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Dawnwatcher formed in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1976, and released a short string of demos.
Bass player Ges Smith started playing in bands in 1964, and was originally keyboard player, until the arrival of Pete Darley. Darley brought in the Hammond B100, Moog Micromoog and Mellotron 400 - a proper Prog Rock ensemble!
Certainly Smith's musical influences were quite wide, starting with the Stones and Pretty Things then into the progressive era with Pink Floyd, early Genesis, Deep Purple, The Nice, Aurther Brown, Yes, King Crimson, Led Zep and many others.
Dawnwatcher got a nationwide (if not worldwide) exposure when “Firing on all Eight” was selected for inclusion on the legendary New Electric Warriors sampler LP released on Logo sometime in 1980.