Cadbury's Parrot".
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/V/Vivian-Stanshall.htm (2227 words)

	The Perfumed Garden: Viv Stanshall - 27th October 1975
		Timeless eccentric Viv Stanshall entertained listeners for years on the Peel program with his periodical saga "Sir Henry At Rawlinson End".
		I was listening to some of these sessions the other day and I don't think these recording have ever seen a commercial release which is a pity.
		Viv tragically died after a fire at his flat in 1985.
	theperfumedgarden.blogspot.com /2005/10/viv-stanshall-27th-october-1975.html (172 words)

	Viv Stanshall: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stanshall was born on March 21, 1943 in East London, England before World War II forced him and his mother to evacuate to Oxfordshire.
		In 1974, Stanshall emerged with his debut solo LP Men Opening Umbrellas, recorded with Steve Winwood [+]; Stanshall later returned the favor, collaborating with Winwood on his own self-titled debut and contributing significant lyrical ideas to 1980's Arc of a Diver [+].
		Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire on the morning of March 5, 1995.
	www.music.com /person/viv_stanshall/1 (412 words)

	Vivian Stanshall Archive: Articles about Vivian
		To fully appreciate their act we need first to accompany Viv friends on one of their grant-blowing trips to the costumiers, past junk shops of Upper Street and the cafes selling bubble-and-squeak to Dan Davies in Islington where fine bespoke tailoring was available with a wide range of out-moded accessories.
		When Viv stepped out onstage at the Fillmore West, where the Bonzos were sharing a bill with Joe Cocker; The Byrds and Pacific Gas and Electric, the capacity crowd was horizontal.
		Viv had hired their regular drummer while drinking in his Hampstead local.
	www.vivarchive.org.uk /articles/articlemojo.htm (2894 words)

	A review of four singles by Vivian Stanshall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stanshall was the gold-lamé-wearing showman of the group, parodying smarmy American lounge singers (listen to Look At Me, I'm Wonderful from Keynsham), as well as the dadaist stream of consciousness ramblings that permeate the later LP's (Rhinocratic Oaths from The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse).
		Stanshall was known for his Elvis long before it was fashionable or a lifestyle.
		Viv talks about the band he's with and its members ("I'm King Kripple in the band...we got a hunchback drummer...") Hard rockin' and very funny.
	www.powersalad.com /music/stanshall.htm (1169 words)

	Viv Stanshall - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Dubbed the "court jester of the underground rock scene in the 1960s" by influential DJ John Peel, Vivian Stanshall earned his greatest notoriety as the original tenor in the absurdist Bonzo Dog Band, although he was also a noted artist and comedian.
		In 1974, Stanshall emerged with his debut solo LP Men Opening Umbrellas, recorded with Steve Winwood; Stanshall later returned the favor, collaborating with Winwood on his own self-titled debut and contributing significant lyrical ideas to 1980's Arc of a Diver.
		After narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, Stanshall was tapped to guest host the BBC Radio 4 program Start the Week, where he developed his monologue Rawlinson End, which later inspired his own 1978 release Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as well as a film of the same title which starred Trevor Howard.
	store.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,496733,00.html (464 words)

	Fun_People Archive - 20 Mar - Vivian Stanshall Dies In Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stanshall, a thorough British eccentric, was found in the bedroom of his flat in Muswell Hill on Sunday.
		There is also an appreciation of Viv by Neil Innes.
		Among his many distinctions, Vivian Stanshall was "the doodah man" of the Grateful Dead song "Truckin'".
	www.langston.com /Fun_People/1995/1995AKL.html (281 words)

	Bonzo Dog Band
		Stanshall would form the short lived Sean Head Showband which had included Eric Clapton before forming biG GRunt with Spear.
		Stanshall (who's narration was recorded for Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and David Bowie's Peter And The Wolf) would release several solo albums as well as appearing on his own Viv Stanshall's Radio Flashes for the BBC.
		Sadly, Stanshall lost his life in a fire at his flat in 1995.
	rant58.tripod.com /id438.htm (490 words)

	Medialunchbox - Music : Sir Henry At Rawlinson End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This little gem is really the former Bonzo's very own 'Under Milk Wood', a versatile, hilarious, and hugely inventive gallop through the happenings in the village of Rawlinson, where Sir Henry drinks and roars his way oblivious to terrorise his family and acquaintances.
		Vivian Stanshall serves a feast for the ears that I seem to need to hear over and over again.
		Vivian Stanshall "Sir Henry At Rawlinson End" Started as a track on the Bonzo Dog Band's final album Let's Make Up and Be Friendly from `72, later Vivian extended the concept a bit through a series of appearances on John Peel's radio program.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B0000082FB (389 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sir Henry at Rawlinson End [Soundtrack]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vivian Stanshall (a.k.a Sir Viv to his worshippers) has managed to sum up all the incorrect stereo-types of British aristocracy and slap them in the face with a slice of sincere insanity.
		Along with Milligan and the Pythons, Stanshall remains one of the most original comic writers and performers of the last century.
		The original version of the late Mr Stanshall's magnum opus, it is the story of a deranged English squire, and his manor house full of grotesques.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000082FB (652 words)

