Del Dettmar
Del Dettmar | |
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Born | Thornton Heath, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | 20 April 1947
Genres | Space rock |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
Formerly of | Hawkwind |
Del Dettmar (born 20 April 1947 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England) is an English musician, best known as synthesizer and keyboard player with English space rock band Hawkwind from 1971 to 1974.
After leaving school he had a number of jobs including working in a bank, digging potatoes on
He was recruited as road manager for Hawkwind by their manager Doug Smith. While attending to his road manager duties, he also sat out front at gigs operating a synthesizer and mixing the band.
He left Hawkwind in June 1974[4] to emigrate to the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, in B.C. Canada, where he still lives. He recorded two albums with the Vancouver-based experimental group Melodic Energy Commission in 1979 and 1980 (with help from fellow ex-Hawkwinder Paul Rudolph).[5] He is an occasional contributor to the band Space Ritual.
References
- ^ The Saga of Hawkwind (p64) - Carol Clerk
- ^ The Saga of Hawkwind (p63) - Carol Clerk
- ^ Allmusic credits for Del Dettmar
- ^ NME; 29 June 1974 - Del quits Hawkwind
- ^ Aural Innovations #5 - Melodic Energy Commission (Review/Interview)
External links
- Del Dettmar discography at Discogs
- Del Dettmar at AllMusic
- Del Dettmar at IMDb