{"id":218143,"date":"2026-09-29T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/recordcollectormag.com\/?p=218143"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:34:35","slug":"engine-room-this-month-blue-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/recordcollectormag.com\/articles\/engine-room-this-month-blue-weaver","title":{"rendered":"Engine Room &#8211; This Month: Blue Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anyone who loved Pete Frame\u2019s spindly, hand-drawn <em>Rock Family Trees<\/em> (and who didn\u2019t?) will recognise the value of a man who can join the dots between Wales\u2019 Amen Corner, the quintessentially English Strawbs, Mott The Hoople and Australia\u2019s Bee Gees. Stir in a studio discography that ranges from Alice Cooper via Lou Reed to the Pet Shop Boys and you\u2019ve still only scratched the surface of Derek \u2018Blue\u2019 Weaver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa.webp\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" data-id=\"218152\" src=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa.webp 600w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaaaa-200x200.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking from his studio in north Germany, he reveals to <em>RC<\/em> that Strawbs was \u201cthe only group I never left\u201d. And proof has just arrived in the shape of a live recording of the band\u2019s landmark 1972 album, <em>Grave New World<\/em>, a disc that saw them transition from folkies to major-league rockers. At least in American eyes: it\u2019s no coincidence the 2019 show Weaver has been preparing for release on vinyl was recorded in Lakeside, New Jersey, where the city mayor is a major fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a fantastic week,\u201d Weaver enthuses. \u201cWe did three or four days in the hall, and one evening was taken up with <em>Grave New World Live<\/em>, with Wesley Stace doing a commentary. It was funny. Dave [Cousins] went onstage beforehand and said, \u2018Look, we\u2019ve organised this with a linking narrative, so we would appreciate it if you saved the applause to the end and not between numbers.\u2019 So, we went through the album tracks in order and opened up with Benedictus. We finished, and the whole audience started cheering and clapping. Then they remembered, they calmed down\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weaver\u2019s website proudly declares him \u201cthe only keyboard player to have played on six consecutive US No 1 hits\u201d. This is thanks to a long association with the Gibb brothers, having joined the Bee Gees\u2019 ranks in 1975. The lineup on the <em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em> soundtrack that spawned many of their biggest hits featured Blue alongside Dennis Bryon (drums), like him a veteran of 60s pop idols Amen Corner. And the Bee Gees connection continues today, as we shall later discover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Weaver and the Pet Shop Boys sounds a strange pairing, but, with the Fairlight keyboard the sound of the 80s, Weaver\u2019s technical expertise helped get the duo off the ground. He even played on their first live outing in August 1985. \u201cThey just had West End Girls out and their manager, Tom Watkins, told me I should produce some of their stuff,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1.webp\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"218150\" src=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1.webp 599w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-1-400x400.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having helped the Pet Shop Boys re-record tracks for TV and radio performances using the Fairlight, Weaver appeared with them at the ICA in London where they were introduced by semi-animated TV character, Max Headroom. \u201cThere was just Chris [Lowe], Neil [Tennant] and myself onstage and two Fairlights. Chris played trombone: I\u2019d got him to play it on the record I produced [I Want A Lover] as well. It\u2019s never happened since. I\u2019d love to see a video.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weaver had been a stalwart of the London studio session scene in the 70s, and being in the right place at the right time played a part in his success. He\u2019d been down on his luck after leaving Strawbs for the first time and resorted to minicabbing to pay the rent. Then, at Morgan Studios, he ran into American producer, Bob Ezrin. An earlier Mellotron contribution to Alice Cooper\u2019s <em>Billion Dollar Babies<\/em> had been well received, so when they reconnected in 1973 Blue was propelled into even more exalted company \u2013 literally by the seat of his pants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were sitting there talking,\u201d he explains, \u201cand then, suddenly, Steve Winwood walks over. He had to leave for another gig. So, Bob said, \u2018Oh, shit, we haven\u2019t got a keyboard player.\u2019 And then he\u2019s sort of looking at me&#8230;\u201d Ezrin opened the studio door, eased Weaver onto the still-warm piano stool and introduced him to Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar and Steve Hunter. One warm-up jam later, Lou Reed walked in. \u201cThey wrote out some chords for me, I sat down at the piano, and [Reed\u2019s] Men Of Good Fortune was the result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weaver worked with Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues on several mid-70s solo projects. \u201cI found out afterwards, I don\u2019t know whether it was after Patrick [Moraz] left, that he\u2019d said in an interview, \u2018Oh, we considered getting Blue Weaver in, asking Blue to join The Moody Blues.\u2019 And I thought, \u2018Graeme, you never told me.\u2019 I read this after he died. I remember listening to [1967\u2019s] <em>Days Of Future Passed<\/em> when we were driving in the van with Amen Corner and thinking it was incredible. Had it happened, I\u2019d have been Moody Blue Weaver&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would indeed have been a full circle moment, since he had recommended Patrick Moraz to Yes when, in 1974, he declined their offer to once again follow Rick Wakeman as he had with Strawbs. \u201cRick was always Rick and I was me. I couldn\u2019t, I <em>can\u2019t,<\/em> play like him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, if you\u2019re a fan of happy-ever-after stories, <em>Grave New World Live<\/em> will be right up your street. \u201cI always say once a Strawb, always a Strawb. I was always there, always doing something. When Dave asked me, I would go and tour, or I would do a concert.\u201d And as recently appointed honorary Professor of Music at Bangor University \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s amazing because I hardly went to school!\u201d \u2013 he\u2019s now using Strawbs material as a teaching tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of all the greats he\u2019s worked with \u2013 Andy Fairweather Low, Ian Hunter and Barry Gibb among them \u2013 Blue still holds Dave Cousins, who passed away in July last year, in the highest regard. \u201cHe was the one who had the least recognition for the quality of his musicianship and songwriting. He\u2019s not just a songwriter, a lyricist, he\u2019s a <em>poet<\/em> \u2013 in every one of his songs, you can take the music away and there\u2019s a story there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can catch Weaver, a sprightly 79, on the road in Europe with a stage show based around the songs and the history of the Bee Gees and featuring three Italian brothers. But suggest he has become a tribute to himself and you\u2019ll get short shrift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-scaled.webp\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"218151\" src=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-981x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-981x1024.webp 981w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-287x300.webp 287w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-768x801.webp 768w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-1472x1536.webp 1472w, https:\/\/siteproxy.ruqli.workers.dev:443\/https\/cdn.recordcollectormag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1271460942-1962x2048.webp 1962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the one band that doesn\u2019t pretend to be the Bee Gees,\u201d he insists. \u201cThe show is called <em>Massachusetts<\/em>, and it\u2019s with the Egiziano brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given these singing siblings made Weaver\u2019s neck hairs stand on end the first time he heard them, you can guarantee the show \u2013 which recently also featured former Bee Gees guitarist Vince Melouney \u2013 is worth investigation. Pete Frame, you\u2019re on the guest list&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interview: Michael Heatley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Strawbs\u2019 50th Anniversary \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><strong>Grave New World Live<\/strong><strong><em> is out on 9 October 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Anyone who loved Pete Frame\u2019s spindly, hand-drawn Rock Family Trees (and who didn\u2019t?) will recognise the value of a man who can join the dots between Wales\u2019 Amen Corner, the quintessentially English Strawbs, Mott The Hoople and Australia\u2019s Bee Gees. 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