	SHARE: The Vivian Stanshall Appreciation Society & Archive
		This is the website for fans of Vivian Stanshall to enjoy, finally an appreciation society for those fasicnated by this man's life and art to gather and express themselves.
		And Viv and the guys were heavily influenced by The Goons, who were a very important thing for The Beatles too.’
		Mike Oldfield - ‘Viv Stanshall did me a great favour and honour by wanting to be a part of the record [Tubular Bells].
	www.vivarchive.org.uk /indexbeta.htm (313 words)

	Viv Stanshall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Viv Stanshall was one of pop music's most outrageous figures.
		After the break-up of the Bonzos, Stanshall embarked on a series of solo projects, most notably the tales of Rawlinson End, which detailed the hilarious exploits of the aristocratic Sir Henry.
		A life of extremes, the highs were his renowned pranks with The Who's Keith Moon, whilst the lows saw him prone to schizophrenic depression, drug addiction and alcoholism which led to his being accused of attempting to murder his wife and his final sad demise in a house fire.
	www.saf.mcmail.com /SAFbonzo.html (230 words)

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		Many hoped that Viv would go on to a solo career, but he had a nervous breakdown following a series of disasters and, like so many rock musicians of the 60s, he became a heavy drinker, went on many binges with other hellraisers, including Keith Moon from The Who.
		Viv never made a comeback, being hired for just a few TV ad's and making the odd guest appearance here and there.
		Viv died in a fire at his flat in Muswell Hill, London on 5th March 1995 leaving a son and a daughter.
	www.iankitching.me.uk /music/bonzos/rrwz-bonzos.html (637 words)

	The Bonzo Dog Band (Culture Planet) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The accompanying notes on the Bonzos by Brian Hogg include such delightful details as that their hit single I'm The Urban Spaceman was produced by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Apollo C Vermouth.
		The notes also point out that the Bonzos were part of the new wave of British comedy in the 1960s which led to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
		The indescribable "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe" stops dead in the middle for Stanshall to present "Rodney's bass saxophone solo, as promised".
	www.cultureplanet.com /music/bonzo.htm (710 words)

	Philm Freax: Vivian Stanshall
		My first memories of Vivian Stanshall were of illicit Sunday morning drinking.
		This photo is from my first Rolling Stone commission and has been featured in several publications and exhibitions, including one that travelled from pub to pub around the northeast of England.
		Please take a moment to sign the "Please reissue Vivian Stanshall's MEN OPENING UMBRELLAS AHEAD, Warner Brothers!" petition.
	www.ibiblio.org /mal/MO/philm/viv (177 words)

	Viv Stanshall : Sir Henry at Rawlinson End - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Viv Stanshall : Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
		Stanshall is superbly entertaining, a wordsmith who can trip from the sublime to the louche in the wink of an eye, from wicked puns to appalling jokes in a tale (of sorts) set in a country estate, and told in more accents than you can shake a stick at.
		Stanshall's individual, eccentric talent shines like the dong with the luminous nose.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,168054,00.html (344 words)

	The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band / Vivian Stanshall - Collaborators of Robert Calvert
		got to know each other did not point to a later collaboration - quite on the contrary....: Read the hilarious story of the first meeting of Calvert and Viv Stanshall on the QUOTES pages - told by Arthur Brown who introduced them to each other.
		Turn the single over, and you'll hear Stanshall's bloated-Presley flavoured 'Canyons Of Your Mind', complete with camp intro and atrocious Innes guitar solo, which actually pre-dated the genuine fat-Vegas-Elvis by a couple of years.
		Stanshall was still appearing regularly on Radio 4's Start The Week and producing sessions for John Peel.
	aural-innovations.com /robertcalvert/collab/collabmain/collbonzodog.htm (1159 words)

	message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here it is. > >The Electronic Telegraph >7 March 1995 >London, UK >Bonzo Dog singer dies in flat blaze >By Neil Darbyshire > > VIVIAN Stanshall, the musician, comedian and founder member of the Bonzo > Dog Doo-Dah Band, has died in a fire at his north London home.
		> Mr Stanshall, who had lived alone for several years, was married twice and > had a son and a daughter.
		He had featured recently in a series of television > beer commercials and had been working on an album for Warner Bros. > A former art student at Goldsmiths College, London, Mr Stanshall, who > sported waxed moustache, straggling beard and ragged pigtail, was also an > accomplished painter and sculptor.
	www.twee.net /indiepop/email.aspx?id=18829 (254 words)

