Robert Wyatt

Overview

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Birthday
Jan 28, 1945 (80 years old)

Robert Wyatt

Known For

Popular Voices at the BBC
TV Show 2017

Popular Voices at the BBC

Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC archives.

Buddy Holly: Rave On
1h 0m
Movie 2017

Buddy Holly: Rave On

Documentary following the life of rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly.

…Sings Neil Diamond
0h 30m
Movie 2010

…Sings Neil Diamond

A compilation from the BBC archive of performances featuring songs written by, or associated with, Neil Diamond. Featuring Lulu, UB40, Vince Hill, Robert Wyatt, Gladys Knight, Urge Overkill, Lena Zavaroni, The Hollies and a duet by Neil Diamond and Shirley Bassey.

The Raincoats, Fairytales – A Work in Progress
0h 40m
Movie 2009

The Raincoats, Fairytales – A Work in Progress

A documentary about the influential band.

Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade
1h 28m
Movie 2009

Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on a middle England in which punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in west London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.

Sunny's Time Now
1h 48m
Movie 2008

Sunny's Time Now

Retracing the longstanding career of avant-garde drummer Sunny Murray, one of the most influential figures of the Free jazz revolution. Through a series of interviews with key time witnesses as well as historic and contemporary concert footage, it reassesses the relationship between the libertarian music movement and the political events of the 1960s, whose social claims it so intimately reflected. By doing so, it also recounts how the most radical forms of musical expression were excluded from the major production and distribution networks as the libertarian ideal went out of fashion. Beyond its historical approach, the film follows Sunny Murray on current gigs, showing his daily struggle to perpetuate a musical genre which is still widely ignored by the general public. In doing so, Sunny's time now also dwells on the near-clandestine community of aficionados who continue to worship the gods of their musical coming of age, and whose unfaltering support has permitted free ...

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
0h 47m
Movie 2007

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

A documentary chronicling the tour for David Gilmour's 2006 album "On An Island"

Gong: Montserrat 1973 and Other Stories
1h 9m
Movie 2006

Gong: Montserrat 1973 and Other Stories

A collection featuring rare Daevid Allen and Gong performances and short films. Moody, atmospheric live film of Gong onstage in a cathedral in Montserrat in 1973 with the classic line-up.

Biography

Robert Wyatt is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming paraplegic following an accidental fall from a window in 1973, which led him to abandon band work, explore other instruments, and begin a forty-year solo career.

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