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Dancer - Biography

  

Dancer was formed from the remnants of the Isle of Wight folk rock group Shide & Acorn and the future famous director and screenwriter Anthony Minghella, Oscar winner for the film "The English Patient" (1996). Minghella had previously appeared as a keyboard player in a small jazz group known as Earthlight.

The musicians were discovered by Wilf Pine, former manager of Black Sabbath and future ranking member of the Gotti mafia syndicate in the United States. Pine secured the group's studio time at Olympia in the London suburb of Barnes in 1972, where they recorded seven tracks over the course of a month under the direction of Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee. McPhee, despite having an arm in a cast, offered to record the title track's guitar solo. Dancer disbanded soon after and his recordings remained forgotten until copies appeared nearly thirty years later and were released on the Kissing Spell label.

Anthony Minghella has followed a long and successful career as a film producer, passing away on March 18, 2008, from complications following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Paul Athey and Mike Cuffe formed the funk band Big Swifty.


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