Del Palmer
Del Palmer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Derek Peter Palmer |
| Born | November 3, 1952[1] |
| Genres | Alternative rock, art rock, R&B, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Audio engineer, bassist |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, Percussion |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Website | www.delpalmer.com |
Del Palmer is a British bass guitarist and sound engineer, best known for his work with Kate Bush, with whom he also had a long-term relationship between the late 1970s and early 1990s.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
Born in Greenwich south London he began playing bass in 1967, joining friend Brian Bath's band Cobwebs and Strange. In 1969, Palmer and Bath formed Tame with Victor King on drums. The band lasted until 1970. From 1972, Palmer and Bath were in Company with Barry Sherlock (guitar) and Lionel Azulay (drums). They signed to Cube Records in 1973, but Azulay was injured in a road accident. Charlie Morgan joined on drums in 1974 and the band changed its name to Conkers. A series of singles followed on Cube.[8]
In 1977, the KT Bush Band began with Bush, Palmer, Bath and Vic King, playing the pub circuit. Their live set included material that would later appear on Bush's first album.[8] With her second album, Lionheart, Palmer began working in a studio engineer capacity for Bush.[9] He also toured with her in 1979.[6]
He is credited as an engineer on Kate Bush's The Sensual World, The Red Shoes[10] and Aerial.[11] He also engineered on three further albums involving Bush: Midge Ure's Answers to Nothing (where Palmer engineered her vocal guest recordings),[12] Roy Harper's Once[citation needed] and Alan Stivell's Again. He played bass guitar on Lionheart, Never for Ever, The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World and Aerial (on 5 tracks).[13]
Recent activity
Palmer plays bass on Billy Sherwood's Back Against the Wall[14][15] and Return to the Dark Side of the Moon,[16] both Pink Floyd tribute albums. He released his first solo album titled Leap of Faith in 2007 with a follow up five-track EP titled Outtees & Alternatives in 2008. That same year, Palmer did the mastering for Lionel Azulay's album Out of the Ashes, which includes the track Wouldn't Change A Thing featuring Kate Bush. He originally engineered and mixed that track in 1990. He recently appeared on the BBC documentary Queens of British Pop discussing Kate Bush. He released his second album entitled GIFT (2010) and currently still works as studio engineer with Kate Bush.
References
- ^ http://gaffa.org/diction/p.html#palmer
- ^ The Independent: Kate Bush: The Return of the recluse by Adam Sweeting, 2 October 2005
- ^ Salon.com People: Kate Bush p2
- ^ International Online Music magazine: Kate Bush - The Red Shoes review 1993, Novercia Ltd
- ^ The Blamonet: Kate Bush - The Red Shoes review
- ^ a b The New York Times: Kate Bush: Live at Hammersmith Odeon (1979) review summary. Cite error: The named reference "Hammersmith" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Kate Bush biography fan written
- ^ a b Del Palmer's website biography page. Cite error: The named reference "DelPalmerSite" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Del Palmer, Kate Bushs rechte Hand" by Richard Buskin, Fachblatt Musikmagazin, January 1994. Archived at Gaffa Web.
- ^ Del Palmer interview by Mark Jenkins, Future Music, November 1993. Archived at Gaffa Web.
- ^ Kate Bush's website biography page
- ^ Connolly & Company Marketing: Midge Ure - Answers To Nothing album review
- ^ Kate Bush website Latest news page.
- ^ Sea of Tranquility website. Interview: Billy Sherwood Breaks Down ‘The Wall' and Talks About Yes 20 January 2006
- ^ Yes discography fan written.
- ^ Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd fan written album credits list.