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John Williams - Strength in Diversity

You might remember Sky, the group John Williams formed in the 1970's.

He said that the "point" of the group was to show that the world of music in all its facets shares a lot of common values. So a guitarist studying classical music needn't and shouldn't lose touch with other styles and genres.

He used an Ovation nylon string because it could be amplified and heard over the drums without feedback. He commented that it was a very even guitar, and would be a good solution for amplifying a guitar sufficiently to play with a large orchestra. On "The Height Below" he played electric guitar - a Gibson Les Paul I think. No distortion was used and it sounds as if he may have recorded direct into the mixing desk, the sound is so clean. Beautiful tones!

One side of the LP was the "Emperor Nero Suite" by Brian Gascoigne and the second side had a tune "Sans Souci" written for the project by the producer George Martin of Beatles fame!). 		  John Williams with Kevin Peek and Herbie Flowers of Sky




LINEUP OF SKY
John Williams - Classic and Ovation
Kevin Peek - Electric guitar
Herbie Flowers - Electric Bass
Francis Monkman - Keyboards
Tristan Fry - Drums






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