Capability Brown

Capability Brown was a British six-piece prog-rock band formed in 1971 in which everyone sang and played instruments. The line-up consisted of Tony Ferguson (guitar, bass), Dave Nevin (keyboards, guitar, bass), Kenny Rowe (bass, percussion), Grahame White (guitar, lute, balalaika, keyboards), Joe Williams (percussion) and Roger Willis (drums, keyboards). Their second album, "Voice", released in 1973, is considered their claim to fame, incorporating an over-20-minute richly melodic piece called Circumstances (In Love, Past, Present, Future Meet) that incorporates keyboards, a cappela voices, synthesizers and mellotrons, solo vocals, delicate harpsichord-like acoustic guitar sections, powerful electric guitar chords and massed vocal choirs. The band did not record after that and split in 1974. Three band members (Tony Ferguson, Grahame White and Roger Willis) went on to form the equally short-lived Krazy Kat with Harry MacDonald and Ray Lewis.

From the Book "Seeker's Guide" By Shiloh Noone, [email protected]

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