Gulliver Smith was the front man and founding mainstay vocalist of Company Caine.
12 Facts About Gulliver Smith
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Gulliver Smith died on 12 November 2014 from kidney failure, and was survived by his wife Stephanie Hopkins-Smith and their three sons.
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Gulliver Smith was known for his outrageous stage act, which incorporated an inventive free-form approach and much evangelist-styled ad-libbing.
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Kevin Gullifer Gulliver Smith was born in the 1950s and was a child performer in the early 1960s in Melbourne, covering tracks by artists from the previous decade.
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In 1968 Gulliver Smith was fired from Dr Kandy's Third Eye and formed a jazz-blues ensemble, Noyes, with Bobby Gebert on piano, John Helman on bass guitar, Mick Lieber on guitar and Dave Ovenden on drums.
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In early 1969, after McKenzie and a horn section joined, they were renamed as A Love Supreme, but Gulliver Smith left in mid-year to return to Melbourne.
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In March 1970 Gulliver Smith formed Company Caine with Ray Arnott on drums, Cliff Edwards on bass guitar, Jeremy Noone on saxophone and keyboards and Russell Gulliver Smith on guitar and vocals.
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Gulliver Smith initially explored forming a group with former Daddy Cool members, Ross Hannaford and Ross Wilson; however, this did not eventuate.
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Gulliver Smith then worked on his debut solo album, The Band's Alright but the Singer Is.
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In 1989 Smith returned to Sydney and formed a new version of Gulliver's Travels with Steve Blau on keyboards, Allan Britton on bass guitar Andrew Reid on guitar, and Robert Souter on drums.
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Gulliver Smith was known for his outrageous stage act, which incorporated an inventive free-form approach and much evangelist-styled ad-libbing.
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Gulliver Smith died on 12 November 2014 of kidney failure, "after a long illness", and was survived by his wife Stephanie Hopkins-Smith and their three sons.