Keith Newman revisits the wild times and rocky road stories of five intersecting Kiwi bands including Father Time and Think.
Father Time Photo: supplied
Think: (Left to Right) Phil Whitehead lead guitar, Don Mills keyboards, Ritchie Pickett vocals/guitar, Nevell Jess drums, Alan Badger vocals/bass guitar. Photo: supplied
Father Time and Think were two hard gigging, crowd pulling 70s superbands. Their intersecting membership was drawn from the cream of pub groups who defied the odds by transcending chart covers and glam to give punters a taste of original Kiwi progressive rock.
"You can't stay here... He's a Maori!" - "he" being Bunny Walters, the most famous pop star in the country at the time. Twenty (appalled) people turn around and go and find somewhere else to stay...
Father Time at The Cabana Photo: supplied
Music Details
Time to Think Part One: Off Beam and on from Freeway:
Think, Light Tile, We’ll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic/WEA
Father Time, You, (Bedgegood), New Zealand's Top 12 Groups
TMA Records, TMA 1
Beam, Bus Rider, (Kurt Winter), Family
Beam, We Can Work it Out, Lennon-McCartney, Family
Maria Dallas, Tumbling Down,
Bunny Walters - Brandy (Tower of Strength or Take the Money and Run)
Movement, Share The Land,(Winter/Cummings), unreleased
Freeway/Movement, Ziggy Stardust (Bowie) live, unreleased
Freeway, Gimme Some Lovin’ (Winwood/Spencer Davis) unreleased
Freeway, Nights In White Satin (Justin Heyward) unreleased
Freeway, Gene Genie, David Bowie, unreleased
Freeway, Man Who Sold the World, Bowie, unreleased
Movement, Smoke On the Water, Blackmore, unreleased,
Father Time, You, (Bedgegood), New Zealand's Top 12 Groups TMA Records, TMA 1
Human Instinct, For A Friend 2, Whitehead-McDonald, Human Instinct, Peg Leg, Rajon, RJCD004
Time to Think Part Two: Fizzin and Buzzin
Think, Light Tile Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead) We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Freeway, Gene Genie, Bowie, unreleased
Father Time, You, (Bedgegood), New Zealand's Top 12 Groups
TMA Records, TMA 1
Human Instinct, For A Friend 2, Whitehead-McDonald, Human Instinct, Peg Leg, Rajon, RJCD004
Think – Light Tile, (Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead) We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Think, Look What I’ve done, (Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead), We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Think, Rip Off, (Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead), We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Big Ladies ((Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead) – Think, We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Think About Your Children, (Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead) We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Think, Stringless Provider, (Badger/Jess/Mills/Pickett/Whitehead/Stanton), We'll Give You A Buzz, Atlantic Z2001
Think, In my Room, Think, (unreleased)
Steve Gilpin/ Fragments Touch my String, Gilpin, (unreleased)
Think, Arrived in Time, (Think), Atlantic Z10004
Think, Good Morning (Think), Think, TKA 1A
Think, Peanut Joe (Think), Think,TKA1B
Sunset in Phenang (Think), Think (unreleased)
Ritchie Pickett & the Whitehead Brothers, 3am Hamilton Sunday Morning (Pickett), All Strung Out in A Bunch, Boatshed BSRCD007
