CHIMERA - PERU

Chimera was a group that consisted of two females by the names Francesca Garnett, Lisa Bankoff, and numerous(and somewhat famous musicians. Here is what the Tapestry of Delights says about them:

An obscure band whose "Peru," features distinctive high-pitched vocals somewhere between Fairport Convention and Trees. Amazingly they cut 20 tracks for the label yet had nothing released. An album's worth of material was compiled in the '80s for possible release but it too remains unissued. Tracks like Come Into The Garden, The Grail and Sad Song For Winter showcase Bankoff's delightful vocals augmented by some fine guitar and sometimes melodramatic piano and keyboard work. It would be great to see this released.

Bob Weston later played with Fleetwood Mac, Nick South (ex-Alexis Korner), went on to play with Elke Brookes and Roy Temro sadly died some time ago. Lisa Bankoff was the groups songwriter:- "The band was managed by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, and both he and Rick Wright were featured on some of the tracks. eg. The Grail, The Game and possibly, I Met A Stranger Once. Even the Floyd's roadie Alan Styles played Sax on one track. The project fell to pieces mainly because I had a car accident shortly after the recordings were finished and couldn't walk for a couple of years. Our producer was called Mal Luker."

Reputedly, Cliff Wade and Danny Beckerman were involved in some way too, although this may be incorrect.

Lisa Bankoff now lives in Perth, W. Australia and still writes songs and plays "a little bit here and there". She and Francesca have recently written a book about their life in London during the late '60s / early '70s called "Making It! Famous Names and Silly Girls".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• chimera
• peru
• folk
• psych
• psychedelic
• baroque
• rock

[lauriemarie528]

omg . i'm loving your music. how excellent! : )

[artmaniac53]

Interest!

Thanks!

5*

[astralhed]

really nice song to pleasant vid

[TheMauvetys]

ahh the mood of the sixties...

[TPBXDRicky420]

0:50 Twiggy! Also, song is great :D

[vangelisideras]

very good song & video!!

[victormanueification]

where i can get the lyrics of this song?

[dackywamboo]

Did`nt expect to find this not heard this for years i still sounds good to me.Reminds me of the Police (not the vocals)