Peter Solley
Peter "Pete" Solley (19 October 1948, London) is an English Hammond organ player, pianist and a Grammy-nominated record producer. He has recorded with Eric Clapton, Al Stewart and Whitesnake as well as producing records for Ted Nugent, Oingo Boingo, Motörhead, The Romantics, Jo Jo Zep with Des 'Animal' McKenna, Peter Frampton, The Sports, Wreckless Eric and many others.
Biography
At the age of 13 he won a scholarship to Trinity College of Music in London and after graduating became a session musician. In the late 1960s he played in The Thunderbirds, the backing group for vocalist Chris Farlowe, and was also in the backing band of singer Terry Reid, who toured with The Rolling Stones and Cream in the United States in 1968.
Solley was a founding member of British progressive rock band Paladin, whose second LP Paladin Charge! featured a cover design by Roger Dean. Following the break-up of Paladin in 1973, bassist Peter Beckett joined Steve Kipner and Steve Groves in the pop band Tin Tin.
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by Amandine
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Better Soil
by: Amandinei remember days of fire red
desire in a stranger's bed
and somewhere there a seed was sown
the comfort that we used to know
so wake up, son
we're moving on
from work and toil
for better soil
i remember days of amber brown
you dancing in your wedding gown
a troubled angel in a dress of white
flowing in that blinding light
i've figured out what you've been hiding
and i've forgiven you for that
all my blame has been misguided
and all our sorrows buried here
i remember days of black and white
struggling with all our might
time can come to be a grain of sand
waring on the hearts of men
wake up, son
the time has come
to shake the pain