	Vivian Stanshall
		Vivian Stanshall was an accomplished showman, mime artist, mystic, painter, potter, sculptor, musician (vocals, tuba, trumpet, baconium, banjo, mandolele, jew's harp,...), song writer and comedian.
		Vivian Stanshall was the main performer on the sketches between the songs.
		Still, it was lucky we saw Viv Stanshall, he could have laid there for weeks.
	www.iankitching.me.uk /music/bonzos/viv.html (1847 words)

	Bonzo Dog Band Arts, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Isle of Wight Rock - Vivian Stanshall A brief remembrance by Vivian of his performance with the Temperance Seven in 1972.
		Positive Vibrations: Viv Stanshall Remembered Pete Dooley reflects upon Viv Stanshall's career.
		Rawlinson End Radio Broadcasts Background, cast of characters, and transcripts from Vivian Stanshall's intermittent BBC series.
	www.morrisarearedcross.org /bWFfMjc2NzUw.aspx (246 words)

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		Very tight and funny (his three necked electric blues guitar - one string on each neck tuned to E, A and B - was a particular hit.) Stanshall so drunk he couldn't speak let alone sing - onstage for about 5 minutes.
		I seem to remember that Spear got paid, and Stanshall was allowed to keep the bottle of vodka from the rider.
		I am quite envious as the only time I got to see Stanshall was in 1990 which, it must be said, was somewhat past his heyday.
	www.blurty.com /talkread.bml?journal=dkthrust&itemid=15877 (398 words)

	Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: B: Bonzo Dog Band
		Isle of Wight Rock - Vivian Stanshall · cached · A brief remembrance by Vivian of his performance with the Temperance Seven in 1972.
		Positive Vibrations: Viv Stanshall Remembered · cached · Pete Dooley reflects upon Viv Stanshall's career.
		Rawlinson End Radio Broadcasts · cached · Background, cast of characters, and transcripts from Vivian Stanshall's intermittent BBC series.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=276750 (297 words)

	Viv Stanshall : Sir Henry at Ndidi's Kraal - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Viv Stanshall : Sir Henry at Ndidi's Kraal
		Apart from one song, it's all spoken word, a vehicle for Stanshall's remarkable stream-of-consciousness wit and wordplay, while the musicians (including future Mekon Suzi Honeymoon) remain generally unobtrusive -- which is just as well, since the tale and its telling are quite mesmerizing without any accompaniment.
		So long as you don't ask what it's about, and take it as a gleeful exercise in the surrealism of the English language, you'll love this disc by the late Stanshall.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,168056,00.html (249 words)

	Sir Henry at Rawlinson End :Viv Stanshall (Bonzo Dog b..
		Sir Henry at Rawlinson End :Viv Stanshall (Bonzo Dog b..
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		Viv Stanshall, leader of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, had performed SIR HENRY AT RAWLINSON END on radio, stage and disc before the film came out.
	www.ezclassifieds.com /Online-free-books-action-addetail/adid-11254292.htm (169 words)

	VH1.com : Viv Stanshall : Biography
		Stanshall earned his greatest notoriety as the original tenor in the absurdist Bonzo Dog Band, although he was also a noted artist and comedian.
		While attending art school under the well-known pop artist Peter Blake (the designer of the Beatles' famed Sgt. Pepper album cover), Stanshall formed the Bonzo Dog Dada Band with flatmate Rodney Slater and fellow student Larry Smith in 1962.
		Later shortened to simply the Bonzo Dog Band, the satirical group became highly successful before creative differences triggered their break-up in 1970.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/stanshall_viv/bio.jhtml (358 words)

	BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Viv Stanshall
		Vivian Stanshall was an eccentric pioneer that pushed boundaries in music, comedy, poetry and art and won a legion of fans, including John Peel in the process.
		In the mid-1960s he led the group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, who caused a stir on the college rock circuit and had a Top 10 hit in 1968 with 'I'm the Urban Spaceman'.
		Vivian launched his alter-ego character, Sir Henry on Peel's Top Gear show and it was so successful with listeners that he was asked to continue the skit when Peel returned from holidays.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio1/johnpeel/artists/v/vivstanshall (249 words)

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		Isle of Wight Rock - Vivian Stanshall - A brief remembrance by Vivian of his performance with the Temperance Seven in 1972.
		Positive Vibrations: Viv Stanshall Remembered - Pete Dooley reflects upon Viv Stanshall's career.
		Rawlinson End Radio Broadcasts - Background, cast of characters, and transcripts from Vivian Stanshall's intermittent BBC series.
	www.searchceleb.com /celebrity/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/B/Bonzo_Dog_Band (317 words)

	The Perfumed Garden: Viv Stanshall - 6th April 1977
		The Perfumed Garden: Viv Stanshall - 6th April 1977
		I think it's high time we had another Viv Stanshall session up here so here goes.
		This was the third session Viv recorded for the Peel program and I am not 100% sure I've got the titles right, but I'm sure someone will correct me if their wrong.
	theperfumedgarden.blogspot.com /2005/11/viv-stanshall-6th-april-1977.html (90 words)

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