Cochise were an English country rock band that performed in the 1970s.
This band are more significant for who they included than what they produced. Singer Stewart Brown had grown up with Reggie Dwight, later Elton John, and co-founded the band Bluesology with him. After the demise of Cochise, Mick Grabham made a solo album in 1972 and joined Procol Harum the following year. B.J. Cole also recorded a solo album in 1972, called ‘New Hovering Dog’, before becoming an important session musician, playing with Elton John, Uriah Heep and many others throughout the 1970s. Rick Wills and John "Willie" Wilson played on David Gilmour's debut solo album in 1978.
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Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
Three sessions. No known commercial release. Mick Grabham also one session with Procol Harum (1974).
1. Recorded 1970-03-03. First broadcast 14 March 1970. Repeated 04 July 1970.
- Velvet Mountain / Woodland Lifetimes / Past Loves
2. Recorded 1970-10-25. First broadcast 07 November 1970.
- Love’s Made A Fool Of You ("as John Walters says, an excellent, tight little band") / Why I Sing The Blues / Words Of A Dying Man / Moment And The End
3. Recorded: 1971-04-20. First broadcast: 01 May 1971. Repeated 21 August 1971.
- Why I Sing The Blues / Hummingbird / The Dream / Midnight Moonshine
Live[]
- 04 October 1970 (with Quintessence):
- 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
- Watch This Space
- Down Country Girls/Home Again
- Moment And The End
- Why I Sing the Blues
- 01 August 1971 recorded 1971-07-08, BBC Paris Theatre, with Forest.
- Diamonds
- Ohio
- Can I Break Your Heart
- Ted Collder
- Band Intro
- Cajun Girl
- Dance, Dance, Dance
- BJ Cole
- 20 April 2000 (with Luke Vibert), live from The Scala, Kings Cross, for Sound City
- Live Set
Other Shows Played[]
Cochise - Love's Made A Fool of You 1971
- 18 July 1970: Past Loves (LP - Cochise) United Artists
- 05 December 1970: Love's Made A Fool Of You (single) Liberty (JP; "I think Buddy (Holly) would've been quite proud of that")
- 26 December 1970: Past Loves (session) ("one of my favourite compositions of the past year")
- 06 January 2000: Strange Images (CD-Swallow Tales) Liberty
- 13 January 2000 (Radio Eins): Strange Images
- Mick Grabham
- 26 May 1972: Two Fifteen (single)
- 06 June 1972: Scraunchy (LP – Mick The Lad) United Artists
- 16 June 1972: There’s Been A Few Since Then (LP – Mick The Lad) United Artists
- 30 June 1972: On Fire For You Baby (single)
- 08 August 1972: On Fire For You Baby (single)
- 01 September 1972: On Fire For You (single)
- 05 September 1972: Two-Fifteen (LP - Mick The Lad) Angel Air
- Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 6: On Fire For You Baby (single) UA (released June 1972)
- B.J. Cole
Luke Vibert and BJ Cole - Stop the Panic (2000) Full Album
- 06 January 2000 (& Luke Vibert): Swing Life-Alright (CD-Stop The Panic) Law & Auder
- 09 January 2000 (BFBS) (& Luke Vibert): Dischordzilla (CD-Stop The Panic) Astralwerks
- 13 January 2000 (Radio Eins) (& Luke Vibert): Swing Lite - Alright
- 16 January 2000 (BFBS) (& Luke Vibert): Fly Hawaii (CD-Stop The Panic) Cooking Vinyl
- 23 January 2000 (BFBS) (& Luke Vibert): Fly Hawaii (CD-Stop The Panic) Cooking Vinyl
- 08 February 2000 (& Luke Vibert): Swing Light Alright (CD-Stop The Panic)' (Law & Auder) (JP mentions that the vocalist on that track is Bobby Valentino, who was a member of 1970s session artists Fabulous Poodles)