Mick Dyche
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Mick Dyche is an English
rock and folk guitarist and former member of 1970's soft rock
band Sniff 'n' the Tears
who played guitars on their only major hit Driver's Seat
in 1978.
In an interview in 2007 former band-mate, Laurence "Loz" Netto , credits Dyche as the player of the distinctive guitar 'hook' or riff
that opens the single:
Dyche later played live - and recorded - with a range of bands and musicians including Glenn Cornick
s band Wild Turkey, Pat Travers Band, Noel McCalla, John Illsley
, The Hank Wangford Band and The Maddy Prior Band - amongst others.
Recently played with Burton on Trent band Mona Leeza.
Mick Dyche was born in Burton upon Trent
, Staffordshire
, UK
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
rock and folk guitarist and former member of 1970's soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
band Sniff 'n' the Tears
Sniff 'n' the Tears
Sniff 'n' the Tears is a British rock band best known for their 1978 song "Driver's Seat", a hit in many countries . The exception was the UK itself where a problem with EMI's pressing plant meant that the single was not available following the band's appearance on Top of the Pops and it peaked...
who played guitars on their only major hit Driver's Seat
Driver's Seat
"Driver's Seat" is a 1978 song by the British band Sniff 'n' the Tears that appears on their debut album, Fickle Heart. The band is considered a one-hit wonder as "Driver's Seat" was their only hit....
in 1978.
In an interview in 2007 former band-mate, Laurence "Loz" Netto , credits Dyche as the player of the distinctive guitar 'hook' or riff
RIFF
The Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
that opens the single:
No, the guitar hook was Mick Dyche, I must learn to lie.
Dyche later played live - and recorded - with a range of bands and musicians including Glenn Cornick
Glenn Cornick
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull....
s band Wild Turkey, Pat Travers Band, Noel McCalla, John Illsley
John Illsley
John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed rock band, Dire Straits...
, The Hank Wangford Band and The Maddy Prior Band - amongst others.
Recently played with Burton on Trent band Mona Leeza.
Mick Dyche was born in Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, UK