Vince
Clark ~ Drums
Dick
Fryatt ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Laurence
Knight ~ Bass, Vocals
Grant
Phillips ~ Guitar, Vocals
Andy
Zach ~ Guitar, Lead Vocals
In Memory of
Vince Clark
1951 - 2003
I used to play with Grant after he and Laurence Knight left Wicked Orange after they finished recording "Windy Day" and another single. Both Grant and Laurence approached me to sing lead vocals along with other members Vince Clark and Dick Fryatt. We originally came up with the name Immanual Kant, but later changed it to Albatross. We played for the BC Centennial where we received centennial medals from Chief Dan George which I still cherish to this day as a momento.Laurence later left our band to go play with the Foreman-Young band, and we ended up picking up another bass player by the name of Dave Jones (not from the Monkees). Grant and I lost touch with one another after he left to go play with someone else, and I continued with the band Albatross hiring new personnel, Dave Downey (bassist-49th Parallel) Al Forsythe (drums-Flashpan) and Andy Carson (lead guitar) from the UK band "Lobster Quadrille". We were on the road from 1972 until 1975.
Grant and I became good friends and hung out together for a couple of years. I remember having dinners at his apartment with his wife Tannis,....or even visiting his mother.
Andy Zach, April 2008
Last Update: 13 June 2008
Credits: Andy Zach, Dick Fryatt