Quicksand were a Welsh rock band from

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who were active from 1969 until 1975.

History

Originally formed in 1969, they featured Michael "Will" Youatt (bass) (1950-2017), Jimmy Davies (guitar), Jeff Hooper (guitar), Robert Collins (keyboards) and Anthony Stone (drums). This line up recorded one single "Passing By"/"Cobblestones" (both written by Youatt) in 1970. Youatt left to join briefly Piblokto! then

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. Hooper also left and Phil Davies (bass) then joined the band. A second single "Time To Live"/"Empty Street, Empty Heart" was released in 1973 and was soon followed by the album ''Home Is Where I Belong'' later that year. The band ceased to exist in 1975 when Davies formed Alkatraz with Youatt.

Subsequent careers

After the band split up Collins became a sound man, initially for Man, but later for such people as

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.Eric Clapton (2014), "Planes, Trains and Eric" DVD booklet, Eagle Vision EREDV1046 Davies re-joined Youatt in a new band Alkatraz who recorded one album ''Doing a Moonlight'' for United Artists.

Discography

Album

*''Home is Where I Belong'' (Dawn, 1973; Esoteric 2011)

Various artists albums

*''Mixed Up Minds Part 5'' (TTW, 2013) - ''Cobblestones'' *''The Dawn Anthology'' (Essential 1999) - ''Home Is Where I Belong''

Singles

*"Passing By"/"Cobblestones" (Carnaby, 1970) *"Time to Live"/"Empty Street" (Dawn 1973)

References

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